Privacy Statement
Ipswich City Council acknowledges the Guidelines for Federal World Wide Websites developed by the Australian Privacy Commissioner, and the Information Privacy Principles (IPP) and Regime as adopted by the Queensland State Government on 10 September 2001.
This statement explains the type of information that is collected by Ipswich City Council, how such information is used and under what circumstances and to whom it may be disclosed. If you have any privacy concerns regarding this Website, you should direct them to the CEO on council@ipswich.qld.gov.au
Ipswich City Council monitors visitations to this site to assist in understanding the areas of interest to visitors of the site. For statistical and site design purposes Ipswich City Council makes a record of your visit in log files contained on the server.
Recording your visit
- Your server address
- Your top level domain name ( e.g. .com, .gov, .au, .org etc)
- The date and time of your visit to the site
- The pages you accessed and documents downloaded
- The previous site visited
- Your browser type
Recording your e-mail address
All e-mail messages sent to council@ipswich.qld.gov.au become part of Ipswich City Council's records and may be retrieved by a key word searchable archive in accordance with the Public Records Act (2002). Your attention is also drawn to the fact that Ipswich City Council is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (1992). Under the Freedom of Information Act, persons other than the intended recipient may access your e-mail message.
Ipswich City Council will only use your supplied e-mail address for the purpose, which you supplied it for and will not be added to a mailing list unless authorised by you. Your e-mail address will not be disclosed without your prior consent by way of a specific request in writing.
Collecting personal information
Personal information submitted during the use of electronic forms, applications or requests for information on this site shall only be used for purposes directly related to a function or activity of Ipswich City Council. We will not collect or solicit personal information via this site which would be unnecessary or unrelated to the functions or activities of Ipswich City Council.
Due to the risks associated with the transmission of information over an open computer network such as the Internet, Ipswich City Council will provide you with alternative information lodgment channels such as a paper form, mailing address or telephone number.
