Privacy Statement

We may collect personal information from you, including but not limited to:

• contact details;
• date of birth;
• gender;
• financial details;
• employment information;
• identity documents;
• account details.

• You may provide personal informationdirectly to us, including via the website and any related service, through our on-boarding process, or through contact and communication with us.
• When you engage us or interact with us, you should expect that we will collect personal information about you from third parties as part of providing legal services. This Privacy Statement is intended to ensure you are aware of how and from whom we may collect personal information, so that, where permitted by law, we do not need to notify you separately each time this occurs, unless we are required to do so by law or exceptional circumstances apply.

• We may collect personal information directly from you and indirectly from third parties. This may include information provided by other parties in connection with our legal services (such as government agencies, employers, advisers, opposing parties, referees, courts, tribunals, or publicly available sources), where collection is authorised or required by law, where the information is publicly available, or where reasonably necessary to further the services for which we have been engaged.
• Publicly available sources include, but are not limited to, registers, databases, publications, websites, and social media.

• Third parties may include, but are notlimited to:
  1. government agencies and public authorities
  2. employers, current or former;
  3. insurers;
  4. financial institution;
  5. local government bodies, such as councils, and related council-controlled organisations;
  6. educational institutions;
  7. licensing or regulatory bodies;
  8. professional advisers;
  9. opposing parties or their counsel;
  10. referees and individuals providing information in support of any matter; and
  11. publicly available sources.

• In many cases, the collection of personal information from third parties is necessary to comply with legal, regulatory, or professional obligations, or to properly advance, protect, or respond tolegal proceedings, applications, or enquiries.

• To the extent permitted by law, we will rely on this Privacy Statement to meet our obligations to notify you about the collection of personal information from third parties, and we will not usually provide separate notices each time such information is collected. Where notification is required, we may provide it in a general manner or by reference to this Privacy Statement where this is reasonably practicable.

We will use your personal information in various circumstances, not limited to and including the following:

• to verify your identity;
• to deliver and provide services to you;
• to market our services to you;
• to invoice you and to collect money that you owe us;
• to authorise and process transactions;
• to communicate with you;
• to protect and/or enforce McVeagh Fleming's legal rights and interests;
• for any other purpose authorised by you or the Privacy Act 2020.

We may disclose your personal information to:

• any third parties we have engaged to assist to provide you with our legal service;
• any business that supports our provision of services, such as the IT system or businesses that we use to provide the website or other services. Note: a business that supports our services and products may be located outside New Zealand. This may mean your personal information is held and processed outside New Zealand;
• a credit reference agency;
• any other person or agency authorised by you.