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Privacy

The ACT does not have its own Privacy legislation and is subject to the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988.

The Federal Privacy Act contains eleven Information Privacy Principles (IPPs), which apply to Commonwealth and ACT government agencies. It also has ten National Privacy Principles (NPPs) which apply to parts of the private sector and all health service providers.

How the ACT Public Trustee Uses Your Personal Information

We respect the privacy of our clients.  The Public Trustee uses the personal information provided by clients only for the purposes for which that information is provided.

Our Responsibility

The Public Trustee must ensure that the personal information it collects and uses is relevant, not excessive, up to date and complete. Your personal information must be kept private. This means that only certain people within the Public Trustee can have access to that information and that it can only be passed on to other people or organisations in restricted circumstances. The Public Trustee stores all personal information in paper or computer files and must ensure that all such information is stored securely.

The Public Trustee must use your personal information for the purpose for which it was provided. The Public Trustee may not disclose your personal information to another person or organisation without your specific written consent unless compelled by law or it is in the public's interest to disclose that information.

Internet Privacy Statement

Information Collected:

When you look at this web site, we make a record of your visit and log the following information:

• 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 documents downloaded
• the previous site you have visited
• the type of browser you are using

Access to information collected

The Public Trustee will not make an attempt to identify users or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect our logs.

Use of information collected

We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. Your e-mail address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent. Parts of this site do not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet. It is clearly indicated where secure transmission is available on the site.

Cookies

This web site only uses session cookies for the purpose of remembering your area of interest and during a search query of the web site. The web site statistics for this site are generated from the web logs. 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.