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User Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

When you look at the pages on our site, our computers automatically record information that identifies, for each page accessed:

• the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine which has accessed it;
• your top-level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.);
• the address of your server;
• the date and time of your visit to the site;
• the pages accessed and documents downloaded;
• Cookies are not used from our site to collect information.

How do we use the information collected?

The information collected during each visit is aggregated with similar logged information and published in reports in order for the Department to identify patterns of usage of the site. This will assist us in improving the our site and the services offered on it.

What exceptions are there to this rule?

The NSW Department of Arts, Sport and Recreation will collect, use and disclose 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 site;
• unauthorised attempts to index the contents of the Department's site by other sites;
• attempts to intercept messages of other users of the Department's site;
• communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or groups or which give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed; and
• 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 site by other users.

The NSW Department of Arts, Sport and Recreation reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the use of this site raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been, committed.

Is the information stored securely?

Yes. Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held by us for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is deleted.

What will we do with information provided in Feedback?

The NSW Department of Arts, Sport and Recreation provides feedback facilities on our site to allow users to provide input into the future development of the site and to comment on the provision of our services. The provision of personal details on feedback is optional.

Users may provide personal details for the purpose of receiving a reply to their feedback. This information will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided. We will not add your email address or name to any mailing list.

The NSW Department of Arts, Sport and Recreation 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.

Who else has access to information within the Department?

The NSW Department of Arts, Sport and Recreation captures this information on its own computers. Access to the raw data is restricted to a limited number of officers in the Department for the purpose of analysis and to report on the success of this site in meeting our communication and access objectives.