Privacy Statement: emergencyNSW
More information on sydneyALERT Privacy StatementThe emergencyNSW website is maintained by the New South Wales government's Office for Emergency Services (OES). This Privacy Policy applies to all the publicly accessible pages on the emergencyNSW site located at http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au and to all the publicly accessible pages listed in the search results web pages. OES does not have any responsibility for the privacy policies or practices of third party sites linked to the emergencyNSW site. If you have any questions about the emergencyNSW site, or the application of this Privacy Policy or a request for access to information held please contact us.
Users of the emergencyNSW site are entitled to expect that any information as a result of that use will be treated within the terms of the New South Wales government's privacy responsibilities and obligations. The New South Wales government's privacy practices are regulated by the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.
What information do we collect?
When you look at the pages on the emergencyNSW 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;
- the previous site visited; and
- the type of browser and operating system you have used.
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 OES to identify patterns of usage of the site. This will assist us in improving the emergencyNSW site and the services offered on it.OES will not disclose or publish information that identifies individual machines, or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without consent or otherwise in accordance with the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.
What exceptions are there to this rule?
OES will collect, use and disclose more extensive information than stated above in the following circumstances:- unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published emergencyNSW pages;
- unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the emergencyNSW site;
- unauthorised attempts to index the contents of the emergencyNSW site by other sites;
- attempts to intercept messages of other users of the emergencyNSW 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 emergencyNSW site by other users.
In the event of an investigation, OES will provide access to data to any law enforcement agency that may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.
Is the information stored securely?
Yes. Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held by OES for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is deleted.Who else has access to information within the Department?
OES captures this information on its own computers. Access to the raw data is restricted to a limited number of officers in OES for the purpose of analysis and to report on the success of emergencyNSW in meeting OES's communication and access objectives.Will this policy be updated over time?
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. The amended policy will be posted to this site and will operate from the time it is posted.