Privacy Policy

L A Mayes Law trading as Mayes Law (we, us or our) is committed to ensuring that personal information collected is dealt with in accordance with the Information Privacy Principles contained in the Information Privacy Act 2009 and the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

Mayes Law collects personal information such as names, address and other contact details, your instructions and other information to the extent it is relevant to our function and responsibility.  Mayes Law has developed procedures to prevent unauthorised use and access to personal information collected by it.

Mayes Law uses the personal information you have provided for a number of purposes including:

  • opening a file to record your details and to save all communications and documents pertaining to the work we do for you so that we can act for you and conduct business with you
  • providing you with important information about Mayes Law and our services
  • providing to the Qld Law Society and Lexon and our advisors in the event of an insurance or professional indemnity claim
  • contacting you to obtain your feedback

Clients have the right to request access to any personal information which relates to them and the right to request that information be corrected should it be inaccurate..

Information provided by clients may be disclosed to regulatory bodies in other States and/or foreign countries, professional indemnity insurers, premium funders, our professional advisors and contractors and other statutory bodies such as the Legal Services Commission as required under the Act and other legislative provisions.  Business details and personal information you choose to provide may also be transferred to an overseas recipient and stored overseas to administer services and communications to you. Some third party suppliers or their products and services are located overseas such as in the United States, Singapore and Sweden.

Mayes Law does not provide mailing lists to others.

We may send you an email for promotional and marketing purposes. If you do not wish your details to be included please advise Lesleigh in writing.

In accordance with the Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001, we may provide notices, to you by electronic communication.

Website privacy

Mayes Law is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality and security of users of this website.

When you visit the Mayes Law website, our server records your visit and logs certain information for statistical and diagnostic purposes only. A tracking cookie is used which identifies the user over an entire browsing session and also over repeat visits to the website. In the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect activity logs.

Information that may be collected includes:

  • the requesting IP address;
  • the type of browser being used;
  • the date and time of the visit;
  • the pages and resources accessed and downloaded;
  • the previous site visited;
  • the user ID used to access the page, if any.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data which is sent from a web server to a web browser on the user’s machine when the browser visits the server’s website. The cookie is stored on the user’s machine as an historical identifier only and cannot do anything to your machine. Cookies are not stored by us and cannot be used to determine the user’s email address or anything about the user’s computer.

If you wish to log in to the website you will need to accept cookies. If your browser rejects all cookies you will still be able to view public, information only pages.

Google Analytics and Adwords

All websites run by Mayes Law use Google Analytics, a web analytics, reporting and statistics service provided by Google Inc. We use Google Analytics to improve the performance and usability of its websites based on web traffic, conversions and user interaction information.

Google Analytics uses cookies to report on user interactions on Mayes Law websites. These cookies use information based on how you view and use the Mayes Law website, including your IP address. This data is transferred to and stored on servers in the United States by Google.

In addition, we use Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting, which places cookies on browsers to help us understand how people find and use the site. This service provides sample reporting on demographics and interests of users within the website.

Mayes Law will not merge or facilitate the merging of personally identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information collected through any Google advertising product or feature, or divulge any information to third parties unless authorised or required by law.

Please refer to the Google Privacy Policy for more information.

Opt out

To opt out of Google Analytics tracking, please visit this site. To opt out Google’s use of cookies in display advertising, please visit this site.

Your consent

By using any websites run by Mayes Law, you agree to this transfer and Australian Privacy Principle 8.1 will not apply to this disclosure.

Third party links

All websites run by Mayes Law (Sites) may provide outbound links to other websites. As these websites are not under the control of Mayes Law, they have separate and independent privacy policies. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these websites.

The Site may include third party content which is subject to that third party's terms and conditions of use. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting any licence or right for you to use that content. You should consult the third party’s terms and conditions of use in relation to any third party content.

Links to third party sites which are not related to us and in relation to which we have no control or interest do not constitute any endorsement or approval of those sites or of the owners of those sites.

Email and accounts

Email correspondence is treated as a public record under the Public Records Act 2002. Email addresses are not added to mailing lists and details will not be disclosed to third parties without consent or unless required by law. Authorised personnel may monitor email messages for system maintenance purposes.

Should you pay an account personal and financial details are secured at all stages of the transaction.


Third Parties


LA Mayes Law may also use third parties to administer and deliver communications to clients such as newsletters, weekly updates, by email or mail. Some third party suppliers or their products and services are located overseas. Business details and personal information you choose to provide us may be transferred to an overseas recipient and stored overseas to administer such services and communications to you.

If you do not wish your details to be used for any one or more of the above purposes, you should advise Lesleigh in writing.

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