Check whether your consent wording matches your real data practices

This is usually worth getting when your business collects personal information through online forms, account creation, booking flows, marketing sign-ups, app permissions or similar touchpoints, and you are not fully confident the wording reflects what actually happens behind the scenes. A common issue is that consent text is copied from an old form or template while the business has changed how it collects, uses or shares information. We review those wording gaps and explain where clearer disclosure or a different consent approach may be needed.

Common issues include vague statements about why information is collected, bundled consent that tries to cover too many things at once, wording that does not match actual sharing with service providers, and language that is hard for users to understand at the point they are asked to agree. We also often see consent requests mixed in with broader privacy wording in a way that blurs what is optional and what is necessary. A useful version should be based on your real data practices, not just a generic list of privacy clauses, so wording alone is not the whole picture.

We do more than mark up a standalone clause. The review can cover the wording used across the relevant consent touchpoints you provide, such as sign-up forms, checkout screens, pop-ups, app prompts or linked privacy text. You receive written legal feedback on clarity, risk areas and recommended changes, plus a follow-up call to talk through the findings. The legal drafting should follow your actual information-handling process, rather than relying on generic privacy wording, so we assess the wording in that practical context rather than in isolation.

Not automatically. This service is aimed at the consent wording itself and related user-facing language you want reviewed. It does not include rewriting your full privacy policy, changing your website or app flows, implementing consent tools, or carrying out security remediation. If our review shows that your broader privacy documents or processes also need work, we can point that out and discuss separate support. That way, the fixed-fee stays tied to the legal review of the wording you are currently using.

Timing depends on how much wording you want reviewed and how complex your data flows are, especially if different forms or channels use different consent language. Once we have the relevant materials and enough background to understand the context, we can confirm the expected turnaround. If your wording sits across a website, app and marketing funnel, that can take longer than reviewing a single form. After the written advice is delivered, the follow-up call can be booked to work through priority changes and any immediate questions.

Just submit an enquiry via this page or click the 'get started' button on our website to submit an enquiry. After you've submitted an enquiry, one of our legal consultants will review your enquiry within 1 business day and get in touch to get a better idea of exactly what you are looking for.

Then your legal consultant will send through an email with a bit more information about the services you need, along with a fixed fee quote setting out costs, scope of the service and timing. Have a read through it, and if you're happy with the scope, you can accept and sign our engagement letter online - easy!

Once you've formally accepted, we'll connect you with a specialist lawyer and they will work with you to complete your project. They will contact you by email or phone if they need to get in touch.

Sprintlaw works on fixed-fee pricing wherever possible, so you can review the scope and cost before you decide whether to proceed. For the Privacy Consent Wording Review service, pricing starts from $900.00.

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 operate completely online, which means we can help you wherever you are in New Zealand. We have office spaces in Sydney, and in Melbourne, but our use of technology allows our team members to work remotely from around the world. Our legal team are mostly based in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. We also have a London office for Sprintlaw UK.

Our legal team is made up of experienced lawyers, who are specialists in various areas of law and hold an Australian legal practising certificate. None of our Sprintlaw lawyers are New Zealand qualified lawyers and they do not currently hold a New Zealand practising certificate.

They provide legal services working remotely from Australia via our 'legal consultancy' model, through which (under section 6 and section 35 of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006) our Australian legal team are permitted to provide legal services to New Zealand businesses provided they do not provide services in certain 'reserved' areas of law. You can read our FAQ page to learn a bit more about our 'legal consultancy' model.

Given the strong similarities between Australian and New Zealand law, and the areas of law in which we practice (being small business and startup law), we do not view the fact that our lawyers have not qualified in New Zealand as having any substantive impact on the quality of our service. We are committed to ensuring that we provide high quality, affordable legal services to all our New Zealand clients.

Our legal team have all trained at leading firms, but have left the traditional corporate law world to join us on our mission to create a new and better way of delivering legal services. They have specialist expertise in technology law, intellectual property law, contract drafting and review, corporate law and commercial law.