Privacy Statement
Broadley Rees Hogan Hogan respects your privacy and this statement sets out how we intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable information.
Collecting and using your information
We will only collect personal information which is necessary for providing our services to you. We shall advise you of the purpose of our collection and ensure that your personal information is collected lawfully and with your express consent.
We usually collect personal information such as your contact details, job title or position, your membership or professional associations or boards, your expertise and interests and, where relevant, financial information and family details. If we collect sensitive information (as defined in the Privacy Act 1988), it will usually be for the purpose of providing our legal services and, if the law requires us to, we will seek your consent to collect it. If you provide information voluntarily to us through our website, we may collect information essential for us to be able to respond to any request from you.
When you visit our website or download information from it, our internet service provider (ISP) records your internet address, your domain name (if applicable) and the date and time of your visit to the website. Our ISP may collect other information regarding your use of our site but this information is anonymous and is only used for statistical and website development purposes.
Broadley Rees Hogan is bound by professional obligations of confidentiality and legal professional privilege. We will continue to treat and protect information received (including any personal information) in accordance with these obligations.
Cookies and browsing
A cookie is a small message given to your web browser by our web server. The browser stores the message in a text file and the message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Information we collect through our website contributes to the site's development by allowing statistical analysis to users. This collection of statistical data is carried out anonymously with no attempt to identify users or monitor their specific browsing activities. In order to help us improve our customer service, we may utilise cookies in order to statistically track our website's performance. Most internet browsers are set up to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may be able to change the settings of your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your computer, giving you the choice whether to accept it or not.
Broadley Rees Hogan will only use your disclosed personal information or information generated by cookies that you have provided to us when we have given you notification of intended use or disclosure and you have not objected to that use or disclosure for you as you specifically and knowingly provided that information to us. We will not share your personal information with individuals or organisations outside of Broadley Rees Hogan.
Security
We have internal safeguards to monitor and maintain personal information to protect against unauthorised access, misuse, alteration, destruction and loss. All information that Broadley Rees Hogan no longer requires will be destroyed or permanently de-identified to ensure continued protection of your personally identifiable information.
We use a variety of internal safeguards and electronic security measures, including restricted physical access to our offices, fire walls and secure data-bases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.
The internet is not a secure environment. If you use the internet to send us any information, including your email address, it is sent at your own risk.
Disclaimer
Terms and Conditions of Use of the Broadley Rees Hogan Web Site
The use of this web site constitutes agreement with the following terms and conditions :
(a) Broadley Rees Hogan maintains this web site (the “Site”) as a courtesy to those who may choose to access the Site (“Users”). The information presented herein is for informative purposes only. Broadley Rees Hogan grants permission to Users to visit the Site and to download and copy the information, documents and materials (collectively, “Materials”) from the Site for the User's personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell or redistribute them or to compile or create derivative works therefrom, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below, and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to specific Material within this Site.
(b) Broadley Rees Hogan administers this Site. All Material on this Site from Broadley Rees Hogan appears subject to the present Terms and Conditions.
Disclaimers
Materials provided on this Site are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Broadley Rees Hogan specifically does not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any such Materials. Broadley Rees Hogan periodically adds, changes, improves or updates the Materials on this Site without notice. Under no circumstances shall Broadley Rees Hogan be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of this Site, including, without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto. The use of this Site is at the User's sole risk. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall Broadley Rees Hogan or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, even if Broadley Rees Hogan has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
The User specifically acknowledges and agrees that Broadley Rees Hogan is not liable for any conduct of any User.
This site may contain advice, opinions and statements of various information providers. Broadley Rees Hogan does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by any information provider, any User of this Site or any other person or entity. Reliance upon any such advice, opinion, statement, or other information shall also be at the User's own risk. Neither Broadley Rees Hogan nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective agents, employees, information providers or content providers, shall be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, alteration of or use of any content herein, or for its timeliness or completeness, nor shall they be liable for any failure of performance, computer virus or communication line failure, regardless of cause, or for any damages resulting therefrom.
As a condition of use of this Site, the User agrees to indemnify Broadley Rees Hogan and its affiliates from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of the User's use of this Site, including, without limitation, any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by the User of these Terms and Conditions. If the User is dissatisfied with any Material on this Site or with any of its Terms and Conditions of Use, the User's sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.
This Site may contain links and references to third-party web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of Broadley Rees Hogan, and Broadley Rees Hogan is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Broadley Rees Hogan provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply the endorsement of the linked site by Broadley Rees Hogan.
Preservation of immunities
Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or a waiver of the privileges and immunities of Broadley Rees Hogan, which are specifically reserved.
General
Broadley Rees Hogan reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the Site or any Materials in any respect. Broadley Rees Hogan shall have no obligation to take the needs of any User into consideration in connection therewith.
Broadley Rees Hogan reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Site or any portion thereof without notice.
No waiver by Broadley Rees Hogan of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be binding except as set forth in writing and signed by its duly authorized representative. |
