Point Legal Limited

Privacy.

Version 1.0. Effective on publication, target 1 July 2026.

This page explains how Point Legal Limited collects, uses, holds and protects your personal information. We take your privacy seriously, and we handle your information in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020.

1Who we are

Point Legal Limited is a law firm based in Birkenhead, on Auckland’s North Shore. In this page, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Point Legal Limited. We are the agency responsible for the personal information we hold about you.

2The information we collect

We collect the personal information we need to act for you, to run our practice, and to meet our professional and legal obligations. Depending on your matter, this may include:

• Your name, contact details and date of birth.
• Identity and address verification documents, which we are required to collect under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009.
• Information about your matter, your assets, your business and your family, where it is relevant to the work you have asked us to do.
• Financial and payment information, including bank account details for trust account transactions.
• Records of our communications with you, and information you provide to us during the course of a matter.

We collect most of this information directly from you. Where it is necessary for your matter, we may also collect it from third parties, such as other parties to a transaction, government registers, banks and other professional advisers.

3How we use your information

We use your personal information to:

• Provide legal services to you and act on your instructions.
• Verify your identity and meet our obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 and other applicable law.
• Manage our relationship with you, including billing and account administration.
• Check for conflicts of interest before we take on a matter.
• Comply with our professional duties and with any court or regulatory requirements.

4When we share your information

We treat your information as confidential. We do not sell it, and we do not share it for marketing. We will share your information only where it is necessary for your matter or required of us, for example with:

• Other parties and their advisers in a transaction or dispute, where you have instructed us to act.
• Government agencies and registers, such as Land Information New Zealand and the Companies Office.
• Banks, accountants, valuers and other advisers involved in your matter.
• Our service providers, including our practice management and identity verification systems, who are bound to keep your information secure.
• Courts, regulators and law enforcement, where we are required to do so by law.

5How we hold and protect your information

We hold your information in secure electronic systems and, where relevant, in paper files. We take reasonable steps to keep it safe from loss, misuse and unauthorised access. We keep your information for as long as we need it for your matter, and for as long as we are required to retain it under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009, and other applicable law. After that, we dispose of it securely.

6Our website

Our website is a simple information page. If you contact us through the site, by email or by phone, we use your message and contact details only to respond to you. We do not run advertising on the site, and we do not use it to build a profile of you.

To understand how the site is used, we use a privacy-friendly analytics tool (GoatCounter) that records aggregate information only, such as how many people visit, which pages they view, which links they click, and the general region and device they use. It does not use cookies, and it does not collect or store any information that identifies you.

7Accessing and correcting your information

You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, and to ask us to correct it if it is wrong. Please contact us using the details below. We will respond as soon as we reasonably can, and within the timeframes set by the Privacy Act 2020. In some cases the law allows us to withhold information, for example where it is subject to legal professional privilege or relates to another person.

8Contact and complaints

If you have a question about your privacy, or you would like to access or correct your information, please contact Tim Grace, Director, at tim@pointlegal.co.nz.