Wyndham City Council is committed to the protection of your privacy rights in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2000 and the Health Records Act 2001.
Cookies
You can access and browse our website anonymously, without disclosing your personal information. However, when you visit our website, information is collected about you using a cookie. Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to a computer for tracking your website visiting patterns and preferences.
Most Internet browsers are configured to accept cookies, but you can be set your Internet browser to reject cookies or warn when cookies are being used. Should you choose to reject all cookies, you will be unable to use Wyndham City Council services that require registration in order to participate.
The following non-personal information is automatically recorded by our website server for statistical and system administration purposes:
- Internet Protocol number assigned to your computer for Internet access
- Date, time and length of your visit
- pages accessed and downloaded
- address of the last site visited, if linked to our website from another website
- operating system used (e.g. Windows 2000, Windows NT)
- browser used (e.g. Internet explorer, Netscape Navigator)
This data is aggregated and used to establish information about the number and duration of visits to our website, and the popularity of different pages of our website. We will not attempt to identify individuals from this information, unless it is necessary to investigate a breach of law. External web beacons or click stream is not used on our site
This website provides links to other sites as a community service. Wyndham City Council is not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and recommends that you refer to their respective privacy statements and policies.
Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
Any personal information provided to Wyndham City Council through the use of feedback or on-line application forms or service requests on our web-site will only be used for the purposes it was collected and for any other authorised use. It may also be used for our own planning and research purposes to improve the services to the community. It will not be disclosed to third parties unless required or authorised by law.
We will protect the quality and integrity of your personal information, utilise appropriate technologies and security methods to store the information collected, and take all necessary steps to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure or accidental destruction or loss of information.
Further Information
Further information relating to Wyndham City Council’s practices for the collection, use, disclosure and access to personal information is available through Council’s Privacy Policy.