Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

In this privacy policy, we, us, our means Marque Lawyers Pty Ltd. In the course of our activities, we will collect, store, use, hold and disclose personal information. We take your privacy and the correct treatment of your personal information seriously. This privacy policy sets out how we do that.

What is personal information

Personal information is information or an opinion about an individual, who is identified or reasonably identifiable, whether the information or opinion is true or not and whether the information is recorded in a material form or not.

Types of personal information we collect and hold

We collect and hold personal information about individuals (in this privacy policy, you) for the provision of our services and purposes connected to those services.

The types of personal information we may collect and hold about you includes the following.

  • Identity and contact details. Such information includes full name, address, date of birth, telephone number, email address, gender or similar preferences, and other identifying and contact information.
  • Billing and payment information. Such information includes personal information associated with payment and card details and financial information.
  • Employment and education information. Such information includes details about your employment and education such as your university or other education transcripts, job title, your employer and other similar identifying information.
  • Other information. Other types of information we may collect include the following, which may include your personal information.
    • Text of, and information in, communications gathered in the course of our interactions with you.
    • Information about your preferences and opinion about our services.
    • Information about your dealings with our clients and/or their authorised representatives.
    • Information about assistance that you are seeking from us.
  • Sensitive information. We may also collect sensitive information, which may include information related to your race or ethnic original, political opinions or associations, religious beliefs, sexual preferences and practices, and/or legal or criminal records. You agree that where you provide us with your sensitive information, you consent to us collecting that information. If you provide us with, or authorise us to collect, sensitive information about someone else, you warrant that you have obtained the consent of that individual to our collection of that information.

Should you choose not to provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with our services.

How we collect and hold personal information

Generally, we collect personal information directly from you through the use of any of our standard forms, over the internet, via email, or through a telephone conversation with you. However, we may also collect personal information about you in the following circumstances:

  • You, or the company that you work for, engage our services.
  • You subscribe to or opt-in to receiving any of our online publications or to any of our mailing lists.
  • You correspond with our employees or partners.
  • You have business dealings with us (whether as one of our suppliers, or as a regulator we deal with, or in the context of a transaction).
  • In the course of conducting a matter for a client, including regulatory investigations, litigation proceedings or due diligence, where you are related to the matter in some capacity.
  • You, or the company that you work for, is a counterparty, or provides services to a counterparty, of our client.
  • You apply, or register your interest for, employment or a work placement opportunity with us, either directly or through third party platforms.
  • It is required by law for us to do so.

We may also collect personal information about you that has been provided to us by third parties, including our clients, their counterparties or our service providers.

Personal information collected for AML/CTF compliance

We are a reporting entity for the purposes of the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) (AML/CTF Act). Accordingly, we are required to collect and verify certain personal information and to retain records of that information as part of our customer due diligence (CDD) obligations. Where our proposed scope of work includes a regulated “designated service” as defined in the AML/CTF Act, before establishing a client relationship or commencing that work for you, we are required to undertake an initial CDD process to verify your identity and assess any relevant AML/CTF risks. We may also carry out ongoing CDD throughout the course of our engagement. If we are unable to complete these requirements, we may be unable to provide our services. We may collect, hold, use and disclose personal information to conduct an initial CDD process, ongoing CDD, risk assessment(s), reporting to regulators (such as AUSTRAC) and/or record keeping.

Information that we may collect if you are our client includes any information as may be required under the AML/CTF Act, such as:

  • your identification and contact details;
  • any information required to verify your identity;
  • the identification of any person on whose behalf you acquire our services;
  • the identification of any person acting on your behalf together with evidence of their authority to act;
  • whether you are, or your representative is, a politically exposed person or subject to targeted financial sanctions;
  • the source of funds or wealth connected with a transaction, with documentation to verify it.

For a client that is a company, entity, trust or other structure, we may also collect information relating to:

  • the identification of any beneficial owner(s) and/or the individual(s) who ultimately own or control it;
  • whether any beneficial owner or their representative is a politically exposed person or subject to targeted financial sanctions.

Where required by law, or where reasonably necessary to demonstrate compliance with our AML/CTF obligations, we may keep records of the aforementioned information for the purpose of complying with the AML/CTF Act. Once created, we will keep such records for as long as required and, in any event, no longer than 7 years after the record ceases to be required. Once no longer required for AML/CTF or other permitted purposes, personal information is securely destroyed or de-identified in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Purposes for which we hold, use and disclose information

We handle all the personal information that comes our way in accordance with our professional obligations and applicable privacy laws.

We use personal information for the purpose for which it was collected. We will not use or disclose personal information about you for any other purpose, unless that purpose is related to the primary purpose for which we have collected that information, and you would reasonably expect the disclosure in the circumstances, or you consent to that use or disclosure.

The purposes for which we hold, use and disclose information include:

  • Conducting our business and providing our services, for example providing you or our clients with legal advice.
  • To comply with any legal or professional requirements or obligations, including any purpose authorised or required by law, the Courts, tribunals, and/or dispute resolution bodies.
  • To communicate information about our services (including targeted advertisements), or about legal updates or events which we think you might find useful and interesting.
  • To enable us to carry out recruitment activities.
  • To provide information to external service providers (such as third party technology and marketing providers we use and document solution services).
  • For our internal administrative, research, planning, marketing and service development.
  • Other purposes that we disclose to you at the time of collection.

Use of cookies

Our website uses basic technical functionality necessary for the operation, security, and performance of our website. We do not intentionally use cookies or similar tracking technologies for advertising, behavioural profiling, or marketing purposes. To the extent our website hosting provider automatically collects technical information such as IP address, browser type, or device information through standard server logs or essential technical tools, such information is used solely for website operation, security, maintenance, and performance monitoring.

Security

We hold personal information in hardcopy files and in electronic form and take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure via the use of various security protections.

Our IT systems are secured against external threats by various means, password protected and tested through regular audit and data integrity checks. Additionally, our employees are required, as a condition of employment, to treat personal information as confidential.

Personal information is held only for as long as the information remains relevant to the purpose for which we collected it, unless the law requires otherwise.

Access and correction

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure any personal data we collect, use or disclose is up to date and accurate.

If you believe personal information we hold about you is not up to date or accurate, you can ask us to correct it.

You may ask us to provide you with details of the personal information we hold about you, and copies of that information. We will respond to your request and attempt to provide you with the data within 30 days of receipt of your request.

If we provide you with copies of the information you have requested, to the extent permitted by law, we may charge you a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs of providing you with that information.

Please direct all requests for access and correction to admin@marquelawyers.com.au.

Overseas disclosure

We are not likely to disclose personal information to any overseas entities.

Changes to this policy

We will review and update this privacy policy from time to time as needed without notice. You should therefore review the terms of this privacy policy periodically to make sure that you are aware of how we collect, hold, store and use personal information. The date set out at the top of this privacy policy indicates the date that it was last updated.

Complaints or questions

If you consider a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles has occurred, please contact us at admin@marquelawyers.com.au and we will attempt to resolve your complaint.

If you do not consider our response satisfactory, you can contact the Australian Privacy Commissioner at its website www.oaic.gov.au or by telephone on 1300 363 992.

If you have any questions about this policy and would like further information, please contact us at admin@marquelawyers.com.au.