At Construction Expert Witness, accessible from https://constructionexpertwitness.com.au, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. For this Privacy Policy, the terms ‘Construction Expert Witness’, ‘Garry Andrews’, ‘we’ and ‘Our’ are interchangeable, and relate to any representations, data collection or agreements with Garry Andrews or Contract Australia Pty Ltd ACN 613 532 237 that relate to https://constructionexpertwitness.com.au.
This Privacy Policy explains what information about you we may collect; how we may use and disclose that information; how you can instruct us if you would prefer to limit the use and disclosure of that information; and the procedures that we have in place to safeguard the privacy of your Personal Information. Our client confidentiality obligations are not addressed in this Privacy Policy but are described in our Terms of Engagement.
In this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means information or an opinion about an identified individual or a reasonably identifiable individual:
(a) whether the opinion is genuine or not; and
(b) whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.
The kinds of Personal Information we may collect, and hold will depend on the nature of your dealings with us. This may include, but is not limited to:
We may collect your Personal Information via several means, including, but not limited to, phone, email, website, or in person. We may collect information about you in a number of circumstances, including when you seek advice from us, when you attend a seminar or other event provided by us, when you apply for or accept employment with us or when you offer to provide or provide services to us.
We will primarily collect your information directly from you, however we may also collect information from a third party, such as a company you are employed by or engaged with, recruitment agencies, credit reporting agencies, an information or service provider or otherwise from a publicly available record.
We take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information, which may be held on our premises, offsite or electronically. Our offices are located in a secure building with restricted access outside of business hours and when unattended.
Individual passwords secure our IT systems and programs, and our anti-virus software is consistently updated and maintained. Staff are trained, as a condition of their employment, to ensure that all Personal Information is treated confidentially and, where appropriate, maintained and/or destroyed in a manner which protects that information.
We will only use your Personal Information for the purpose it was collected (unless you have expressly consented otherwise). Such purpose may include where it is relevant to the provision of legal services to any client, for recruitment, or to contact you in relation to accounts.
We may disclose your Personal Information to various recipients as appropriate to the circumstances which may include, but is not limited to employees and assigns, third party consultants or contractors, and other entities directly or indirectly responsible for service delivery, and may be confidentially disclosed to third parties for the purposes of collecting your feedback on our services and to improve and promote our services. We will also disclose your Personal Information where required or compelled by law to do so.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files containing a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous, unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
We will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Information to the extent required to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
Our website may contain links to other sites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly recommend that you review the Privacy Policies of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
You have the right in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to reasonably access the Personal Information that we hold about you and seek correction of the same.
If you wish to access or correct the Personal Information we hold about you, please contact us via the details below.
If you believe we or a contractor of ours has breached this Privacy Policy, the Australian Privacy Principles, or the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), please contact us in writing via the details below. Please include all relevant information so that we can investigate your complaint and respond to you as soon as possible. We will investigate all complaints we receive and provide you with a response in a timely manner, typically within 20 business days of receipt. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may submit a relevant complaint to the privacy regulator, and we will provide details upon request.
We reserve the right to update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Please address any queries or complaints in relation to the above policy to the Privacy Officer (currently Garry Andrews):
Email: [email protected]
Mail: Level 1, 44 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000
