Privacy & Cookie Policy

Last updated: July 2026

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About this policy

This website is operated by Stowe Family Law LLP, a law firm based in the United Kingdom. The website has been created for people in Australia who would like to learn more about Stowe Family Law and the wider group of family law firms connected with us.

The site is intended to act as a point of information. It does not provide Australian legal advice, and using the website does not create a solicitor-client relationship with Stowe Family Law LLP or with any Australian law firm within the wider group.

This policy explains what personal information we collect through this website, why we collect it, who it may be shared with, where it may be processed, and how you can contact us about your information.

Because Stowe Family Law LLP is based in the UK, but this website is aimed at an Australian audience, this policy is written with both the Australian Privacy Act 1988, including the Australian Privacy Principles, and the UK GDPR / Data Protection Act 2018 in mind.

Who is responsible for your personal information?

Where personal information is collected through this website, Stowe Family Law LLP is responsible for it.

Some Australian firms within the wider group may operate separately and may have their own websites, services and privacy policies. If you contact, instruct, or engage with one of those Australian firms directly, their own privacy policy will usually apply to the information they collect from you.

What personal information do we collect?

The information we collect depends on how you use the website.

If you simply browse the site, we may collect limited technical information about your visit. This can include your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, approximate location derived from your device or browser, and information about how you arrived at or moved around the site.

If you choose to complete a form, register interest in career opportunities, or ask to receive updates about jobs, we may collect the details you provide. This is likely to include your name, email address, telephone number, location, current or preferred role, and any other information you choose to include in your message, CV, application or enquiry.

We do not ask website visitors to provide sensitive information through this site. If you choose to include sensitive or unnecessary information in a free text box or attachment, we will handle it carefully, but you should avoid providing more information than is needed for your enquiry.

How do we collect personal information?

Most of the personal information we collect through this website comes directly from you. For example, you may give us information when you complete an online form, send us an email, submit a CV, or ask to hear about future career opportunities.

Some information is collected automatically when you visit the site. This is usually collected through cookies, analytics tools and similar technologies. More detail about this is set out in the cookies section below.

In a recruitment context, we may also receive information from recruitment platforms, professional networking sites, referees, recruitment agencies or publicly available professional sources. Where we look at publicly available professional profiles, such as LinkedIn, we only use information that appears relevant to recruitment or future employment opportunities.

How do we use your personal information?

We use personal information collected through this website for straightforward purposes connected with the site and with recruitment.

This includes responding to enquiries from you, managing expressions of interest in career opportunities, considering individuals for current or future roles, keeping in touch with people who have asked to receive job updates, maintaining the security and performance of the website, and understanding how visitors use the site so that we can improve it.

We may also use information where this is necessary to comply with legal, regulatory or professional obligations, to keep appropriate business records, to deal with complaints or queries, or to protect our legal rights.

For recruitment activities we generally rely on our legitimate interests in recruiting and managing our workforce. Where we send job alerts requested by you, we rely on your consent or our legitimate interests as appropriate. Where processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations, we rely on Article 6(1)(c) UK GDPR. Where processing is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, we rely on Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR.

We do not sell personal information.

Recruitment and job opportunity updates

If you use the website to tell us that you are interested in jobs or future opportunities, we will use the information you provide for recruitment related purposes.

That may include reviewing your experience, contacting you about roles that may be relevant to you, keeping your details in a talent pool, arranging interviews, carrying out pre employment checks where appropriate, and managing communications with you during the recruitment process.

If you ask to receive job updates, we will use your contact details for that purpose. You can ask us to stop sending those updates at any time by contacting us using the details at the end of this policy.

If you do not provide the information requested in a recruitment form or enquiry, we may not be able to consider you for opportunities, respond properly to your enquiry, or keep you updated about future roles.

Cookies and website analytics

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site work properly and can also help us understand how people use the site.

This website may use cookies that are necessary for the site to function, including cookies used for security, page navigation and basic website operation. We may also use analytics cookies to understand, in an aggregated way, how visitors use the website, which pages are visited, how long people spend on the site, and whether anything is not working as expected.

Where we use non-essential cookies, such as analytics or marketing cookies, we will provide appropriate information and seek consent where required.

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. You may be able to block, delete or restrict cookies, although some parts of the website may not work properly if strictly necessary cookies are disabled.

