An individual's right to privacy as established under the
Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and
the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 is
respected by the Cancer Institute NSW and protected. The Cancer
Institute NSW does not allow the publication of information that
may identify individuals, or might potentially identify them.
The Cancer Institute NSW may use third party providers to assist
us from time to time. In the event that we contract such a
provider, they are bound by the same privacy and confidentiality
conditions as the Cancer Institute NSW.
Links to other websites, external to the Cancer Institute NSW,
are sometimes included in web pages for the convenience of website
users, but the Cancer Institute NSW does not have any
responsibility for the privacy practices of third party websites
linked to the Cancer Institute NSW website.
Is information collected about your website visit and
registration?
Visitor logs and registered My Journey information is
collected for statistical, research and administrative purposes
only. The information collected during registration and in visitor
logs is monitored. This information assists the Cancer Institute
NSW in assessing and improving the effectiveness of the website, it
is also used for the purposes of the Cancer Institute's functions
under the Cancer Institute NSW Act 2003.
The Cancer Institute NSW also creates a de-identified version of
this information and may use this de-identified information for
research purposes. The Cancer Institute NSW may disclose this
de-identified information to third parties, including publication
of de-identified information in peer reviewed journals and other
publications.
Personal information will not be published or disclosed without
your consent, unless such disclosure is required by law.
This site also utilises persistent cookies.
Cookies
'Cookies' are small pieces of text data that a web server can
store on, and later retrieve from, a user's computer. They do not
personally identify you, but do identify your browser. Cookies can
be either 'persistent' or 'session' based. Persistent cookies are
stored on your computer, contain an expiration date, and may be
used to track your browsing behaviour upon return to the issuing
web site. Session cookies are short-lived, are used only during a
browsing session, and expire when you shut down your browser.
This site uses persistent cookies.
They record your preferences in relation to your use of the site
and provide us with other information about your enquiry that
allows us to recognise your browser if you return to this website
in the future. They help the Cancer Institute NSW to understand
what parts of the site users find the most useful and improve the
effectiveness of the website.
The cookies on this site do not read the information on your
hard drive. They do not make your computer perform any actions or
make your computer send information to any other computer via the
internet. The Cancer Institute NSW makes no attempt to associate
cookies with users' names or identities. Our server cannot find out
your name or email address, or anything about your computer, by
using cookies.
What does the Cancer Institute NSW do with personal
information provided in feedback?
Email addresses provided to this website will only be used to
respond to enquiries and will not be added to mailing lists, or
disclosed to any other party without the user's consent, unless
required to do so by law. Personal information will be kept in safe
custody, sufficient to prevent unauthorised access, and will be
properly handled to ensure its safety, integrity and
confidentiality. Circumstances in which the Cancer Institute NSW
may be required to disclose this information to a law enforcement
agency include:
- unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on
the Cancer Institute NSW website;
- unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published
on the Cancer Institute NSW website;
- attempts to intercept messages of other users of the Cancer
Institute NSW website;
- communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify
individuals or give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being
committed;
- attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web
server; and
- breach the laws of the State of NSW or the Commonwealth of
Australia.
Do you want to know more about how your privacy is
protected?
The Cancer Institute NSW observes the information privacy
principles set out in The Privacy and Personal Information
Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information
Privacy Act 2002 when collecting and dealing with any personal
information.
If you have a general privacy enquiry or complaint regarding the
Cancer Institute NSW, please contact:
The Privacy Officer
Cancer Institute NSW
PO Box 41
Alexandria NSW 1435
Tel: (02) 8374 5600
Fax: (02) 8374 5709
Email: information@cancerinstitute.org.au
