Privacy Statement
The Attorney-General’s Department is subject to the Privacy Act 1988 which requires that we comply with
the
Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) set out in the Act. The IPPs set out
how Australian Government agencies should collect, use, store and disclose personal
information and how individuals can access records containing their personal information.
The personal information handling practices of the Attorney-General’s Department
are detailed in the annual Personal Information Digest. This sets out the kind of personal
information collected or held by the Department, what it is used for, to whom it
is disclosed and how access to the information can be arranged.
General enquiries about the Department’s compliance with the IPPs can be made
to the Department’s Privacy Contact Officer. Any complaints about the Department’s
personal information handling practices can be made to the Privacy Contact Officer
or to the Privacy Commissioner. The Privacy Contact Officer can be contacted by
telephone (02) 6250 6666 or by writing to the Department at the following address:
Privacy Contact Officer
Attorney-General's Department
Robert Garran Offices
National Circuit Barton ACT 2600
General information about the Privacy Act and IPPs can be found on the Office of the
Privacy Commissioner’s website.
About this website
The Attorney-General’s Department is committed to protecting privacy in accordance
with the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites issued by
the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
While every effort is made to secure information transmitted to this site over the
internet, there is a possibility that this information could be accessed by a third
party while in transit.
Information logged
When you visit this site, our server logs the following information:
- the type of browser and operating system you are using
- your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk)
- the address of the referring site (for example, the previous site that you visited)
- your server's IP address (a number which is unique to the machine through which
you are connected to the Internet: usually one of your service provider's machines)
- the date and time of your visit, and
- the address of the pages accessed and the documents downloaded.
This information is used only for statistical analysis and systems administration
purposes. No attempt is made to identify users or their browsing activities, except
in the unlikely event of an investigation by a law enforcement agency.
Google Analytics
In addition to web server logs, this web site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics
service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Reports obtained from Google Analytics
are used to help improve the efficiency and usability of this web site.
Google Analytics uses 'cookies' to help analyse how users use this site. The information
generated by the cookie, about how your use of the web site (including your IP address)
will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our web
site, compiling reports on web site activity for web site operators and providing
other services relating to web site activity and internet usage. Google may transfer
this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such
third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate
your IP address with any other data held by Google.
By using this web site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google
in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Please refer to Google's Privacy
policy http://www.google.com/privacy.html
Electronic mail addresses
We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. It will only be
used for the purpose for which you provide it. In particular, we will not add it
to a mailing list unless you request that this be done or disclose it without your
consent.
Cookies
A cookie is an electronic token that is passed to your browser which passes it back
to the server whenever a page is sent to you.
Our server generates one cookie which is used to keep track of the pages you have
accessed while using our server. The cookie allows you to page back and forwards
through the website and return to pages you have already visited. The cookie exists
only for the time you are accessing our server.
Searches
Search terms you enter when using our search engine are collected, but are not associated
with any other information that we collect. We use these search terms to ascertain
what people are looking for at our site, and to improve the services that we provide.
Links to other sites
This site contains links to other sites. The Attorney-General's Department is not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these sites. .