- Privacy
- Site visit data
- Cookies
- Collection of personal information
- Security of information
- Related information
Privacy
About our privacy policy
We, the Attorney-General’s Department, are bound by, and champion, the Privacy Act 1988, including the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). The APPs set out the standards, rights and obligations for how personal information is collected, stored, used, disclosed, quality assured and secured. We also have obligations for handling personal information. These are outlined in the Australian Government Agencies Privacy Code.
Our privacy policy contains information about how we collect, use, disclose and store personal information, including sensitive information. It also contains information about how individuals can access and correct their personal information.
To find out more about what we are doing to comply with the Privacy Code and to increase our privacy maturity, read our Privacy Management Plan.
Under the Privacy Code, we must conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for all high privacy risk projects. Find out more about our Privacy Impact Assessments.
Site visit data
AGD delivers its websites through an external service provider.
If you visit our website to read or download information, our internet service provider records, through log files, the following information for statistical purposes:
- your server's address
- the name of the top-level domain from which you access the internet (for example: .gov, .com, .edu, .org, .au, .nz etcetera)
- the date and time of your visit to the website
- the pages you accessed, documents downloaded and search terms used
- the address of the referring website (for example, the previous website that you visited)
- the type of browser and operating system you are using.
The above information does not identify you personally and you remain anonymous. This information is provided by your browser and will be used for statistical and development purposes only. Analysis of this information assists with the improvement of this website.
No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation of abuse or a security incident. The data will not be disclosed to any external agencies except in the case where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the Internet service provider's logs.
This website contains links to other websites. AGD is not responsible for the content and privacy practices of other websites and encourages you to examine each website's privacy policies and make your own decisions regarding the reliability and correctness of material and information found.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file that is sent to your web browser from a web server when you access information on a website. It is stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie is set when you enter the website and is only valid during the session.
The staff who operate AGD websites are subject to the Privacy Act 1988. This Act lays down strict privacy safeguards that Commonwealth Government departments and agencies must observe in handling personal information.
Collection of personal information
Your email address will only be recorded if you choose to contact us. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list. We will not use your email address for any other purpose, and will not disclose it, without your consent.
If we ask you for any other personal information we will tell you how we intend to use that personal information if you choose to give it to us. If at any time you believe we have not adhered to the principles referred to in this privacy statement or have any other comments on these principles, please contact us.
Security of information
How we store and protect your personal information
Consistent with the requirements of the Privacy Act, we take reasonable steps to ensure the personal information we collect is held in a safe and secure manner. This includes protecting personal information from:
- loss
- unauthorised access
- misuse
- modification
- disclosure.
Personal information that we hold in Commonwealth records is managed securely through our record-keeping systems. We safeguard our IT systems against unauthorised access and ensure that paper-based files are physically secured. We also ensure that personal information within our systems is only accessible to staff on a need-to-know basis.
When personal information is no longer required to be retained as part of a Commonwealth record, we will delete or destroy it in accordance with the Archives Act 1983 and Privacy Act.
