1. Collection of personal information

Information Automatically Logged

The NSW Department of Education and Training is the publisher of this site may make a record of your visit and logs any of the following information for statistical and business purposes:

• the user's server address, the user's domain name, IP address, the date and time of the visit, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited and the type of browser used.

If you send us a message, the Department may record your e-mail address or other information supplied. The Department will gather more extensive information than stated above in the following circumstances:

* unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published Department pages;

* unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the Department's sites;

* attempts to intercept messages of other Departmental users;

* communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals 'Or groups or which give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed;

* attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server, breach the laws of the State of New South Wales or Commonwealth of Australia, or interfere with the enjoyment of the Department's web-sites by other users.

Security Information

Cookies

The Department's web-sites do not use cookies to collect personal information.

Feedback forms

Feedback forms are provided by the Department on its web sites to allow users to provide valuable input into the future development of the site and to comment on the provision of services by the Department.

The provision of personal details other than a return email address on feedback forms is optional. We will not add your email address or name to any mailing list.

The Department may publish aggregated information about feedback on the site, to the extent that it does not identify or cannot be used to identify individual users.

External Links

Some Department sites contain links to other sites. The Department is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

2. Use of personal information

Personal information you supply on-line will be used by Department staff in conducting the business of the Department. Such uses include matters related to administration, provision of services and the dissemination of information to staff, students and parents.

To improve the services provided, the Department may extract and publish aggregated information about usage patterns from these records. For example, our usage reports may examine trends based on the following information - your server address, your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc), the date and time of visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited, the type of browser used and operating system.

Contact information from feedback forms is used to get in touch with the visitor to a website when necessary, for example when the visitor is seeking information from the Department.

3. Disclosure of personal information

The Department will not disclose personal information concerning you, including your email address, to parties outside the Department except in accordance with the NSW Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act. Details regarding disclosure of personal information by the Department may be found in the Privacy Code of Practice.

The Department reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the use of any of its web-sites raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been, committed. In the unlikely event of an investigation, the Department will provide access to data to any law enforcement agency that may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.

4. Data quality/access

The Department will always try to maintain accurate, complete and up-to-date information regarding students and staff. The necessary procedures are in place to facilitate amendments and verification of personal information. If you wish to access personal information about you or you think that your personal information retained by the Department requires changing please contact the Department's Freedom of Information & Privacy Unit.

5. Updating policy

Due to the developing nature of privacy principles for online communication, this policy may be modified or expanded in light of new developments or issues that may arise from time to time.

We would be pleased to receive any comments or suggestions on this policy.