Privacy Statement

This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/. The Bayside City Council wishes to demonstrate a commitment to your privacy through the disclosure of methods of information gathering, storage and dissemination.

If you feel the Bayside City Council is not complying to the privacy policy, please email your concerns to our Privacy Officer at privacy@bayside.vic.gov.au.

Information collection and use
Bayside City Council is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways other than what is disclosed in this statement. Bayside City Council collects information from you at several points on the website.

Log files
IP addresses are recorded to analyse trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing
Demographic trend information may be shared with our partners. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

We partner with other parties to provide specific services. When you request these services, we will share names, or other contact information as necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Registration
Registration for further information, such as subscription to newsletters is optional. Mandatory information is identified on the registration form. This information constitutes the full scope of unique identifiers (such as name and email address) that Bayside City Council collects. Any additional information that is volunteered through non-mandatory fields helps personalise your service.

Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to a newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once you close your browser, the cookie terminates. If you reject the cookie, you still have access to the site. Cookies can also help us identify your associated interests to enhance our service to you.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Bayside City Council are not responsible for the privacy practices of other linked sites. When you leave our site it is important to read the privacy statements of other web sites where you submit personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. Access to sensitive user information, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific task (for example, answering a query) are granted access to personally identifiable information.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to webmaster@bayside.vic.gov.au.

Site updates and changes
We may send site announcements to regular site visitors (such as those who receive newsletters), which contain important information about change to the site or to our services.

If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and whether it will be disclosed. A policy change does not automatically apply to your information. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. If you are affected by a change you are contacted and given the option of agreeing to the new policy.

Correction/Updating Personal Information
If your personally identifiable information changes (such as your email address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will correct, update or remove your information in a timely manner. This can be done by sending an email to webmaster@bayside.vic.gov.au