Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Cassowary Coast RC Web site privacy policy

The Cassowary Coast Regional Council (CCRC) is committed to protecting user privacy. CCRC understands and appreciates that visitors and users of this Web site are concerned about their privacy and the confidentiality & security of any information that may be provided to CCRC.

Collection and use of your personal information

CCRC records the personal information that you provide to us voluntarily, for example when you apply for a job.

CCRC will tell you why it is collecting personal information and how CCRC plans to use it or these things will be obvious when the information is collected. Generally we will not disclose your personal information other than to parties who have contracted with CCRC to provide administrative services or activities on CCRC’s behalf. Usually we require these parties to protect the privacy of your personal information in the same way as we do.

CCRC only collects personal information where the collection of the personal information is lawful and necessary or related to the functions of CCRC. Where CCRC collects information it will not do so in a manner which is unfair or unreasonably intrusive. The personal information collected by CCRC will not be used or disclosed for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was collected without the consent of a person who provided that information.

CCRC records your e-mail address if you send it to us in a message to us. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to any external mailing lists. We will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose, and will not disclose it, without your consent.

Collection of information on Web site activity

For statistical purposes, we collect information on web site activity (such as the number of users who visit the web site, the date and time of the visits, the number of pages viewed and navigation patterns).

Cookies

As is the case with many Web sites, the CCRC site only uses cookies for login/admin purposes and therefore can be safely disregarded/blocked by viewers. Check with the help file for your browser to learn more or read this Wikipedia article for further information.

Personal information – access and accuracy

You have the right to access most personal information CCRC holds about you. If you want to access your information or alternatively if you have a complaint concerning your information privacy please direct your query in writing to:

Terry Brennan, Chief Executive Officer
PO Box 887
Innisfail, Q 4860

You are allowed to inspect all personal information held by us about you, take notes about or obtain copies of the information. CCRC may deny your request for access to personal information in some circumstances but if we do this then we will tell you why. CCRC may charge a fee for supplying the personal information.It is important that the personal information we collect from you is accurate, complete and up to date. You can contact us at any time to update your personal information or to tell us that the information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete.

Wherever it is lawful and practicable to do so, CCRC will offer you the opportunity to deal with us anonymously.

Sensitive information

If personal information concerns particular topics it is regarded as “sensitive information”, for example, information about your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs or health. CCRC only collects, uses or discloses sensitive information about you as is allowed by law, for example, where we have received your consent to do so.

CCRC respects your privacy. Our privacy policy may change from time to time to keep up to date with changes in the law and technology.