About HTW Legal Group Privacy Policy
HTW Legal Group (“HTW Legal Group”, “we”, “us” and “our”) values the importance of your right to privacy and is committed to the protection of your privacy.
This Privacy Policy applies to information provided to us directly, collected on our website www.htwlegal.com.au (this “Website”), and from third parties.
The Privacy Policy outlines the practices that we adopt to collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at https://www.oaic.gov.au/.
Personal Information
“Personal information” is defined under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to mean information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable whether the information or opinion is true or not and whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.
Collection of Personal Information
The information that HTW Legal Group collects may include personal identifiable information, contact details, financial information, business information, family details, and in some cases, sensitive information.
The type of personal information that we collect and hold about you will depend upon the nature of relationship we have with you.
We may collect your personal information:
- directly from you, when you provide information to us in person, through this Website, or via any other physical or electronical communication method;
- when you or your organisation seek legal advice from us;
- when you are an employee, partner, contractor and service provider of HTW Legal Group;
- when you or your organisation subscribe to or use our online services, such as newsletters and mailing lists;
- when you or your organisation attend a seminar, training, event conducted by us;
- from third party sources such as financial advisors, accountants, brokers or other individuals.
We collect your personal information for the primary purpose of providing our legal services to you, providing information to our clients and marketing.
When we collect personal information, we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.
If you do not consent to the provision of personal information, we may not be able to communicate with you, provide you with legal services, or complete our legal obligations to you.
When we obtain personal information from third parties to whom we are referred, we will assume, and you must ensure that you have made that individual aware that you have referred them to us and to advise them about this Privacy Policy.
Sensitive Information
“Sensitive information” is defined under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.
In accordance with Principle 3 of the Australian Privacy Principles, sensitive information will only be collected with your consent, unless an exception applies, such as for the necessary provision of our services.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
HTW Legal Group may use personal information collected from you to:
- provide our legal services and obligations to you, your organisation and our clients;
- identify and develop new services and products you, your organisation or our clients may be interested in;
- conduct, monitor and analyse our business;
- send you legal updates and insights, marketing and event details
- comply with applicable laws and our other regulatory, accounting, reporting and professional obligations;
- comply with court orders and to protect, exercise or defend our legal rights;
- provide you with work experience opportunities, discuss any potential roles with you, consider your application and test and assess your suitability for roles.
We may share your personal information to:
- our clients, where we have collected your personal information for the purposes of providing services to our clients;
- barristers, legal consultants and other specialists in relation to your matter;
- our service providers and contractors from time to time that provide services to us or help us to provide and market our services to you;
- specific third parties authorised by you to receive information held by us;
- other persons, including government agencies, regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies and courts and as otherwise required or authorised by law.
We are bound to our clients by professional obligations of confidentiality and legal professional privilege. We treat and protect all information we receive (including any personal and sensitive information) in accordance with these obligations.
Security of Your Personal Information
HTW Legal Group employ all reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of your personal information in our possession or control.
However, most of the personal information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.
In order to prevent loss, unauthorised access, interference, modification, disclosure or misuse of your personal information, we have in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure your personal information.
All of our employees with access to your personal information will be held to the confidentiality obligations as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Some of our service providers may be based outside of Australia and may not be subject to Australian Privacy Laws. Please contact us if you require specific details.
In the event of a change of control in our business, by way of a merger, sale, transfer or otherwise, we reserve the right to transfer to the extent permissible at law any information contained in our possession and control. This information may be disclosed confidentiality agreement. We would only disclose your information in good faith and where required by any of the above circumstances.
In the event of a serious breach of your personal information data, we endeavour to notify you as soon as practicable, as legally required.
Website Privacy
HTW Legal Group and our Internet Service Provider uses cookies and web analytical tools to collect information about visitors visiting this Website or downloading information from it.
The information collected is used for this website improvements and to provide an enhanced browsing experience for our visitors. Information collected via this form is aggregated and does not identify individual users.
Cookies are files which a website uses to identify you when you revisit a website. Most websites are set up to automatically accept cookies. If you do not wish to enable cookies, you may choose to reject cookies by altering your web browser settings. Please note that by disabling cookies, your user experience of this Website may be impacted.
This Website may contain links to third-party websites operated by other organisations which may or may not be based in Australia. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party websites and any personal information processed through those websites.
Privacy Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1 January 2026.
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically at our discretion and without notice to reflect any changes to the way in which we process your personal data or changing legal requirements. In the event of any such changes, all amendments will be posted on this page, and your use of this Website after such changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modifications.
We encourage you to check this page from time to time to ensure you are informed of our current Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any complaints, enquiries and requests in relation to this Privacy Policy or the personal information we hold about you, please contact our office:
HTW Legal Group
Suite 30610, Southport Central Tower 3, Level 6
9 Lawson Street, Southport QLD 4215
Tel: (07) 5655 4488
Email: admin@htwlegal.com.au