Last updated: 13 October 2025
This privacy policy applies to the management of your Personal Information by or on behalf of Adventum Legal Pty Ltd ACN 633 951 578 (Adventum Legal/we/us/our).
Adventum Legal is a law firm based in Melbourne, Australia. We specialise in all types of corporate and commercial law and have considerable experience in capital raising (including angel investing and venture capital), startups, technology, and the commercialisation of intellectual property (and related areas of expertise) (our services and products). You may find more information about us, at our website at https://www.adventumlegal.com.au/ (website).
We have created this privacy policy to demonstrate our commitment to the Privacy Act 1988 Cth (“Privacy Act”) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) (together, the Australian Privacy Laws). This privacy policy sets out how we collect, hold, use or disclose your Personal Information. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms have the same meaning as given in the Australian Privacy Laws.
As lawyers, all information you provide us (whether or not Personal Information) is also kept in strict confidence in accordance with our legal obligations under the Legal Profession Uniform Law and the Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 and related legislation, rules and principles of law which govern the conduct of Australian Legal Practitioners (Conduct Rules). If you give your consent for us to disclose your Personal Information under this policy, then unless you tell us otherwise, you will also be deemed to have given consent to the disclosure of your Personal Information under the Conduct Rules. However, just to be clear – giving us consent to disclose your Personal Information under this policy does not entitle us to disclose any of your non-personal confidential information (such as confidential information relating to your business) – we can only use and disclose that information in accordance with the Conduct Rules, or if you otherwise consent.
If you are an Adventum Legal client, the ways we may need to use and disclose your non-personal confidential information will either be set out in our engagement letter, or otherwise separately agreed between us. Feel free to contact us using the details below if you have any questions.
What Personal Information do we collect?
The relationship that you have with Adventum Legal, as a client, potential client, job applicant, or supplier (for example) will change what Personal Information we collect and hold.
The information that we require from you may include your name, your contact details, your business’ contact details, your date of birth, job title, employment history, qualifications, tax file number (for new employees only), your business’ ACN and ABN, your credit or financial details, preferences and interests, your instructions for legal matters we assist you on, and other information relevant to the supply of our products and services collected by us or that you choose to provide to us. If you purchase products or services from us, we may also collect your bank or credit card details for payment.
We will only collect or disclose Sensitive Information about you if it is reasonably required to fulfil our functions, when we have your consent, or if required by law. Sensitive Information about you may include information about attributes such as mental health, disability, sexuality, race or ethnic origin, criminal convictions, religious affiliations and political affiliations.
How we collect your Personal Information
We collect Personal Information during the course of us providing and offering our services and products, or when you first engage with us to enquire about our services and products. This includes when you provide Personal Information to us in person, via our website, by completing and signing an engagement letter and becoming a client, during phone and video conference calls, by email, by social media or otherwise via customer enquiries or communications.
Generally, we collect Personal Information directly from you. However, we may also collect Personal Information from other people or organisations, including from other legal professionals and/or their clients, our service providers and suppliers, credit reporting bodies, government agencies, organisations that you have worked for and referrals who may have introduced you to us. We may also collect information about you from third party search providers or third party sources (such as publicly available information on the internet).
Why do we need your Personal Information?
We only collect or hold Personal Information where it is reasonably necessary for our business functions or activities.
We need Personal Information to provide you with our products and/or services, which includes:
(each a Main Purpose, and jointly Main Purposes).
If you do not provide us with Personal Information then we may not be able to carry out some or all of the Main Purposes.
How do we use or disclose your Personal Information?
Generally speaking, we will disclose Personal Information for the Main Purposes. In order for us to provide you with our products and services, we may need to disclose your Personal Information to third parties. The type of third party we may make a disclosure to, will vary depending on our relationship with you, and the reason for disclosure, but it may include:
We may disclose Personal Information to our partners and suppliers in order to assist us in providing our products or services to you. Some of our service providers or the services they provide (including the provision of cloud software), may be based outside Australia, including in the United States of America and New Zealand.
We may also disclose Personal Information in other ways with your consent or to a third party where we are authorised or required to do so by law (including under the Australian Privacy Laws or the Conduct Rules). We may also be compelled from time to time by court order to make a disclosure in circumstances where legal professional privilege does not apply (for instance, if it has been waived).
