The Office for Women (OFW) conducts its operations in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998. (The Act).
If you contact the OFW requesting information we will not pass your details on to third parties. However, we may with your consent refer requests to other government agencies or industry bodies which can provide information directly to you.
This Website is maintained by the New South Wales Office for Women. This Privacy Policy applies to all the publicly accessible pages on the Office for Women site located at www.women.nsw.gov.au. The Office for Women does not have any responsibility for the contents, privacy policies or practices of third party sites linked to the Office for Women's site. If you have any questions about the OFW site, or the application of this Privacy Policy or a request for access to information held please phone (02) 9287 1860 .
Users of the Office for Women site are entitled to expect that any information as a result of that use will be treated within the terms of the New South Wales Government's privacy responsibilities and obligations.
How we use the information
Office for Women will not disclose or publish information that identifies individuals or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without
consent or otherwise in accordance with the Act.
Exceptions to this rule
Office for Women will collect, use and disclose information only in the
following circumstances:
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unauthorised tampering or
interference with files published on the OFW site unauthorised attempts to index the contents of the OFW site by other sites attempts to intercept messages of other users of the OFW site communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or groups or which give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed, and attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server, breach the laws of the State of New South Wales or Commonwealth of Australia, or interfere with the enjoyment of the OFW site by other users. |
The Office for Women reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the use of the OFW site raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been, committed.
In the event of an investigation, the Office for Women will provide access to data to any law enforcement agency that may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.
Is the information stored securely
Yes. Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held by the Office for Women for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is
deleted.
What we do with information provided as feedback
The Office for Women provides feedback facilities on this site to allow users to provide input into the future development of the site and to
comment on the provision of service by the Office.
The provision of personal details on feedback is optional
Users may provide personal details for the purpose of receiving a reply to their feedback. This information will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided. We will not add your email address or name
to any mailing list.
The Office for Women may publish aggregated information about feedback on the site, to the extent that it does not identify or cannot be used
to identify individual users.
Access to information within the Office and the Department
Access to the raw data is restricted to a limited number of officers for the purpose of analysis and to report on the success of the site in meeting
the Office's communication and access objectives.
Policy updates
Due to the developing nature of privacy principles for online communication, this policy may be modified or expanded in light of new developments or issues that may arise from time to time. The amended policy will be posted
to this site and will operate from the time it is posted.