Privacy
In accordance with the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World
Wide Websites issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner, the
Partners of Australian veterans “PAV”, provides the following privacy
statements.
Security of your information
PAV seeks to comply with the Information Privacy Principles under the
Privacy Act 1988 (the Privacy Act) in the collection, storage, use and
disclosure of personal information in its possession. The Privacy Act
provides for specific rights and remedies of individuals in the event of a
breach by the PAV of its duties under the act.
PAV provides a secure environment and a reliable system. However, you
should be aware that there may be inherent risks associated with the
transmission of information via the internet.
PAV Secure Web Services is designed to minimise these risks as much as
possible, and provide a secure mechanism when providing personal
information.
Some interactive services on this website may request personal
information as part of the provision of the service. PAV encrypts all data
transmitted between your computer's web browser and PAV's server when
you make use of any of these services. The encryption process used by
PAV is secure socket layer (SSL). For SSL encryption to work, your
browser must support SSL. Freely available browsers that support SSL
include Netscape (version 3 or higher) and Microsoft Internet Explorer
(version 4 or higher).
Note: External sites that are linked to the PAV site are outside PAV's
control and you are advised to review their privacy and security
statements when visiting those sites.
Site visit data
PAV makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for
statistical purposes:
the user's server address
the user's top level domain name (e.g. .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.)
the date and time of the visit to the site
the pages accessed and documents downloaded
the previous site visited
the type of browser used.
PAV will not make any 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 the internet
service provider's logs.
Cookies
A cookie is a collection of information, usually including a username and
the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using
the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have
previously registered or visited their site.
Cookies can be 'persistent' or 'session-based':
persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an
expiration date, and may be used to track your browsing
behaviour upon returning to the website from which the cookie
was issued
session-based cookies are short-lived, are used only during a
browsing session, and expire when you close your browser.
The PAV website (http://www to be named) uses session cookies during a
search query of the website. Our internet service provider has assured us
that no cookies are employed on the website except for those associated
with the search engine. Website statistics for the PAV website are
generated from the web logs as outlined above under 'Site visit data'.
Once you have closed your browser, the session cookie set by the PAV
website is destroyed and PAV does not maintain any personal information
that might identify you should you visit our website at a later date.
Use of email
At the present time, it is not possible to guarantee the security of email
forwarded to the PAV via the internet. In order to protect your privacy
and the privacy of others, we request that you do not send us personal
information by email.
PAV will not forward information of a personal nature by internet email.
We will only forward such information by traditional means, such as post,
fax or telephone, if appropriate.
If you choose to use internet email to request information, please include
a postal address, fax number and/or telephone number. A PAV
representative can then contact you by your preferred method.
Subscription lists
If you subscribe to a mailing list on any of PAV's websites, your email
address and any other personal information that you might provide will be
maintained on our mailing list. The mailing list is hosted by an external
service provider. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have
provided it and will not be added to another mailing list without your prior
consent, which PAV will seek through a request in writing. We will not use
your email address for any other purpose and will not disclose it without
your consent.
No spam
The publication of electronic addresses on this website is for the
information of users. PAV does not authorise the receipt of commercial
electronic messages (generally known as spam) at any published
electronic address. They are to be used for legitimate correspondence
only.
This privacy policy covers
Security of your information;
this means it comply with the Information Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988
(the Privacy Act) in the collection, storage, use and disclosure of personal information in its
possession. Which is an Australian act some of the best in the world. In other words
security is important that is why I am building this site in Drupal.
Site visit data;
This is just a log of information for statistical purpose.
Cookies;
A cookie is a collection of information, usually including a username and the current date
and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly
by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited their site.
Use of email;
At the present time, it is not possible to guarantee the security of email forwarded to the
PAV via the internet. In order to protect your privacy and the privacy of others, we request
that you do not send us personal information by email.
Summary
This privacy policy is a department of veteran affairs and it puts all others that looked at to
shame. The only problem I can see is that it was put at the bottom of the page in rather
small print being how a lot of Australian veterans are in the older age bracket.
The actual wording of the policy is clear and easy to understand accept for some technical
statements. But I would still use this as a template for the web page I am building as it
outlines all necessary elements concerning the web site.