Scope

This statement applies to the australia.gov.au website. The website is managed by the Department of Finance and Deregulation.

Personal information

australia.gov.au collects personal information that you choose to give us, for example your email address, as well as collecting information about our users browsing activities.

We will not attempt to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.

Uses

We only use your personal information for the purposes for which you gave it to us.

We do not share information about you with other government agencies or other organisations without your permission unless it:

• is necessary to provide you with a service that you have requested;
• is necessary to complete an activity that you have chosen to undertake;
• is required or authorised by law; or
• will prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to somebody's health.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this website. The information we obtain from Google Analytics is used to help us understand users’ needs so that we can offer a better user experience.

Google Analytics uses ‘cookies’ to collect information about which pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got there (for example from a search engine, a link, an advertisement etc) and what you select. Information collected by the cookies (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google's Privacy Policy and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google.

Your choices

You may gain access to personal information about you that we hold. You can have us correct any errors or delete the information we have about you.

You may opt out of any further contact from us.

To protect your privacy and the privacy of others, we may have to gain evidence of your identity before we can give you access to information about you or change it.

Important information

This website is bound by the Information privacy principles of the Privacy Act 1988.

We also follow the Guidelines for federal and ACT government websites issued by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

How to contact us

Contact us about any of your privacy concerns or to suggest further improvements to this website.

Alternatively, write to us at:

For more information about our privacy practices, see our full privacy statement.