Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Image Collection

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Scope

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) is committed to respecting your right to privacy and protecting your personal information. The GBRMPA is bound by the Information Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) which can be found on the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website.

This privacy statement addresses the information gathering and dissemination practices associated with the GBRMPA Image Collection website in accordance with the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites. Our aim is to provide an online environment that will ensure the information you provide to us is handled in a secure, efficient and confidential manner.

Information Collected

When you register to use the GBRMPA Image Collection website, the following information may be collected from you:

name and username;
company/organisation name and ABN/ACN;
password;
telephone number;
home or business postal address; and
email address

When you browse this website, our Internet Service Provider makes a record of your visit and logs (in server logs) the following information for statistical purposes:

your server and assigned IP address;
your top level domain name (for example, .com, .gov, .au);
your operating system (for example, Windows, MAC);
the date and time of your visit to the site;
the pages accessed and documents downloaded;
the previous site your visited; and
the type of browser used.

No attempt will be made to identify you or your browsing activities, except where required by law, or when you register to access an image.

Cookies

Some of the web pages on the GBRMPA Image Collection website use cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to your computer when you access information on that site. Cookies make a website easier to use by storing information about your preferences on a particular website. In using cookies we do not record any personal information at all, they merely identify your computer to our servers when you visit.

Use and disclosure

We will only use the information collected from you on the GBRMPA Image Collection website for the purposes for which it was provided to us and for related internal management purposes. We do not share personal information about you with other government agencies, organisations or anyone else, unless one of the following applies:

you have consented;
you would expect us to, or we have told you we will;
it is required or authorised by law;
it will prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to somebody’s life or health; or
the disclosure is reasonably necessary for law enforcement, or for the protection of public revenue.

Security

We take strong measures to protect your personal information and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honoured. We take precautions to protect your information from loss, unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure, and against other misuse. You should note however that there are inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet. Therefore, you should make your own assessment of the potential risks to the security of your information when making a decision as to whether or not to transmit information to us by electronic means.

Accountability

If for some reason you believe that we have not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact us and we will do our best to determine and correct the problem promptly. Alternatively, further information regarding your privacy rights may be obtained from the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s Website.

You may also access your personal information upon request. However, we may occasionally need to deny access to information in accordance with the exemptions under the Privacy Act 1988.

Links to other sites

This site may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of other websites and we encourage you to examine each website’s privacy policy.

Privacy contact

Privacy-related inquiries or concerns can be directed to:

Privacy Officer
2-68 Flinders Street
TOWNSVILLE QLD 4810

or via email to : info@gbrmpa.gov.au