Privacy Policy

Hyland Lawyers is committed to maintaining the highest possible standards of privacy when handling your personal information.

Collecting personal information

We collect personal information when we provide our services to you, or a client requires us to collect information on their behalf. The information is collected so that we may properly assess any legal needs.

Collecting your information using this website

We generally only collect personal information from this website when you submit an email enquiry to us. However, when you visit this website or download information from it, our Internet Service Provider (ISP) makes a record of your visit and records the following information:

  • your Internet address;
  • your domain name, if applicable; and
  • the date and time of your visit to the website.
Our ISP also collects information such as the pages our users access, the documents they download, links from other sites they follow to reach our site, and the type of browser they use. However, this information is anonymous and is only used for statistical and website development purposes.

Using and disclosing your personal information

Any personal information which Hyland Lawyers collects will be used and disclosed so that we can:-

§ perform legal services on clients' behalves. This includes disclosure to expert personnel, to witnesses (to the extent that such disclosure is reasonable), to opposing parties and their insurers and lawyers, to government agencies, our co-counsel, a client's barrister, to the court, to a mediator and in documents filed in a court (that may be accessed by the public); and
§  conduct the administrative aspects of our practice.

Security

The security measures we use are firewalls and secure databases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure. The Internet is not a secure environment. If you use the Internet to send us any information, including your email address, it is sent at your own risk.

Contact us

If you would like more information about how we collect or handle any personal information please contact us on general@hylandlaw.com.au or telephone (07) 3378 5555.


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