Privacy

Your Privacy

This web site has been established by the State of Queensland through the Department of Housing (“the Department of Housing”) and Queensland University of Technology (“QUT”).

The Department of Housing and QUT are committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of users of this web site. We understand and appreciate that visitors to and users of this web site are concerned about their privacy and the confidentiality and security of any personal information that may be provided to or become available to The Department of Housing and QUT as a result of their use of this web site.

The Queensland Government has established a set of procedures for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information within the Queensland public sector, based on the Information Privacy Principles. The Information Privacy Principles are incorporated into the Queensland Government’s External link Information Standard 42: Information Privacy. Department of Housing staff who manage information on this web site are bound to comply with External link Information Standard 42: Information Privacy.

Protecting your Information is Important

The Department of Housing and QUT understand the importance you attach to the information that identifies you (your “personal information”) and wants to help you protect it.

“Personal information” means any information from which your identity is apparent or can be readily ascertained, including your name, address, email address or your position in an organisation.

We seek to ensure that you will be able to deal with us in full confidence and that your personal information will only be used by us in the ways we have described to you and that it will be held securely.

This Privacy Statement describes how we collect information when you interact with us online and what we do with that information.

The Collection and Use of Information

As a general rule, the Department of Housing and QUT do not collect personal information on visitors to this web site. Unless you choose to tell us who you are or voluntarily reveal personal information about yourself you can visit this web site without disclosing such information.

Cookies are used on this website for the sole purpose of allowing a user to carry information across different pages. Cookies are not used to track or identify users for any other purpose.

A “cookie” is a record stored on a computer when a user visits a particular web site. Each time a computer is used to access the same site, the information which was previously received is sent back to the web site by the browser. The cookie indicates to the web site server that a person has been to the site before and what parts of the web site have been visited. A cookie identifies your computer but does not identify you personally and does not collect personal information.

When you visit this web site, our web server makes a record of your visit and logs the following information which is used for statistical purposes only:

No attempt is or will be made to identify visitors to this web site or their browsing activities except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a power to inspect activity logs.

We will not sell or otherwise provide any personal information we collect about you to a third party or make any other use of it for any purpose which is not incidental to your use of this web site. To remove any doubts, personal information will not be used for any purpose which a reasonable person in your position would not expect.

Emails to Web site

This is a Queensland Government web site. Email correspondence to this web site will be treated as a public record and will be retained as required by the Public Records Act 2002 and other relevant regulations.

Email messages to this web site may be monitored by web site support staff for system troubleshooting and maintenance purposes.

Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you have sent an email to this web site and will not be added to a mailing list. The Department of Housing and QUT will not use your email address for any other purpose and will not disclose it to any third party.

Our Security Procedures

The Department of Housing’s data security procedures and practices are consistent with Australian Industry practice. These procedures are regularly reviewed and updated when relevant.

This web site does not provide facilities for secure transmission of information across the Internet. Whilst the Department of Housing strives to protect the security of information transmitted across the Internet, the Department of Housing recognises that there can be risks with transmitting information on the Internet and does not ensure the security of any information which you transmit to this web site. Nevertheless, once your transmission has been received, the Department of Housing will take reasonable steps to preserve the security of such information.

This web site contains links to other web sites (“linked web sites”) which are not managed by the Department of Housing or QUT. The Department of Housing and QUT is not responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of linked web sites and encourages you to carefully read each site’s privacy and security policies and any disclaimers found on such sites.

Contact

The Privacy Contact Officer at the Department of Housing is the appropriate point of contact if there are issues concerning collection, use or disclosure of personal information on this web site. The Privacy Contact Officer at the Department of Housing can advise on access to personal information and legislative requirements governing such access.

If you have any queries about the privacy and security practices for this web site, please contact enquiries@kgurbanvillage.com.au.

Changes to our Privacy Statement

This information relates to our current privacy standards. We may vary our privacy standards from time to time. We will notify you of these changes by publishing them on this web site – we will not separately notify you of these changes.