Lisa Galbraith, General Manager Cleardocs
12 March, 2014 saw the new Privacy Laws finally come into
effect. The Privacy
Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 was passed in December
2012 and since that time, you may have read our ClearLaw article "Key
changes to privacy law explained: the impact on business". The new rules have a significant impact on how
businesses handle private information.
It impacts how we interact with individuals, irrespective of how you
engage with us.
The new rules have prompted a review of processes and
structures at Thomson Reuters. Cleardocs
has been closely involved and takes the new laws seriously. We want to make sure that it is clear what we
do with your personal information. On each
page of the Cleardocs website you will see that we have updated our privacy
statement at "How are we using your information?". You can easily see how we are using your
information and how you can control that. This statement
will also appear on all of our email communications to you.
At Cleardocs, the new laws have also reinforced existing
business practice. For example:
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- we don’t
store credit card information – on the rare occasions when credit card details
are received the details are destroyed.
The payment and data process is secured by ANZ;
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- particularly sensitive data fields inside our
database are encrypted to ensure the highest level of security;
- - personal information is only shared for document
finalisation purposes such as with ASIC and IP Australia.
Privacy management is not a one off task but an ongoing
exercise which we will continue to focus on.
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