Privacy Policy

your contact details, such as office address, telephone numbers and email address;  

your personal details, such as gender, qualifications, titles;  

your practice details;  

your membership information;  

your website order history for paid and free webinars, training, courses and other events offered on the Independent Children’s Lawyer website;  

records of your communications and other interactions with us;  

records of your communications and other interactions related to marketing/advertising we send to you via third party software related to webinars, training, courses and other events;  

records of the webinars, training, courses and other events that you purchase and/or participate in through the website.  

fulfil our role including:  

maintaining membership records;  

providing Independent Children’s Lawyers and relevant stakeholders with information, resources, publications, professional development and training relevant to Independent Children’s Lawyers;  

providing information on services, publications, resources and events to members, and the public;  

communicating regarding an enquiry, request for information or use of our services;  

allowing use of personal information in a controlled manner by persons distributing information relevant to members or relevant stakeholders;  

allowing use of personal information in a controlled manner by entities advertising/marketing webinars, training, courses and other events and information relevant to Independent Children’s Lawyers; and  

providing general membership information to organisations such as National Legal Aid and legal aid commissions across Australia.  

analyse your interaction with the website. The information collected from you may be analysed individually and/or aggregated with the information relating to other members to produce statistical information. Insights from this process are used by National Legal Aid to select and optimise the information, services, resources, publications, professional development, training and advertising we provide to you.  

it is reasonably necessary for one of the purposes described above;  

having regard to the nature of the information or the circumstances of collection we believe you would expect us to use the information or make the disclosure;  

it is necessary to protect the rights, property, health or personal safety of a member, the public or our interests, and it is unreasonable or impracticable to obtain your consent;  

the disclosure is necessary to assist any entity, body or person to locate a person who has been reported missing;  

we have reason to suspect that unlawful activity, or misconduct of a serious nature, which relates to our functions or activities has been, is being or may be engaged in, and we believe that the collection, use or disclosure is necessary in order for us to take appropriate action;  

the assets and operations of the website are transferred to another party as an ongoing concern;  

it is necessary to obtain third party services, for example to carry out data analysis or provide information processing services. The use of your information by third parties is strictly controlled;  

it is for one of the purposes expressly permitted under the Privacy Legislation; or  

you have provided your consent.  

we reasonably believe that giving access would pose a serious threat to the life, health or safety of any individual, or to public health or public safety;  

providing access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of another individual;  

the request is frivolous or vexatious;  

the information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings between you and us and the information would not be accessible by the process of legal discovery in those proceedings;  

giving access would reveal our intentions in relation to negotiations with you and prejudice those negotiations;  

we have reason to suspect that unlawful activity, or misconduct of a serious nature, relating to our functions or activities has been, is being or may be engaged in and giving access would be likely to prejudice the taking of appropriate action in relation to the matter;  

providing access would be unlawful or if denying access is required or authorised under Australian law or a court/tribunal order;  

giving access would be likely to prejudice one or more enforcement related activities conducted by, or on behalf of, an enforcement body; or  

giving access would reveal evaluative information generated within the Independent Children’s Lawyer website in connection with a commercially sensitive decision-making process.