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We respect each person's right to
privacy, so we're committed to complying
with the Privacy Act 1988 and the National
Privacy Principles.
Our commitment is partly demonstrated by
our subscription to the Internet Industry
Association ("IIA"), an independent national
body. The IIA has developed a Privacy Code,
the requirements of which exceed those of
the National Privacy Principles. The Federal
Privacy Commissioner's approval of the Code
is pending. When it is approved we will be
an Approved Subscriber to the Code. You may
view the Code at www.iia.net.au
This Statement contains some important
information about how we deal with personal
information. More detailed information is in
our Privacy Policy, which is available on
request.
In this Statement the expressions
'Bubbling With Energy Pty Ltd', 'we', 'us'
and 'our' refer to Bubbling With Energy Pty
Ltd and its associated entities.
Collection
of personal information
We only collect the personal information
that is necessary to lawfully and ethically
carry on our business, to provide the
services our clients require in specific
matters, to communicate efficiently with our
clients and contacts, to keep our clients
and contacts informed of legal developments
and events, and to responsibly market our
services.
Unless we need particular information to
provide the specific services a client
requires in a particular matter, the
personal information we collect about a
person is limited to their name, gender and
contact details, their occupation, their
employer, and details of their relationship
or dealings with us or our clients or
contacts.
We collect personal information about a
person directly from the person concerned
when it's practical to do so. We may do this
when a person meets with us, communicates
with us by telephone, mail, fax or email,
subscribes to our publications, or submits
information via our website. We may be
unable to provide the information or
services a person requests if we are not
given the personal information we ask for.
We also obtain information about people
from our clients and their agents (in
relation to specific matters), from their
employers, or from publicly available
records. If a third party, such as a client,
gives us personal information about another
person, the third party must ensure that
they have the legal right to do so and that
we have the right to use and disclose the
information for the purposes for which it is
provided to us without contacting the
person. Depending upon the circumstances,
the third party may need to inform the
person that the information has been
provided to us and ensure that the person is
made aware of the matters detailed in this
Statement.
Use and disclosure
We may use personal information we hold
about people who are clients, employees of
clients, or contacts to send them our
publications, other information we think may
interest them, or invitations to our events,
but we won't if they have told us that they
don't want to receive such communications.
Apart from that we will only use the
personal information we collect to provide
the services that our clients instruct us to
provide in specific matters.
We have a professional duty to maintain
the confidentiality of our clients'
information, and we will not disclose
information about a client unless we have
our client's instructions, or are under a
legal obligation, to do so. Often the
information given to us by clients is
subject to legal professional privilege and
we cannot be compelled to disclose it unless
our client consents.
We will disclose personal information we
collect in relation to specific matters when
it is necessary to do so to provide our
services and the disclosure is in accordance
with our client's instructions and is lawful
and ethical. For example, we may need to
provide information to a Court, to a
Regulatory Authority, to barristers or
experts engaged by us, to other parties or
their advisors, or we may need to give our
client information we have collected about
another person.
We never disclose personal information we
hold to any third parties to allow them to
market their products and services.
Others who may
have access to information
Sometimes we use external service
providers who may have access to some
personal information we collect. For
example, we use contractors to keep our
closed matter files in secure storage, to
distribute some of our publications, and to
maintain and develop our computer systems.
These contactors are bound by obligations of
confidentiality and may only access
information to the extent necessary to
provide the services we require.
We take appropriate steps to ensure that
all information we hold is protected from
loss, misuse, or unauthorised access,
disclosure or modification. We maintain
security over our premises and access to our
computer systems is limited by user
identifiers and passwords. All our staff are
subject to strict obligations of
confidentiality.
A person may use our website anonymously,
but any information the person chooses to
submit to us (eg to book for an event,
subscribe to a publication, or send us an
email) will be treated in accordance with
this Statement.
Our website does not use cookies or web
bugs, but our Internet Service Provider may
record details of visits to our site such as
the visitor's server address, domain name
and browser type, the date and time of the
visit, the information downloaded, and links
from other sites followed to get to our
site. This information is anonymous and is
only used for statistical and website
development purposes and to improve our
communications.
People can request access to the personal
information we hold about them. There are
some limitations upon this right to access,
such as where we owe a duty of
confidentiality to a client or legal
professional privilege applies. We may
charge a fee when access is provided. More
information about access rights is in our
Privacy Policy.
Contacting us
about privacy
To obtain a copy of our Privacy Policy,
enquire about any privacy issue, or make a
request for access to information, please
contact:
Privacy Officer
Bubbling With Energy Pty Ltd
Unit 6/14 Stennett Road
Ingleburn NSW 2565
T: 9829 8929
F: 9829 2623
privacy@bubblingwithenergy.co.nz
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