Who will we share your personal information with?

We only share personal information where there is a proper reason to do so.

For example, we may share information with trusted suppliers who help us operate the website, host our systems, provide analytics, support recruitment activity, manage communications, or provide IT and security services. These suppliers are only given access to information where this is needed for the services they provide.

• Google Analytics — used to analyse website traffic, understand how users interact with our website, and improve website functionality and user experience.
• Cookie banner — used to manage cookie consent preferences and ensure compliance with applicable data protection and privacy laws.

We may also share information with firms within the wider group where this is relevant to your enquiry or recruitment interest. For example, if you express interest in a role or opportunity connected with an Australian firm within our Group, your details may need to be shared with the appropriate people involved in that recruitment process.

We may disclose information where required by law, regulation, court order, government authority or professional obligation. We may also disclose information where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

We may share your personal information in connection with merger, acquisition, restructuring or sale of all or part of our business.

Will your personal information leave Australia?

Stowe Family Law LLP is based in the United Kingdom. This means that personal information collected through this website may be accessed from, transferred to, or stored in the United Kingdom.

Information may also be processed in Australia or in other countries where our service providers operate. This may include providers of website hosting, cloud systems, recruitment platforms, communications tools, analytics services, cyber security services and business administration systems.

Where personal information is disclosed or processed outside Australia, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate privacy, confidentiality and security protections are in place.

Where UK GDPR applies, we also consider whether appropriate safeguards are required for international transfers under UK data protection law.

How do we protect your personal information?

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.

Those steps include a mixture of technical, organisational and contractual safeguards. In practice, this may include access controls, secure systems (such as firewalls), encryption where appropriate, supplier checks, confidentiality obligations, staff training, monitoring, and security processes designed to reduce the risk of unauthorised access.

While we take privacy and information security seriously and review our controls as needed, no website or electronic communication system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Therefore, you share your personal information with us online at your own risk and are encouraged to exercise care when sending personal information via the internet. Please notify us immediately if you know or reasonably suspect that your personal information has been subject to any data breach, breach of security or other unauthorised activity.

How long do we keep your personal information?

We keep personal information only for as long as we reasonably need it for the purpose for which it was collected, or for another lawful and legitimate reason.

For recruitment information, this may mean keeping your details while we consider you for a role, while we manage the recruitment process, or for a period afterwards so that we can consider you for future opportunities. If you no longer want us to keep your details for future roles, you can contact us and ask to be removed from our recruitment records or talent pool.

We may need to keep some information for longer where this is required for legal, regulatory, accounting, reporting, complaint handling or recordkeeping reasons.

When information is no longer needed, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, de-identify it or securely archive it.

How can you access or correct your personal information?

You can ask us for access to personal information we hold about you, or to correct information if you believe it is inaccurate, incomplete, out of date or misleading by contacting us atdataprotection@stowefamilylaw.co.uk.

We will consider requests in accordance with applicable privacy law. In some cases, we may need to verify your identity before responding.

There may be situations where we are not required, or are not able, to provide access to certain information. For example, access may be refused or limited where this is permitted by law, where it would affect the privacy of another person, where the information is legally privileged, or where disclosure would prejudice legal, regulatory or security interests.

If we refuse access or correction, we will explain our reasons where it is lawful and appropriate to do so.

Individuals’ rights

In accordance with UK GDPR, individuals for whom we process personal data have the right to:

• Erasure
• Restriction
• Objection
• Data portability
• Withdrawal of consent
• Right to complain to the ICO
• Right not to be subject to automated decision making

Complaints

If you are concerned about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first atdataprotection@stowefamilylaw.co.uk so that we can look into the issue.

We will consider privacy complaints carefully and aim to respond in a fair and practical way. We may ask for further information if we need it to understand the concern or investigate what has happened.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may be able to complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in Australia or the Information Commissioner's Office in the United Kingdom, depending on the nature of the issue and the law that applies. Their contact details are below:

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
Sydney NSW 2001
Phone: 1300 363 992
Website: www.oaic.gov.au
Email: enquiries@oaic.gov.au

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
England
Phone: 0044 303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk
Email: icocasework@ico.org.uk

Contact us

If you have questions about this policy, want to exercise your privacy rights, or wish to make a complaint, please contact us at:

Email: dataprotection@stowefamilylaw.co.uk