Privacy Policy

Northan Legal - Privacy Policy

Updated on 24 October 2024

This Privacy Policy outlines our policies and procedures for collecting, using and disclosing your information when You use the Service.  It also informs You about Your rights concerning privacy and how legal protections apply to you.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You acknowledge and accept the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy.

INTERPRETATION & DEFINITION

Interpretation

In this Private Policy, words that begin with a capital letter have specific meanings defined in the following section. The same definitions apply whether the words appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique personal account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of a managing authority including directors.
  • Company means Northan Legal. Other words including “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Private Policy bear the equivalent meaning and refer to Northan Legal.
  • Cookies mean small data files stored on Your devices by a website, containing information of Your browsing history on that website.
  • Country means Victoria, Australia
  • Device means any device capable of accessing the Service such as a computer, a smartphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information in relation to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means a natural person or a legal person who processes the data for the Company. This includes third-party companies or individuals contracted by the Company to assist the daily operation of the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing the usage of the Service.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.
  • Website refers to Northan Legal’s official website, accessible from www.northanlegal.com.au.
  • You mean the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

During the use of the Service, You may be asked to provide Us with personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • Full name including middle name
  • Contact number
  • Residential address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City, Country
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data may include details such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service visited, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may collect some information automatically when You access the Service by or through a mobile device. The information collected includes but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and other tracking technologies (beacons, tags, scripts, etc) to monitor the use of Our Service and to store certain information. The stored information is used to improve and analyse Our Service.

The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies/ Browser Cookies. You have the option to set up Your browser so that it refuses all Cookies or it indicates when a Cookie is being sent. Unless the browser is set to refuse Cookies, our Service may collect and use Cookies. Please note that some parts of our Service requires accepting Cookies before they can be used.
  • Web Beacons. Some parts of our Service and our emails may include small electronic files known as Web Beacons (clear gifs, pixel tags, single-pixel gifs, etc). Web Beacons allows the Company to count users who have visited certain pages or opened an email. It also allows the recording of a certain section and verifying the integrity of the system and server.

Persistent or Session Cookies

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. The reasons of using these Cookies are:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies – Session Cookies – Administered by Us

Purpose: These Cookies are used to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of Accounts. They are essential to provide Your with services through the Website.

  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies – Persistent Cookies – Administered by Us

Purpose: These Cookies are used to identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

  • Functionality Cookies – Persistent Cookies – Administered by Us

Purpose: These Cookies record the choices You made (e.g., login details, language preference, etc.) when using the Website so that we can provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid the inconvenience of letting You re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies, we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

Your Personal Data may be utilized for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring how Service is used.
  • To manage Your user Account including the registration and use the information You provided to offer features available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To communicate with You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other electronic communication methods, such as push notifications from a mobile application push containing updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, and security updates when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To send news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have chosen not to receive such information.
  • To process and manage Your requests.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: to monitor and analyse the use of our Service and to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With our Affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

We will retain Your Personal Data only if it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. The use and retention of Your Personal Data will be refined to the situations where we need to comply with our legal obligations subject to applicable laws, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. That is, this information may be transferred to and stored on computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such Information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We will not transfer Your Personal Data to an organisation or a country except where there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or to request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account. You may do this by visiting the account settings section that allows You to manage Your personal information.  You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

  • Business Transactions

In case where the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

  • Law enforcement

In some cases, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities including a court, a government agency, etc.

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability
  • Security of Your Personal Data
  • The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 and we do not collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.

If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

In case where You click on a third-party link to other websites through our Service, we strongly advise that you need to review the Privacy Policy 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.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: