We value your privacy.

Privacy and Confidentiality Policy

“Love this Celebrant” recognises the importance of your privacy and the security of your personal information. We are committed to protecting your personal information. The details in this policy will outline how we manage your personal information and safeguard your privacy. “Personal Information”: Any information or opinion, in any form, which identifies an individual or from which an individual’s identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained.

The National Privacy Principles

From December 2001, most private sector organisations in Australia, must by law comply with the National Privacy Principles subject to Privacy Act 1988 (Cth} (NNP’s). We are bound by the NNP’s.

Collecting Personal Information about you.

We only collect personal information that is necessary for us to perform our functions, to develop and promote our services and to assist us with complying with our legal and regulatory obligations.

The kind of personal information we collect, and hold will depend on the services you require from us. It may include:

  • Information you give us when you instruct us
    to act on your behalf. This will include name, address and contact details.

  • Information about individuals we collect in
    the course of acting for our clients.

  • Communications between us and you.

We also collect information from you when you access our services and facilities available through our website. Some of this information won’t be personal as your identity isn’t revealed. The only time we collect your personal information is when you use our website to tell us about yourself. Eg Completing an online form or information you provide us when you send an email.

Our use of cookies 

When you access our website, the server attaches a small data file called a “cookie” to your computer’s memory.

Cookies are pieces of information that may be transferred to your computers memory when you visit a website for record keeping purposes. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies. We use cookies to provide us with aggregate information on how people use our website and to help us know what they find interesting and useful on our website. We don’t link this back to your identity or other information you have provided us. Information that you have provided us isn’t stored inside the cookies.

Collection of anonymous information

As most websites do, we track usage patterns on our website, your identity cannot reasonably be ascertained from this information. Each time you visit our website a web server makes a record of your vis

It records your:

  • Internet provider

  • Date and time of your visit

  • Pages and documents accessed and downloaded.

  • Search items entered

  • Referring URL’s

The way we collect personal information from you.

While in most instances we will collect information directly from the person whom the information relates to. We may require you to provide us with information about third parties. We may also collect information about you from a third party. When we obtain personal or other information from third parties whom you have referred to us we will assume and you will ensure you have notified the third party you have referred us to them for the purpose’s of collection and disclosure of relevant personal and relevant information. Prior to referring third parties’ you should ensure you are authorised to do so and agree to inform the person who we are, and we will use and disclose your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy from time to time. If you do not provide us with your personal information, or you do not consent to us using your personal information as outlined in the Privacy Policy it may not be possible for us to provide you with the services you requested.

Using or Disclosing Your Personal Information

The purpose for which we collect and hold personal information and how we use it. Any personal information we collect about you will be used and disclosed by us so that we can provide you with the services that you have requested, or otherwise enable us to carry out our functions as professional legal service providers and seeking to comply our legal and regulatory obligations. We may determine that it is necessary for us to conduct further searches and enquiries regarding the information you have provided us or more generally concerning you or your associates for our regulatory or prudential purposes. This may entail using some or all of the collected information to collect additional information concerning you or your associates (including personal information in the respect of individuals) from various other entities including but not limited to government agencies, law enforcement bodies, publicly available records, public registries, court or tribunal records, rating agencies, search and credit reporting agencies, and regulatory and licensing bodies. We may also use your personal information to provide you with information about other services offered by us. If you would prefer not to receive this information, please let us know and we will respect your request.

Contracting out services and disclosures

We may disclose your personal information to our service entities and contract out some of our functions Eg; mailing to external service providers. We may disclose your personal information to these external service providers but only so they can provide the services we have contracted out to them. 

Sensitive Information

Sensitive information is a specific type of person information that includes health information and information about a person’s race, ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of political, professional or trade associations, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual preferences and criminal history.

The NNP’s impose greater obligations on us regarding any collection, use or disclosure we make of your sensitive information if;

  • You have expressly consented to us doing so.

  • We are required to do so by law; or

  • The collection is necessary to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim.

Changes to our policy

From time to time it may be necessary  to review and revise our privacy policy. We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time. We may notify you about changes to this privacy policy by posting an updated version on our website.

Last updated 16 February 2025