Book a data protection consultation

A consultation can cover a wide range of privacy questions, provided they fit within a focused one-off session. Common topics include what personal information you collect, whether your notices and consent wording match your actual practices, how information is stored or shared with service providers, how long it is kept, and whether current policies reflect what the business is really doing. It can also be useful if you are launching a new feature, changing a workflow or trying to work out which privacy document or next legal step is most appropriate.

This option often suits businesses that have a defined question and want legal input before deciding whether more work is needed. For example, you may want a lawyer's view on a proposed data collection method, a concern about customer consent wording, a vendor data-sharing arrangement, or whether your current privacy materials are out of date. It is also useful for founders and operations teams who need a clearer picture of the main legal issues first. If the issue turns out to require drafting or a deeper review, that can be identified after the call.

It helps to come prepared with a short summary of the issue, copies of any relevant privacy wording or internal documents, and a practical explanation of what your business is doing with the information in question. Useful details include what data you collect, why you collect it, where it comes from, who you share it with, and whether any third-party platform is involved. The document needs to line up with your actual privacy practices, including how information moves through the business, so concrete examples usually make the consultation much more useful than broad descriptions alone.

Broader work may be needed if your issue involves multiple documents, a new product rollout, sensitive information handling, a complex vendor chain, or a gap between what your business says publicly and what happens operationally. For example, if the consultation reveals that your consent wording, privacy policy and internal process all need updating together, a one-off call may not be enough on its own. In that case, the consultation still has value because it helps identify the right next legal task rather than treating every privacy problem as the same kind of job.

After the call, you should have a clearer view of the main privacy issues, the areas that may need attention, and whether the next step is a document update, a more detailed review or an internal process change. In some cases, the consultation is enough to answer a discrete question. In others, it helps narrow the issue so any follow-up legal work is more targeted. The service is focused on the legal work described here, with any wider compliance position depending on facts outside the fixed-fee scope, especially if your actual practices differ from the information discussed.

Submit an enquiry on this page or click 'Get started'. One of our legal consultants will review it within 1 business day and get in touch to understand what you need.

Your consultant will then email you a fixed-fee quote setting out the cost, scope and timing. If you're happy with it, you can accept the quote and sign our engagement letter online.

Once you've accepted, one of our Australian-qualified lawyers will work with you to complete your project. They'll contact you by email or phone if they need anything.

Sprintlaw works on fixed-fee pricing wherever possible, so you can review the scope and cost before you decide whether to proceed. For the Data Protection Consultation service, pricing starts from $200.00.

After you enquire, a legal consultant will confirm what is included, the expected timing and whether any extra work is needed before you engage us.

We work online, so we can help wherever you are in New Zealand. Our team works remotely, mainly from Australia.

Your work is done by our Australian-qualified lawyers, who hold Australian practising certificates and specialise in business law. None of them are New Zealand lawyers or hold a New Zealand practising certificate.

Sprintlaw NZ Limited is a legal consultancy, not a law firm, and is not regulated by the New Zealand Law Society. We don't act in court or tribunal matters, conveyancing (including leases and business sales) or other reserved areas of work. Communications with Sprintlaw are unlikely to be protected by legal professional privilege. We still keep everything confidential under our engagement letter.