PRIVACY AND POLICY Thursday, August 28 2008

 

Contents

  • Introduction to this Policy
  • Your Privacy
  • Information Logging
  • Collection and Storage of Personal Information Data
  • Network Login
  • Email Contact and Enquiries
  • User Profiles and CCDNSW Referral Service
  • Cookies
  • Disclosure
  • Useful Links
  • Server Security
  • Contact Us

Introduction to this Policy
Community Cultural Development NSW Ltd. (hereafter referred to as CCDNSW) is committed to protecting your privacy, including while, and as a result of, your interaction with our website www.ccdnsw.org.

CCDNSW is subject to the NSW Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act (1998).

Your privacy
At CCDNSW we respect an individual's privacy. Any personal information collected about you is for the primary purpose of providing you with high quality service.

All information collected is treated as confidential and we do not make this information known to other organisations without your consent. You have the right to gain access to your information at any time. For more information please see our Privacy Policy.

Any privacy related enquiries can be directed to the Pathways Manager by emailing here.

Information Logging
IP addresses [each computer has an IP address] of www.ccdnsw.org users are automatically logged by our server. Your IP address does not contain any personally identifiable information. The server records and logs limited information for each visit to the website. The type of information logged by the server includes your IP address, suffix domain name (.com, .net, .edu, com.au), the date and time of your visit to our site, pages accessed, documents downloaded, the previous site visited, and the type of internet browser being used. This data is then grouped to provide statistics on usage patterns and what pages on the site are being accessed.

The log data assists CCDNSW to administer our website, and in particular to help us improve the architecture, interactivity, and resourcefulness of the CCDNSW site. Statistical information drawn from our website may be included in CCDNSW’s reporting to our funding bodies as part of the grant acquittal process.

Collection and Storage of Personal Information Data
CCDNSW collects personal information in the following forms: name, username, login password, and email address. The information you provide will be used by CCDNSW only for the purpose it was requested for by us on specific Site pages. All personal information collected by CCDNSW will not be provided to any other person or organisation without your consent.

Network Login
Registering your details with CCDNSW is optional, however please not that you are required to register with the CCDNSW Site in order to use some of the online components such as the Calender feature, and to post your Individual or Organisational Profile.

Email Contact and Enquiries
When contacting CCDNSW via the website email address info@ccdnsw.org, your email address will be used only for the purpose of replying to you. In some instances this will require your email address to be sent on to the relevant CCDNSW staff member. Your email address will not be added to a mailing list or disclosed to any other person or organisation without your consent.

User Profiles and CCDNSW Referral Service
When creating an Individual or Organisation Profile on our Site you will be required to provide us with your contact phone number and email address. CCDNSW intends to use this information to assist in referring and linking artists, organisations, and projects together. This will help available and suitable artists and appropriate work opportunities to find each other. †You will nominate whether CCDNSW is authorised to pass your details on to an enquirer, or that CCDNSW forwards the enquiry to you. †CCDNSW will only issue contact information which has been specifically authorised by the registered user when creating their profile.

Cookies
Cookies are small files that a website stores on your computer to be used for identifying and remembering who you are. CCDNSW uses cookies only within specific dynamic pages of our Site. Cookies are also used in order for the CCDNSW website to authenticate you, and for website security.

If you do not want to receive cookies, you can change the settings on your internet browser to not accept cookies, or to prompt you when cookies are being used by a website. You can adjust cookies via the Preferences menu in your internet browser. Please note that refusing cookies may render some components of our website inaccessible, unusable, or to not function in the manner they were developed.

Cookies provide information to CCDNSW that measures user access and the frequency that pages are accessed. This assits CCDNSW in our ongoing development and improvement of our Site.

Disclosure
CCDNSW will not disclose your personal information to any third party except when required by law and/or in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act, 1998.

Useful Links
The Useful Links section on the CCDNSW Site provides links to other external websites. CCDNSW is not responsible for the privacy practices, or the content of these websites.

Server Security
CCDNSW’s server host implements appropriate and effective security measures to protect against the loss, appropriation, or alteration of information collected and stored by us.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy then please contact CCDNSW on 02 9821 2210 or email CCDNSW here