Privacy

General privacy statement

The Munch & Move website is maintained by NSW Ministry of Health. This Privacy Policy applies to all the publicly accessible pages on the Munch & Move site located at www.localhost. The NSW Ministry of Health does not have any responsibility for the privacy policies or practices of third party sites linked to the site. If you have any questions about the Munch & Move site, or the application of this Privacy Policy or a request for access to information held please contact:

Manager, Communications
NSW Ministry of Health
Locked Mail Bag 961
North Sydney NSW 2059
Phone: (02) 9391 9000
MOH-MunchAndMove@health.nsw.gov.au

Users of the Munch & Move site are entitled to expect that any information collected by NSW Ministry of Health as a result of that use will be treated within the terms of the New South Wales Government’s privacy responsibilities and obligations. The New South Wales Government’s privacy practices are regulated by the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.

What information do we collect?

When you look at the pages on the Munch & Move site, our computers automatically record information that identifies, for each page accessed:

• the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine which has accessed it
• your top-level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .edu, .au, .uk etc.)
• the address of your server
• the date and time of your visit to the site
• the pages accessed and documents downloaded
• the previous site visited and
• the type of browser and operating system you have used.

Only sessional cookies are used from the Munch & Move site to collect information. This information is unable to be retained once the user session has ceased.

How do we use the information collected?

The information collected during each visit is aggregated with similar logged information and published in reports for the NSW Ministry of Health to identify patterns of usage of the site. This will assist us in improving the Munch & Move site and the services it offers.

The NSW Ministry of Health will not disclose or publish information that identifies individual machines, or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without consent or otherwise in line with the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.

What exceptions are there to this rule?

The NSW Ministry of Health will collect, use and disclose more extensive information than stated above in the following circumstances:

• unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published Munch & Move pages
• unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the Munch & Move site
• unauthorised attempts to index the contents of the Munch & Move site by other sites
• attempts to intercept messages of other users of the Munch & Move site
• communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or groups or which give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed; and
• attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server, breach the laws of the State of New South Wales or Commonwealth of Australia, or interfere with the enjoyment of the Munch & Move site by other users.

The NSW Ministry of Health reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the use of the Munch & Move site raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been, committed. In the event of an investigation, the NSW Ministry of Health will provide access to data to any law enforcement agency that may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.

Is the information stored securely?

Yes. Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held by the NSW Ministry of Health for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is deleted.

Will this policy be updated over time?

Due to the developing nature of privacy principles for online communication, this policy may be modified or expanded in light of new developments or issues that may arise from time to time. The amended policy will be posted to this site and will operate from the time it is posted.