Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 2025
Benetatos White is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information in a responsible and transparent manner in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you use our website or engage with our services.
1. What Information We Collect
- Contact details – including your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.
- Professional information – such as your occupation, organisation, and areas of legal interest.
- Enquiry details – information you provide in contact forms, emails, or over the phone.
- Website usage data – such as IP address, browser type, referring pages, and how you interact with our website (via cookies or analytics tools).
- Any other information you voluntarily provide to us in the course of your engagement with Benetatos White.
2. How We Collect Your Information
We collect personal information directly from you when:
- You fill out a form on our website;
- You subscribe to our newsletter or updates;
- You contact us by email, phone or through our social media channels;
- You engage our legal services.
We may also collect limited information through third-party analytics tools to improve the performance of our website.
3. Why We Collect Your Information
We collect, hold, and use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To provide legal advice and services;
- To respond to your enquiries;
- To send you legal updates, newsletters, or information about events (where you have opted in);
- To improve our website and client experience;
- To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information. We may disclose it only in the following circumstances:
- To our employees, contractors or service providers who assist us in operating our website or delivering legal services (e.g. IT support, email providers);
- When required by law, court order or other legal obligations;
- With your consent or as otherwise authorised by you.
All third parties are bound by strict confidentiality and data protection obligations.
5. Storage and Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure.
Information may be stored electronically in secure servers or, where necessary, in physical files held securely at our office.
6. Access and Correction
You have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you;
- Request corrections to ensure it is accurate, up to date, and complete.
To do so, please contact us in writing (see Contact section below).
7. Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website may use cookies and analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to understand how visitors interact with our site and to improve the user experience.
You can adjust your browser settings to disable cookies, though this may limit the functionality of our website.
8. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to other websites not operated by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version will always be available on our website. We recommend reviewing it periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact:
Benetatos White
Phone: 02 4782 2199
Address: 89 Lurline St Katoomba NSW 2780