Condensed Privacy Policy - August 2006

Scope:

This statement applies to personal information collected by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (the Office).

Personal information:

It is our usual practice to collect personal information directly from you.

Sometimes we collect personal information from a third party if you have consented or would reasonably expect us to collect the information in this way, for example from publicly available sources such as websites or telephone directories. More information.

We do not collect personal information about you if you only browse this website. This website only uses session cookies during a search query of the website or when you access the Privacy Events RSS feed and web-based calendar. When you close your browser the session cookie is destroyed and no personal information is kept which might identify you to us in the future. More information.

Uses:

We only use your personal information for the purposes for which you give it to us and for related, internal management purposes. More information.

We do not give information about you to other government agencies, organisations or anyone else unless one of the following applies:

• you have consented
• you'd expect us to or we have told you we will
• it is required or authorised by law
• it will prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to somebody's life or health or
• the disclosure is reasonably necessary for law enforcement or for the protection of public revenue.

We analyse non-identifiable website traffic data to improve our services. More information.

Your choices:

You may access personal information that we hold about you or you can ask us to correct personal information we hold about you. More information.

If you are on one or more of our email lists you may opt out of further contact from us by clicking the unsubscribe option in all emails sent to our media and network email lists.

Important information:

Our Office is bound by the Information Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988.

Our website follows the Privacy Commissioner's Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government Websites.

For more information see our full Privacy Policy

How to contact us:

For further information contact us at privacy@privacy.gov.au or alternatively you can write to us at:

Office of the Privacy Commissioner
GPO Box 5218, SYDNEY NSW 2001, AUSTRALIA

This Layered Notices format was endorsed by Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners in 2003 and endorsed in Opinion WP 100 by the Article 29 Committee of European Data Protection Commissioners.