We have created this statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following sections disclose the information gathering and dissemination practices that are operating on our website.
This site adheres to and supports the 10 National Privacy Principles (amendment to Privacy Act 1988).
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- Collection of data
- Use and disclosure
- Data quality
- Data security
- Openness
- Access and correction
- Identifiers
- Anonymity
- Transborder data flows
- Sensitive information
National Privacy Principles
1. Collection of Data
This website only collects personal information that is necessary for the function of site activities.
When you visit this website, we may make a record of the technical details of your visit and log some or all of the following information for statistical or maintenance purposes:
- The date and time of your visit
- The address of the pages accessed and the documents downloaded
- The type of browser you used
- Broad demographic information such as the country and state you are visiting from, but not to a degree of accuracy that could be used to identify you personally
Unlike most websites, we do not record the following data about your visit:
- Your server or IP address (the name or number which uniquely identify the computer through which you are connected to the Internet)
- Your location with any degree of accuracy that could identify you personally at the time of your visit
- The address of the referring site
- Behaviour or statistical data that could be used in standard analytical software to interpret your personal identity
- Your top level domain name (eg .org.au,gov.au etc)
If the website is experiencing problems or we suspect it to be the current target of an illegal or malicious attack, we may temporarily enable logging of the information listed above and other information that we don't normally log. In such circumstances, the logs will only be accessed by authorised system maintenance staff, none of the information will be used to identify you personally (unless you appear to be behaving illegally or maliciously toward the website or its users), and any information not strictly necessary for the protection of the website or its users or reporting of illegal activity to authorities will be permanently deleted once the malicious activity has been mitigated.
2. Use and Disclosure
The information collected is used in the following ways:
- We use general tracking information about access to the website to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website.
- The details of your visit may be used to gather broad demographic information, but it is not logged in our web server logs against any of your personal information.
- If we suspect illegal or malicious activity targeted at the website or its users, we may temporarily record and use more detailed identifying information, but this information will not be used to identify individuals behaving in accordance with the law or the terms and conditions of our service. Information about users behaving in illegal or malicious ways may be used to assist us to mitigate the malicious activity, and may be stored permanently or reported to authorities in the case of a breach of law.
3. Data Quality
We are dedicated to ensuring that all personal information that is collected or used is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you would like to change or update any information previously supplied to us, please contact us and note down any amendments. When you provide information to us via the internet, we rely on the accuracy of that information.
Please note that information sent to the website as part of a Safe Report is encrypted on our servers. We cannot read it or modify it. Only you can access it using the secure key provided to you when the information was submitted.
4. Data Security
We take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information we hold from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
5. Openness
This page details our organisation's privacy policies. It outlines the type of information we collect, how we use it and why we collect it. If you would like further information on our privacy standards, please contact us.
6. Access & Correction
This site gives users the option for changing and modifying information previously provided. Please contact us to make a request.
If you do not wish to transmit information via our website, there are other ways in which you can provide this information to us - contact us using the information on our contact page for more info.
7. Identifiers
We do not collect nor use any Commonwealth government or agency identifiers to distinguish our users.
8. Anonymity
Users have the option of not identifying themselves while using this website.
9. Transborder Data Flows
We will only transfer personal information about an individual to someone (other than the organisation or the individual) who is in a foreign country if the individual consents to the transfer, or if legally required to do so.
10. Sensitive Information
This website will not collect and store information that is deemed sensitive in any way other than using the privately encrypted technology provided to users during the submission of a Safe Report. Information submitted in a Safe Report can not be read by us, or by anyone other than the responsible person at the organisation the report was disclosed to.
Sensitive information encompasses information or opinion about an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences or practices, criminal record, health information about an individual, or the information submitted in a Safe Report.
Supplementary Information
This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Security Statement
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy and security statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact us using the information and tools on the contact information page.