About the NPI
The Department of the Environment and Heritage abides by the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Web Sites issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner.
As a general rule, the Department of the Environment and Heritage does not collect Personal Information* about you when you visit the site. You can generally visit the site without revealing Personal Information*, unless you choose to provide such information. The information received depends upon what you do when visiting the site.
The Department of the Environment and Heritage makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:
We will not identify users or their browsing activities, except where a law enforcement agency (or other government agency) may exercise a legal authority to inspect the ISP logs (eg by warrant, subpoena or notice to produce).
This Website contains links to other sites. The Department of the Environment and Heritage is not responsible for the content and the privacy practices of other web sites and encourages you to examine each site's privacy policy and make your own decisions regarding the accuracy, reliability and correctness of material and information found.
A cookie is a piece of information that an Internet web site sends to your browser when you access information at that site.
Parts of the Department of the Environment and Heritage site may store cookies on your browser in order to better serve you when you next visit the site.
Your email address will only be recorded if you choose to send a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and will not be disclosed, without your consent.
If you are asked for any other Personal Information* you will be informed how it will be used if you choose to give it.
The Department of the Environment and Heritage hosts a number of discussions groups or list servers. Some of these services have a publicly accessible web archive. Where there is a web archive, subscribers are informed. If you subscribe to one of these services you should be aware that your complete email, including your email address, is available across the web to anyone who searches through the archive.
The Department of the Environment and Heritage maintains the same level of security for Personal Information* collected in an electronic format as it does for that collected in paper format.
However, if you are providing Personal Information* via an email or an online form you should be aware that there are some risks to transmitting data via the Internet. The Department of the Environment and Heritage is not currently using encryption for secure data transfer.
If at any time you believe the principles referred to in this privacy statement have not been followed, or have any other comments on these principles, please notify:
Privacy Contact Officer
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
phone: + 61 2 6274 1584
fax: +61 2 6274 1587
* The use of the term "Personal Information" in this privacy statement means any information from which your identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained.