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How we handle privacy complaints
Australian Business Lawyers (ABN 60 570 119 200) (“ABLaw”) has developed this Grievance Policy as part of our Privacy Policy and our desire to provide for, maintain and give effect to your right to privacy.
Who may lodge a grievance or complaint under this policy?
If you have provided us with personal information, or we have collected and hold your personal information, you have a right to make a complaint and have it investigated and dealt with under this Policy.
What is a “privacy” complaint?
A privacy complaint relates to any concern that you may have regarding our privacy practices or our handling of your personal information. This could include matters such as:
What do I do if I have a complaint about the privacy practices of ABLaw?
If you have a complaint about our privacy practices or our handling of your personal information please contact our Privacy Officer, Ms. Nicole Willmott. All complaints will be logged.
You may complain in writing to our Privacy Officer or our Privacy Officer can be contacted on (02) 9458-7563 or PrivacyOfficer@ablawyers.com.au. Our contact details are: Australian Business Lawyers, 140 Arthur Street, North Sydney NSW 2060, Telephone (02) 9458-7005, Facsimile (02) 9954-5029.
Complaint Resolution Procedure
The goal of this Policy is to achieve an effective resolution of your complaint within a reasonable time frame, usually 30 days or as soon as practicable. However, in some cases, particularly if the matter is complex, the resolution may take longer.
Once the complaint has been made, we will try to resolve the matter in a number of ways:
1. Request for further information: We may request further information from you. You should be prepared to provide us with as much information as possible, including details of any relevant dates and documentation. This will enable us to investigate the complaint and determine an appropriate solution. All details provided will be kept confidential.
2. Discuss options: We will discuss options for resolution with you and if you have suggestions about how the matter might be resolved, you should raise these with our Privacy Officer.
3. Investigation: Where necessary, the complaint will be investigated. We will try to do so within a reasonable time frame. It may be necessary to contact others in order to proceed with the investigation. This may be necessary in order to progress your complaint.
4. Conduct of our employees: If your complaint involves the conduct of our employees, we will raise the matter with the employee concerned and seek their comment and input in the resolution of the complaint.
5. The complaint is substantiated: If your complaint is found to be substantiated, you will be informed of this. We will then take appropriate agreed steps to resolve the complaint, address your concerns and prevent the problem from recurring.
6. If the complaint is not substantiated, or cannot be resolved to your satisfaction, but this Policy has been followed, the decision may be referred to an appropriate intermediary. For example, this may mean an appropriately qualified external lawyer or an agreed third party.
7. At the conclusion of the complaint, if you are still not satisfied with the outcome you are free to take your complaint to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner.
We will keep a record of your complaint and the outcome.
Anonymous complaints
We are unable to deal with anonymous complaints. This is because we are unable to investigate and follow-up such complaints. However, in the event that an anonymous complaint is received, we will note the issues raised and, where necessary, try and resolve them appropriately.
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