PRIVACY POLICY
1. This website is owned and operated by MM888 Investments Pty Ltd (ACN 661 731 5004) trading as ‘PLE Legal’ (referred
to below as “we” or “PLE Legal”).
2. PLE Legal is not covered by the operation of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) as a small business. However, we are committed
to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information.
3. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect, why we collect it, and how we use, store, and protect it.
4. We reserve the right to update this policy at any time. Please check this page for updates as necessary.
5. You agree to the terms outlined in this policy by visiting our website, contacting us or engaging our legal services.
Personal information we may collect
6. We may collect several types of personal information for provision and marketing of legal services, including for the
purposes of conflict checks to ensure we do not accept work with respect to which we are subject to a conflict of interest.
This information will be stored for as long as we deem necessary. Depending on the nature of your interaction with us, this
information may include (but is not limited to) the following:
a. name, date of birth, age, sex, marital status and education details;
b. employment details;
c. citizenship details;
d. contact details (e.g. email address, phone number and address);
e. copies of identification documents (e.g. driver’s licence, passport details, birth certificate, citizenship certificate etc);
f. browsing information (e.g. IP address, domain information, date of visit to our website, pages and information viewed
or downloaded from our website, previous websites visited, type of browser etc);
g. information related to request for legal services/information; and
h. financial information (e.g. bank details).
When we may collect personal information
7. We may collect personal information from you when you:
a. visit our website;
b. engage our legal services;
c. enquire about engaging our legal services by email, telephone or in person (whether or not we are subsequently
engaged);
d. apply for a position at PLE Legal or enquire about availability of a position at PLE Legal;
e. attend an event conducted, hosted or sponsored by us;
f. subscribe to our mailing list;
g. supply goods or services to us.
How we may collect personal information
8. We may collect personal information by way of the following methods:
a. from you;
b. from your use of our website (including information provided by your internet browser);
c. from information that is publicly available (e.g. your social media profiles, business website or information available
on any publicly accessible database etc);
d. from any government authorities, credit agency or other information provider;
e. from persons referred to us by you (e.g. reference provider, recruitment agent, past employer etc);
f. from your business associates, employer, customers etc; or
g. from your business card or other marketing material.
9. You may make general enquiries from us on an anonymous basis, but we cannot consider your personal circumstances
without identification to ensure that we comply with regulatory requirements and avoid any conflicts of interest.
How we use personal information
10. The personal information we collect may be used for the following purposes:
a. To verify your identity;
b. To conduct conflict checks;
c. To provide you with advice and services;
d. To communicate with you regarding your enquiry;
e. To manage financial details such as for the purpose of billing and payments to third parties;
f. To engage external service providers (e.g. barrister, expert, IT consultant, document copying/management services,
accountant, recruitment agent etc);
g. To maintain and develop our relationship with you during and after your enquiry or engagement, including sending
information updates, marketing materials and newsletters to you or inviting you to participate in events;
h. To comply with legal and regulatory obligations, including requirements of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA)
legislation (“Uniform Law”) and its subsidiary regulations and rules, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism
Financing Act 2006 (Cth) and other applicable State and Commonwealth legislation and regulations; and
i. To audit, improve and market our services and website etc;
j. To maintain the accuracy of our records.
Disclosure of your information
11. We may disclose your personal information to:
a. Our agents and contracts, including external service providers that help facilitate our services (e.g. consultants, IT
providers)
b. Email marketing services providers;
c. Our related entities;
d. Our professional advisers; or
e. Government bodies or regulatory authorities if required by law
12. We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties.
Our Website Host
13. This website is hosted by Squarespace, which collects personal data when you visit this website, including:
a. Information about your browser, network and device
b. Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
c. Web pages you view while on this website
d. Your IP address
14. Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace
analyses the data in a de-personalised form.
15. This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
a. Clicks
b. Internal links
c. Pages visited
d. Scrolling
e. Searches
f. Timestamps
16. Further, when you visit our website or use any of our services, the website may send one or more ‘cookies’ (being a small
text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters) to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. Cookies can
facilitate a user’s ongoing access to and use of a website. The use of cookies will allow us to customise the website to your
needs, remember your preferences and also assists us in improving the performance of the website. Cookies may collect
and store your Personal Information. We treat such information in the same manner as other Personal Information that you
provide to us. You can deactivate the cookies by resetting your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a
cookie is being sent, which may affect the operation of the website. We may engage third parties to analyse the information
collected by cookies or perform statistics about usage of the website.
17. We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
Links to other websites
18. Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites
and advise you to review their privacy policies.
Security of your information
19. We will take reasonable steps to protect Personal Information from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access or
disclosure.
20. Whilst these measures are in place, it is important to note that no system is entirely secure and as such we cannot
guarantee the security of your personal information.
21. Although we will strive to maintain the security and confidentiality of your Personal Information, we will not be held
responsible for events arising from unauthorised use or access to your Personal Information.
Access and correction of your personal information
22. You may contact us to access and correct the personal information we hold about you.
Contact us
23. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy and/or how we handle your personal information, please
contact us by way of the following methods:
a. Phone: (08) 9278 2745
b. Email: admin@plelegal.com.au
