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Privacy Statement

The Commission’s privacy policy has two components:

1. How the Commission collects and manages personal and health information
2. The Commission’s Website Privacy Statement

Website Privacy Statement

This Website Privacy Statement applies to the Commission’s website with the domain name www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au ('website'). It explains how the Commission handles your personal information (being information capable of identifying you as an individual) when you use this website. The practices outlined in this Statement are subject to any rights the Commission may have to handle personal information in accordance with law.

This Statement only relates to the Commission’s website. When following links to other sites from this website, you should access the privacy statement of that site for information about its privacy practices.

Collection of personal information

You can access the Commission website anonymously, without disclosing your personal information.

The personal information we may collect via this website includes:

• information submitted by you to enroll in a training course or join a mailing list
• any messages or comments you submit to us via this website or to an email addresses displayed on this website, which may include personal information such as your name, email address, telephone number and opinions.

Use and disclosure of personal information

In addition to providing our services to you and carrying out your requests, we may use or disclose personal information that we collect about you via our website for the following:

• any purpose disclosed on our web site for the collection of the information
• purposes connected with the operation, administration, development or enhancement of this website
• where we suspect that fraud or unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in
• any other purposes required or authorised by law.

We may share personal information within the Commission. We may preserve the content of email or other electronic messages that we receive. Any personal information contained in that message will be used and disclosed in accordance with the Commission’s privacy policy.

If you have made an online application, your application will be forwarded to the appropriate Commission business unit to whom your application relates or who can assist in processing your application.

Email addresses and any other contact details you provide will not be added to a mailing list without your consent.

We will not disclose your personal information to a third party without your consent, unless we are required or authorised to do so by law. A law enforcement agency or government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect the web server’s records when investigating suspected unlawful or improper activity (for example, in relation to hacking or abusive messages).

Clickstream data

The following clickstream data are automatically recorded by this website's web server for statistical and system administration purposes only:

• your server address
• your top level domain name (for example, .com, .au, .gov)
• the date and the time of your visit to the site
• the pages you accessed and downloaded
• the address of the last site you visited
• your operating system
• the type of browser you are using.

To the extent that any clickstream data could make you identifiable, we will not attempt to identify you from clickstream data unless required by law or to investigate suspected improper activity in relation to the website or to assist in law enforcement.

Cookies

We do not use cookies on our site. A cookie is a block of data that is shared between a web server and a user's browser. Cookies give the server information about a user's identity and website visiting patterns and preferences.

Access and correction

If a person wants to access to their personal or health information or believes their personal or health information is inaccurate and would like it corrected, they can contact the Commission's FOI and Privacy Coordinator for information. The Commission will consider requests in accordance with the following laws:

• Freedom of Information Act 1982
• Equal Opportunity Act 1995
• Information Privacy Act 2000
• Health Records Act 2001
• Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities

Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Level 3/380 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Ph: (03) 9281 7111
1800 13 4142 (toll free)
(03) 9281 7110 (TTY)
Fx: 03 9281 7171
www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au