Privacy
Your privacy
The Department of the Premier and Cabinet is committed to protecting user privacy. We understand and appreciate that visitors and users of this web site are concerned about their privacy and the confidentiality and security of any information that may be provided to us.
The Queensland Government has established a privacy regime for the Queensland public sector based on 11 Information Privacy Principles. These are contained in an Information Standard Information Standards 42 that agencies are required to adhere to.
Information collected
This site does not store personal information in cookies. If used, cookies on this site are strictly limited to providing the visitor with the ability to customise the site for return visits or to allow the visitor to carry information across different pages. Cookies are not used to track or identify visitors for any other purpose.
When you visit the Department of the Premier and Cabinet's web site, our web servers makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes only:
- The user's server address
- The user's top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au 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
No attempt is or will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect activity logs.
E-mail
As this is a Queensland Government web site, e-mail correspondence sent to this site will be treated as a public record and will be retained as required by the Public Records Act 2002 and other relevant regulations.
Unless specified, your name and address will not be added to a mailing list, nor will we disclose these details to third parties without your consent, unless required by law. However, e-mail messages may be monitored by authorised IT staff for purposes such as system troubleshooting and maintenance.
Obtaining access to personal information
Requests to update personal information, such as a change of address, should be directed to the business unit which currently holds the personal information (an overview of the department's personal information holdings is provided in the department's privacy plan). The Privacy Contact Officer is the appropriate point of contact if there are issues concerning access to personal information and the Information Privacy Principles contained in
(Information Standard 42) The Privacy Contact Officer can advise on access to personal information and legislative requirements governing such access.
Department of the Premier and Cabinet Privacy Plan
Should you have any queries about our privacy practices, please contact the Privacy Contact Officer.
Last reviewed 22 July 2008
^ to top