Web Site Privacy Statement of the Murray-Plains Division of General Practice

This Privacy Statement has been developed through reference to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s web site Privacy Statement.

Protecting your Privacy when you Visit this Web Site

In complying with the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000, the Murray-Plains Division of General Practice provides the following advice to users of this web site regarding the collection, use, disclosure and storage of personal information.

Information Collection

When you access this site, the following information may be collected by our Internet Service Provider.

• your server address
• your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
• the date and time of your visit to the site
• the pages you accessed and the documents downloaded
• the previous site you visited
• the type of browser you are using

This information is collected for statistical purposes and to enable us to improve the navigation functions of our web site.

When specific personal information is requested (for example to respond to information requests or to register users for particular services) your personal information will only be collected by staff of this Division who have responsibility for responding to such requests or administrating such registrations.

Use of Personal Information

Personal information collected on this web site will only be used for the purposes stated at the time of collection.

Your personal information will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent.

Access to Personal Information Collected on this Site

Unless legally required to do so the Murray-Plains Division of General Practice will only disclose personal information collected on this site to a third party if consent has been provided.

Security of Personal Information Collected on this Site

This site does not provide facilities to guarantee the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Whilst reasonable efforts are used to provide security, users should be aware that there are inherent risks in the transmission of information across the Internet.

Cookies

This web site only uses session cookies and only during a search query of the web site. Our Internet Service Provider has assured us that no cookies are employed on this web site except for those associated with the search engine. The web site statistics for this site are generated from the web logs as outlined above. Upon closing your browser the session cookie set by this web site is destroyed and no personal information is maintained which might identify you should you visit our web site at a later date.

Cookies can be either "persistent" or "session" based. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiration date, and may be used to track your browsing behaviour upon return to the issuing web site. Session cookies are short lived, are used only during a browsing session, and expire when you quit your browser.

Further Information

For further information about the Murray-Plains Division of General Practice’s Privacy Policy, contact our Privacy Officer at Angela Boal or telephone the Division on 03 5481 1300.