By submitting Personal Information to us, you consent to us using or disclosing Personal Information for:
Secondary Purposes may include: improving our products or services; sending you direct marketing about our products or services, promotions and events (except that we won’t use your Sensitive Information for those purposes, unless you agree); conducting client surveys; managing our relationship with you; monitoring how you interact with us on our website or other contact points; or helping you to complete an activity that you have chosen to undertake.
We may use certain non-personally identifiable information (such as anonymous usage data, IP addresses, browser or platform type etc.) to improve the quality and design of our products and services, and to create new features, promotions, functionality and services by storing, tracking, analysing and processing user preferences and trends as well as user activity and communications.
However, we will never share, rent or sell your Personal Information (or any of your confidential information) to any third party.
Can you remain anonymous or use a pseudonym?
We will, if practicable, allow you to use a pseudonym or to not identify yourself (unless this is impractical or against the law (including the Australian Privacy Laws or Conduct Rules)). However, as we are a law firm, the nature of our services is such that if you do not provide us with at least some Personal Information (like your name and address!) your preference to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym may influence whether we can begin to provide services to you or if we can continue a relationship with you.
What disclosures do we make?
In order to protect your Personal Information, we take care where possible to work with service providers who we consider maintain acceptable standards of data security compliance, and we do our part to meet those standards as they apply to us.
By providing us with Personal Information, you consent to Personal Information being used, stored and disclosed overseas, including but not limited the United States of America and New Zealand.
We will not make any disclosure of Personal Information where doing so would place us in breach of the Conduct Rules.
Is Personal Information confidential and secure?
We take all reasonable steps to keep Personal Information secure and to ensure it is protected against misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or inappropriate disclosure. We may hold Personal Information in both hard copy and electronic forms and will store it in secure systems accessible only to authorised personnel.
Do we use “cookies”?
When you visit our website, the server may attach a “cookie” to your computer’s memory. A “cookie” assists us to store information about how you use our website and to make assumptions about what information may be of most interest to you. This information is generally not linked to your identity. We may use knowledge of your user experience to better understand what products or services may be of interest to you and to collect statistical information.
Using other sites
Our site may contain links to other websites, platforms or applications. Unless the other website, platform or application is one of our products or services, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of the owners of those websites, platforms, or applications. We recommend that you read the privacy policy of any website, platform, or application that asks you to provide your Personal Information.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may need to change this privacy policy from time to time. When we amend it, the changes will be effective immediately upon being made public on our website, with the date that the privacy policy was last updated clearly displayed. It is your responsibility to review our privacy policy regularly and make sure you keep up to date with any changes.
Managing Your Information
You are responsible for ensuring that your Personal Information is accurate, current and complete and we encourage you to contact us to update your Personal Information (as well as any other information held by us) if it changes. Our contact details are set out at the end of this privacy policy.
You may ask us to access your Personal Information in accordance with Australian Privacy Laws (as applicable), including by asking us to provide you with a summary of your Personal Information that we hold, subject to certain limitations under the Australian Privacy Laws.
To uphold our privacy obligations under the Australian Privacy Laws, we may require you to confirm your identity before access to Personal Information is granted.
In most cases, we can provide you with a summary of Personal Information free of charge. However, in some circumstances, reasonable costs may be charged to you in accessing your Personal Information in accordance with and subject to our engagement letter, the Australian Privacy Laws or the Conduct Rules, including any costs limitations contained in our engagement letter, or applicable Australian Privacy Laws or Conduct Rules.
Queries and complaints
If you have a question or want to make a complaint about how we handle your Personal Information please contact us using the details below. We will review any question, complaint or concern you may have and will respond to you after we have carefully considered it. We will, where reasonably possible, take steps to investigate and resolve complaints within 30 days. Please note, we may require further information from you to resolve any complaints. If we need more time, we will notify you about the reasons for the delay and seek to agree a longer period with you (if you do not agree, we may not be able to resolve your complaint). If we cannot resolve a complaint related to your privacy information, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) directly.
We can be contacted via:
Email: info@adventumlegal.com.au
For more information about privacy issues in Australia and protecting your privacy, please visit the OAIC website at www.oaic.gov.au.
