Privacy Policy 

This is the Privacy Policy of Secure Me Alarms Pty Ltd trading as Secure Me Alarms ABN  23 613 323 774 ("we", "us" and when relating to us, 'lour"). 

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We are committed to protecting the privacy of our contacts, customers, suppliers  and employees ("you" and when relating to you, "your") and complying with the  Australian Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). 

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In this policy we describe how we manage your personal information. 

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The kinds of personal information we collect 

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1.The kinds of personal information that we collect include: 

(a) contact details such as name, role or position, address, email address,  mobile number, landline number and fax number; 

(b) information relating to your circumstances and affairs relevant to the matter/s in  which we are instructed; 

(c) information about your legal interests and requirements and the legal services that you  may wish to purchase; 

(d)information regarding our communications with you and your attendance at seminars  and promotional events held by us; 

(e)if you are an employee or prospective employee, information about your  qualifications, skills and work experience; 

(o) if you are a supplier or prospective supplier, information about your business  skills, services, products and prices; 

2. How we collect personal information 

2.1 We collect personal information by various means including when: you contact us with a question or inquiry; 

(b) you instruct us to act for you and we open a file and conduct a conflict check; our clients provide information relating to related and adverse parties relevant  to the advice or services we are providing;

(d) we undertake a search or  investigation; you visit our website. 

2.2 Where practicable we collect personal information about you directly from you. However, we may have collected information about you from a third party such as a  a third party information provider, the courts or a person responding to our  questions or inquiries.

2.3 We are required to collect the full name and address of our clients by the  Solicitors Rules made under the Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW). Accurate  name and address information must also be collected in order to comply  with the trust account 

record keeping requirements in the Legal Profession Regulation 2005 (NSW) and  to comply with our duty to the courts. 

2.4 If you are a client and do not provide us with name and address  information we cannot act for you. 

2.5 If you do not provide us with accurate personal information we may not be able  to carry out our instructions or achieve the purpose for which the information has  been sought. 

3. The purposes for which we collect, hold, use and disclose personal  information 

3.1 We collect, hod, use and personal information in order to: 

(a) respond to your enquiries; 

(b) provide legal services; 

(c) employ competent and diligent personnel; 

(d) monitor or improve the use of and satisfaction with our legal services; and 

let you know about legal developments, our expertise and legal services that  may be of interest to you. 

3.2 We disclose personal information: 

(a) in order to carry out the instructions of our clients; and 

(b) subject to our confidentiality obligations, when using services in support of our  legal practice. 

4. The parties to whom your personal information is disclosed 

4.1 Subject to our confidentiality obligationst we may share some relevant personal information  with: 

(a) parties related to a matter you have with us, government authorities and service  providers as reasonably required to carry out your instructions; 

(b) our e-mail marketing provider for the purposes of providing you  

our newsletter, invitations and legal updates; and  

(c) third party service providers who assist us with archival, auditing,  accounting, legal, business consulting, website or technology services.

4.2 We also will disclose your information if required by law to do so or in circumstances  permitted by the Privacy Act — for examplet where we have reasonable grounds  to suspect that unlawful activity, or misconduct of a serious nature, that relates  to our functions or activities has been is being or may be engaged in, in response  •to a subpoena, discovery request or a court order. 

5. Disclosure of information outside the jurisdiction of collection 5.1 We do not disclose personal information to overseas recipients.

6. Opting out of marketing communications 

6.1 We may, from time to time, send you newsletters, invitations and legal updates about  our services. You can opt out of receiving further such communications by  notifying us using our contact details below by clicking the "unsubscribe" option  at the bottom of any marketing e-mail received from us. 

7. Security 

7.1 We take reasonable physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect your  personal information from misuse, interference, losst and unauthorised access,  modification and disclosure. For example, we maintain our files in secure offices  and limit access to personal information to individuals with a need to know. 

8. Access/correction/updating personal information 

8.1 You can contact us to accesst correct or update your personal  information. Unless we are subject to confidentiality obligation or some  other restriction on giving access to the information and we are permitted  to refuse you access under the Privacy Act, we will endeavour to make  your information available to you within 30 days. Examples of  circumstances where we may refuse to give you access to your personal  information include where: 

(a) giving access would be unlawful; 

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

health or public safety; (c) giving access would have an  

unreasonable impact on the privacy of others; 

(d) the information could reveal the intentions of a party in negotiations; 

giving access could prejudice the taking of appropriate action in relation to unlawful  activity; giving access could reveal evaluative information in a commercially sensitive  decision making process.

8.2 If you request to correct your personal information, we will correct, or, if we  consider more appropriate, note your request for amendment of the  information on your record. 

8.3 We will not charge you to make a request to access your record but we  may charge you to actually provide access depending on the costs  associated with obtaining and providing the material. 

8.4 These actions can usually be taken by contacting a customer relations  representative using the contact information on the "Contact Us" section  below. 

9. Notification of Changes 

9.1 If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will send you a copy of our revised policy  or post a copy on our website. 

10. Complaints I Contact us 

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If a breach of this Privacy Policy occurs, a complaint may be made to us by sending it to: securemealarms@live.com 

Attention: Jesse Bullen or by calling 0404 539 276. 

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We will endeavour to respond to any complaint within 30 days. If you are not satisfied  with our response to your complaint you may seek a review by contacting the Office  of the Australian Information Commissioner using the information available at  http://www.oaic.qov.au/privacv/privacy-complaints.