The City of Sydney makes some use of data that directly or indirectly identifies users. We take great care with practices that affect personal privacy.

Accountability

The staff who operate City of Sydney web sites, and most Commonwealth government agencies, are subject to the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988. http://www.privacy.gov.au/act/

Data Collected by the City of Sydney

Data that in some way identifies the user is gathered during interactions with the City of Sydney's web sites in the following circumstances:

• Computer Infomation
  It is a necessary part of visiting any web site, including City of Sydney sites, that the user's web browser provides the machine's identity (its IP address) to the Web server, so that the server can address the reply to the correct machine.
  Information automatically collected and logged in this manner includes:
  • your country, state and organisation type
  • your computer's operating system (i.e. Windows, Mac, etc)
  • the date and time of your visit
  • the pages that you access and the documents you download
  • the path taken to the site (e.g. through a search engine or link at another site) and
  • the type of browser you use.
    
    
• User feedback
  We seek feedback from our users in order to improve the service offered by the site. Answering feedback questions is voluntary and does not in any way affect your access to the City of Sydney's web sites.
  
  
• Navigation and ClickStream Data
  Browsing any Web site, including the City of Sydney's, generates a trail of pages visited and the time apparently spent displaying each page. We do not use cookies on any area of the site that is accessible to the public.

Data Storage, Use and Disclosure, and Retention

All data described in the preceding section may be stored and archived for a period that is yet to be determined but is likely to be at least 12 months and quite probably seven years.

Unless stated otherwise, the data is used by the City of Sydney and by staff involved in City of Sydney Web Site operation, only for:

• Web site and system administration, including monitoring to prevent security breaches;
• customisation of the Web site to the user's needs; and
• evaluation, research and development.

Identified data can only be re-disclosed to the user if the user provides the unique request session number. Personally identified data may be disclosed to a third party only in circumstances in which such disclosure is legally authorised, such as in the investigation of a criminal offence, and in compliance with a search warrant or subpoena.

Users 16 and under

If you are aged 16 or under, get your parent/guardian's permission before you provide personal information to the City of Sydney web site. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

Monitoring

If you believe that we have not followed the principles of this privacy statement, or would like to comment on these principles, please contact us via our Feedback page.