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Privacy statement for Cancer Institute NSW web site

How does the Cancer Institute NSW protect your privacy?

An individual’s right to privacy as established under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 is respected by the Cancer Institute NSW and protected. The Cancer Institute NSW does not allow the publication of information that may identify individuals, or might potentially identify them.

Links to other sites, external to the Cancer Institute NSW, are sometimes included in web pages for the convenience of site users, but the Cancer Institute NSW does not have any responsibility for the privacy practices of third party sites linked to the Cancer Institute NSW site.

Is information collected about your site visit?

Visitor logs are used on this site for statistical purposes only. No attempt will be made to identify or collect personal information about users.

What does the Cancer Institute NSW do with personal information provided in feedback?

Email addresses provided to this site will only be used to respond to enquiries and will not be added to mailing lists, or disclosed to any other party without the user’s consent, unless required to do so by law. Personal information will be kept in safe custody, sufficient to prevent unauthorised access, and will properly handled to ensure its safety, integrity and confidentiality. Circumstances in which the Cancer Institute NSW may be required to disclose this information to a law enforcement agency include:

unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the Cancer Institute NSW site;
unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published on the Cancer Institute NSW site;
attempts to intercept messages of other users of the Cancer Institute NSW site;
communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed;
attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server; and
breach the laws of the State of NSW or the Commonwealth of Australia.

Do you want to know more about how your privacy is protected?

The Cancer Institute NSW observes the information privacy principles set out in The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 when collecting and dealing with any personal information.