Privacy Policy

Doherty Property Advisory. Last updated: 12th October 2026

1. Who we are

Doherty Property Advisory is the trading name of Nicholas Doherty, a NSW licensed buyers agent (Licence No. 20570647, ABN 25 568 541 120). In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" mean Doherty Property Advisory. We respect your privacy and handle personal information in line with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles.

2. What personal information we collect

Depending on how you deal with us, we may collect:

your name, contact details (address, email, phone) and date of birth;

identity information from your identification documents, such as the document type, number, expiry date and our verification result;

details about your property needs, budget, finances and how you plan to pay (including evidence of the source of your funds where we need it);

information about the people or entities you buy through, such as company officers, trustees, beneficiaries and beneficial owners, and anyone acting for you;

records of our communications, and the instructions you give us;

information on our website enquiry form, and technical data such as your IP address and browser type.

We do not ask for sensitive information (such as health or political information) unless it is needed for your search and you agree.

3. How we collect it

We collect information directly from you, in meetings, calls, emails, forms and our website. We may also collect it from third parties such as your finance broker, solicitor or conveyancer, registries and public sources, and, for identity checks, from the sources we use to verify your documents.

4. Why we collect, use and disclose it

We use personal information to:

respond to your enquiry and provide our buyers agency services (searching, negotiating and bidding on your behalf);

meet our legal obligations, including under the Property and Stock Agents Act 2002 (NSW) and the AML/CTF laws;

manage our business, including invoicing, record keeping, insurance and professional obligations;

improve our services and website.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for unrelated marketing without your consent.

5. Anti-money laundering (AML/CTF)

We are a reporting entity under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth). The law requires us to collect and verify your identity and certain other information before we provide services, to monitor our dealings, and to keep records. If you do not give us the information we ask for, we may be unable to act for you.

We may be required to report information to AUSTRAC, including suspicious matters, and the law may prohibit us from telling you that we have done so. We keep only the identity details we need, and we destroy or de-identify copies of identification documents when they are no longer needed.

6. Who we share it with

We may share personal information with:

AUSTRAC and other government or regulatory bodies where the law requires or permits;

your lender or finance broker, solicitor, conveyancer, building and pest inspectors and other professionals you ask us to work with;

selling agents and their staff, to the extent needed to inspect, negotiate or bid on your behalf;

our insurers, professional advisers and service providers, including website, email and data storage providers.

Some of our service providers may store or access information outside Australia, including in various countries. We take reasonable steps to make sure they protect it.

7. How we store and protect it

We keep information in password-protected systems and take reasonable steps to protect it from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access. We do not accept payment card details, and we ask you not to send identification, bank or financial details through our website form.

8. How long we keep it

We keep personal information only as long as we need it for our services and our legal obligations, then destroy or de-identify it. Records we must keep by law are kept for the required period.

9. Our website

Our website may use cookies and analytics tools to understand how visitors use it. You can turn cookies off in your browser. Links to other websites are not covered by this policy.

10. Access and correction

You can ask to see the personal information we hold about you, or ask us to correct it, by contacting us. We will respond within a reasonable time, normally within 30 days. In some cases the law may require or allow us to refuse access, and we will explain why.

11. Questions and complaints

Contact us at nick@dohertyadvisory.au, 0450 934 213. We will acknowledge your complaint promptly and aim to respond within 30 days. If you are not satisfied, you can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (www.oaic.gov.au).

12. Data breaches

If there is a data breach likely to cause you serious harm, we will notify you and the OAIC as the law requires.

13. Changes

We may update this policy. The current version is always on our website.