Queensland has privacy legislation which applies to the Queensland public sector – the Information Privacy Act 2009 (IP Act). The IP Act contains privacy principles which set out how agencies may and must handle personal information. Personal information means any information about an identifiable person.

RBWH Foundation’s Privacy Statement sets out details of the types of personal information we hold and how we handle this information.

Website privacy and security statement

RBWH Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of our website users. We understand and appreciate that visitors to, and users of, this website, are concerned about their privacy and the confidentiality and security of information they provide to us.

As a general rule, we do not collect information that can directly identify you when you visit our site. When you visit our site to read or download information, our web measurement tool and Internet Service Providers records the following information only for statistical purposes:

• your server and IP address

• the name of the top level domain (for example, .gov, .com, .edu, .au)

• the type of browser user

• the date and time you accessed the site

• the pages accessed and documents downloaded

• the previous site you visited

These statistics provide information to assist us to make improvements to the content and structure of our website.

We collect personal information via online forms and email communications for the purposes of, for example:

• Past, present or potential donations to RBWH Foundation

• Royal Mum program

• RBWH Foundation’s functions, events or promotions

Email correspondence

Your email address details will not be added to a mailing list nor will we disclose these details to third parties without your consent, unless required by law. Email messages may be monitored by our information technology staff for system trouble-shooting and maintenance purposes.

Cookies

Cookies are text files that a website can transfer to your computer when you access information on that site. Cookies allow websites to recognise you as you browse their website.

RBWH Foundation uses Google Analytics to gather statistics about how the website is accessed. Google Analytics uses cookies to gather information for the purpose of providing statistical reporting. The cookies do not collect information that can directly identify you.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers located outside of Australia. No personally identifying information is recorded or provided to Google.

Information gathered using the Google Analytics cookie is used for the purpose of determining:

• the number of visitors to RBWH Foundation’s website

• how visitors arrive at RBWH Foundation’s website, for example, did they type the address in directly, follow a link from another webpage, or arrive via a search engine?

• the number of times each page is viewed and for how long

• time and date of visits

• geographical location of visitors

• information about what browsers are used to view the RBWH Foundation’s website and the operating system the computers or devices

• whether these browsers supports Java and Flash

• the speed of the user’s internet connection

This information is used to refine and improve RBWH Foundation’s online service delivery and in turn the community’s online experience.

Public records

E-mail correspondence, blog comments, and information provided via webforms, can constitute public records and can be retained as required by the Public Records Act 2002 and other relevant legislation.

Use and disclosure

We will only use personal information collected via our website for the purposes for which it was given to us and/or for related, internal management purposes.

We do not disclose your personal information to other government agencies, organisations or anyone else unless one of the following applies:

• you consented to the disclosure

• you would have a reasonable expectation that your personal information would be disclosed

• it is required or authorised by law

• it will prevent or lessen a serious threat to somebody’s life or health

• the disclosure is reasonably necessary for a law enforcement activity

Security

We take strong precautions to protect the personal information we hold concerning you from loss, unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure, and against other misuse. However, please be aware we do not provide a mechanism for securing the transmission of information across the Internet.

Links to other sites

This website contains links to other websites. RBWH Foundation is not responsible for the content and privacy practices of other websites.