Privacy Policy

“Personal Information” is defined as information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable:

➝ Whether the information or opinion is true or not; and

➝ Whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.

Personal information we collect

When you visit the Website or otherwise provide us with personal information in connection with the Website, we may collect the following personal information:

● Personal information you provide when you complete forms available on the Website;

● Personal information you provide when you contact us;

● Details of visits to the Website, including the volume of traffic received, logs and the resources that you have accessed and the devices you have used to access such information;

● Personal information that you provide to us to enable us to provide services to you and to comply with our legal obligations.

● Personal information you provide in connection with your application for employment with us.

This includes the following categories of personal information:

● Identifiers, such as name, contact details and address (including physical address, telephone number, email address and Internet Protocol address, which we may use to identify your geographic location).

● Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as information regarding your use of the Website (e.g., cookies, browsing history and/or search history), as well as information you provide to us when you correspond with us in relation to your inquiries.

● Where absolutely necessary for providing legal advice, certain information related to protected classification characteristics (e.g., details of your racial or ethnic origin, political affiliation, religious beliefs, sexual preferences, criminal convictions or health information).

How we obtain your personal information

We may obtain your personal information from the following sources:

● Your communications with us in connection with the Website, including any updates to such information provided by you;

● Information captured on the Website, including information provided by you through online forms and any information captured via cookies;

● Information that you provide us at the start of our engagement with you, or during the course of us providing services to you;

● Information that you provide us in conjunction with your application for employment; and

● Information that we collect from publicly available sources. This will generally include information collected in an online or offline context.

How we use your personal information

We only use personal information for the purpose for which it was collected. These purposes include:

● Understanding your needs and providing you with better service; 

● Communicating with you, including responding to requests for information submitted by you through the Website, or notifying you of services we provide, events that we are hosting, employment opportunities, or publications that may be of interest to you;

● Improving the Website and notifying you about changes to the Website; and       

● Keeping a record of your relationship with us.

How we manage the disclosure of your personal information

We do not sell, rent or trade personal information about you to or with third parties. Personal information may be disclosed outside of DL in the circumstances described below:

● As permitted or required by law or regulation or pursuant to any legal process

● In response to governmental, regulatory, law enforcement or judicial inquiries

● To affiliates

● To third party suppliers and service providers (including vendors providing hosting, database management and development services related to the operation of the Website, outsourcing providers of our back-office and internal functions, companies who provide photocopying and archiving services, technology service providers, and/or email marketing services related to events we are hosting, our publications or other communications we may send to you). If we engage external service providers, we ensure that those external service providers comply with Privacy Act when they process your personal information, and are authorized only to use personal information that we provide to them for the limited purposes specified in our agreement with them.

● Our lawyers, auditors and other professional advisors.

Where possible, we engage external information technology service providers who can store our data only within Australia. Some of our vendors do however store data in overseas locations.

How we secure your personal information

We consider the protection of personal information to be a sound business practice, and to that end we employ commercially appropriate organizational, physical, technical and procedural safeguards and measures to protect your personal information in our possession or under our control, to the extent possible, from unauthorized or accidental access and improper use

The steps we take to ensure the security of your personal information include:

● Password protected IT Systems

● Restricted access to our premises

● Up-to-date antivirus and antimalware software

● Regular audit and data integrity checks

How long we keep your personal information

We retain your personal information only for as long as we need it for the purpose it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, unless a longer retention period is required under applicable law or requested by you.

How you may access, correct, or delete your personal information with us

You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information that we hold about you free of charge. However we may charge a “reasonable fee” if we think that your request is excessive, to help us cover the costs of locating the personal information you have requested. We will respond to your request as soon as possible and (save for in certain circumstances) within fifteen working days.

If there are any inaccuracies in the personal information we hold about you, please contact us and we will correct them.

If you think that we should not be processing your personal information any more, you may request that we delete it. Please note that this may not always be possible due to legal obligations.

Your access to other websites

Sometimes our Website contains links to other websites, for your convenience and information. Such third party websites are operated independently and are not under our control; this Privacy Policy does not govern the privacy practices of such websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such third party websites or any products or services offered through them or the confidentiality, use, processing and security of any personal information that you provide to such websites. We suggest that you review the privacy policies of each site you visit.

How to make a complaint

If you wish to make a complaint about how we handle your personal information, please forward your complaint in writing by submitting your details through our website or by telephone on 1300 2 LEGAL.