Privacy
The Queensland Government manages personal information in line with the Information Privacy Act 2009.
We collect and manage your personal information as described on this page, unless stated otherwise. 'Personal information' may include your name, address, phone number, email address, age, gender, your employer, and your position title.
Information we may request
We may ask you to provide personal information through this site. We will only do this:
- to meet your needs (e.g. answer a question, provide a service)
- to meet our needs (e.g. demographic analysis)
- if required by law.
Use and disclosure of personal information
We will not add you to a mailing list, or give your personal information to third parties without your consent, unless required by law.
Emails
Our privacy principles apply to emails as well.
Our internet service provider or information technology staff may monitor email traffic for system trouble shooting and maintenance purposes only
Cookies
We use cookies to collect anonymous statistical information, including:
- your browser, computer platform and screen resolution
- your traffic patterns through our site, such as:
- the date and time of your visit
- the pages and documents accessed
- the website you visited before ours
- your server address.
We do not identify users or any browser activity outside this website, except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may have a warrant to inspect activity logs.
Transactional services available from this site may use cookies to track business processes. Please read the particular service's privacy and security statement before beginning a transaction.
Website analytics
We use analytics tools on our website to gather anonymous information about visitor trends and behaviour. When you visit our web pages, your browser automatically sends anonymous information to these analytics tools. Some examples of the information include the web address of the page that you're visiting, IP address, demographic information, and mouse movement. These behaviours are tracked using cookies that can be disabled in your browser settings.
This data is used to analyse the performance of our site and enhance your experience with continual improvements to our content.
Storage and security
Parts of this site transmit information securely across the internet. However this is not always feasible. We recognise that there may be risks transmitting information across the internet. We will notify you where personal information is not transmitted securely.
Other websites
Where this site contains links to other Queensland Government agencies’ websites, the privacy or security terms set out there will apply to the material on the websites.
Where this site contains links to non-Queensland Government websites, the Queensland Government is not responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of any such websites.
More information
Contact us if you would like to know more about information privacy.