Privacy Statement

Privacy

As the operator of its website, Sawford Voll Lawyers needs to obtain and retain information about those who are using the site.

We recognise the importance, however, of protecting that information.

We assure you that we will not disclose the information, and will use reasonable endeavours to prevent the disclosure of the information, except to the extent:

  • indicated at the time of supply of the information to us;
  • expressly permitted under any agreement with you;
  • required for performance by us of services for you;
  • required for the ordinary operation of our website or our business (e.g., to send you information about our services);
  • required under compulsion of law or provided in co-operation with any governmental authority; or
  • where it is already publicly available or is disclosed by Sawford Voll Lawyers in a manner that does not readily permit identification of information relating to you.

Subject to the above over-riding prohibition on disclosure, Sawford Voll Lawyers may use the information as it sees fit for the purposes of its business.

Access to information collected

Sawford Voll Lawyers will not make an attempt to identify users or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect our internet service provider's logs.

The following disclaimers also apply:

  • From time to time the Sawford Voll Lawyers website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites.
  • Although Sawford Voll Lawyers has implemented substantial security measures in relation to the information, as the website is linked to the Internet and the Internet is inherently insecure, we cannot provide any absolute assurance regarding security of the information. Sawford Voll Lawyers will not be liable in any way in relation to any breach of security or unintended loss or disclosure of information due to the website being linked to the Internet.
  • Sawford Voll Lawyers accepts no responsibility for unauthorised use of any password or other security mechanism provided to you, other than by Sawford Voll Lawyers' own staff.

When you look at the this website, our internet service provider may make a record of your visit and may log the following information for statistical purposes:

  • your server address
  • your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
  • the pages you accessed and documents downloaded
  • the previous site you have visited
  • the type of browser you are using

Contents are not legal advice

The material is a summary only of the subject matter covered and is not intended to be nor should it be relied on as a substitute for legal or other professional advice.

Copyright

Copyright in all material on this website is owned by Sawford Voll Lawyers unless otherwise indicated.

Other than for the purposes of and subject to the conditions prescribed under the Copyright Act 1968 (or any other applicable legislation throughout the world) you are not permitted in any form or by any means to reproduce, adapt, retransmit, distribute, store in a retrieval system or commercialise the material or any part of it without seeking prior written approval from Sawford Voll Lawyers.

You are not permitted to use the Sawford Voll Lawyers website to sell a product or service or to increase traffic to your website.

Sawford Voll Lawyers grants you permission to download and store a reproduction of this material on your local computer for the sole purpose of viewing the material, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation so long as you give appropriate acknowledgment of the copyright owner and indicated that the permission of Sawford Voll Lawyers is required if material is republished in any format.

Material on this website

Sawford Voll Lawyers makes no warranties or representations regarding the quality, accuracy or fitness for purpose of any material. Sawford Voll Lawyers does not warrant or represent that the material will not cause damage, or is free from any computer virus or any other defects or errors. Sawford Voll Lawyers is not liable to users of the material for any loss or damage however caused resulting from the use of the material.

This website privacy policy is subject to amendment at any time. Any amendment will be made on a prospective basis, i.e. all information received or retained before the time of any amendment will remain subject to the policy applicable before the amendment.

This website privacy policy is separate from our policy regarding personal information (for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988) and does not override any rights you have under that Act.

For further information on our privacy policy please contact our office.