Website privacy

The types of personal information that IBAC may collect through this website includes:

• your name, email address, telephone number, IP address and other contact or identification details
• the content of any online application, enquiry, submission, subscription, survey or complaint that you submit
• the content of any other solicited or unsolicited electronic communication that you send
• any registration information that you provide to use any Web Service which is accessible through the website
• the content of any comments that you post to, or otherwise make available on, the IBAC website using any web service
• any other information that you provide to, or make available on, the IBAC website
• meta data relating to any electronic communications that you send to any of IBAC ‘s email addresses through the website. Examples of metadata include your electronic address, time and date sent, time and date received, unique message identification, message type and message .

IBAC relies upon you to ensure that any personal information that you provide to, or make available on, its websites is accurate, current, complete and relevant. IBAC also relies upon you to advise it of any changes to such personal or health information.

You can browse IBAC’s website anonymously without disclosing any of your personal information. However, if you do not provide any information requested on IBAC’s website for the provision of a service then IBAC may not be able to provide the service to you.

At or before the time that you provide to, or make available on, IBAC’s website any personal information about another person, IBAC relies upon you to take reasonable steps to ensure that the person is aware:

• that such information will or has been provided to IBAC
• how the person can gain access to his or her information
• the purposes for which the information was provided to IBAC
• to whom IBAC usually discloses or is required under law to disclose information of that kind
• any law that requires the information to be provided to IBAC
• the main consequences (if any) for the person if all or part of the information is not provided to IBAC.

You are not required to make a person aware of the above matters where doing so would pose a serious threat to the life or health of any person or would involve the disclosure of information given in confidence.

IBAC will not use or disclose any personal information that it collects through its website unless the use or disclosure is:

• for the primary purpose for which the information was collected
• for a secondary purpose related or directly related if sensitive information (as defined in IBAC’s information privacy policy referred to above) to the primary purpose for which the information was collected and which the person would reasonably expect
• required or authorised by law
• for the purpose of referring a complaint or notification to another agency
• for any other purpose permitted under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) or Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) respectively.
• Subject to the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) IBAC may need to disclose personal information which it collects through its website to:
• IBAC’s service providers which provide website, archival, auditing, professional advisory, banking, mailhouse, delivery, recruitment, call centre, technology, research, utility, security, electronic payment or application processing services
• organisations acting on your behalf, for example your solicitor or interpreter.

IBAC will not use any of your personal information that it collects through its website to add you to a mailing list without your consent.

Any personal information which you provide to, or make available on, IBAC’s website using any web service may be accessible to other users of the web service who are not officers, employees or contractors of IBAC and, if the web service is provided by a third party, the third party. Other users of, and third parties which provide such a web service may use or disclose your personal information which you provide to, or make available using the web service for any purpose including for the purpose of sending you unsolicited electronic communications. You acknowledge and agree that IBAC is not responsible for any such use or disclosure.

IBAC has implemented technology and security policies to protect the personal information which it collects through its website. When accessing or using the IBAC website you should be aware that there are risks in transmitting information across the internet. While IBAC strives to protect such information, it cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted over the internet and you do so at your own risk. If you are concerned about providing sensitive information to IBAC over the internet, you might prefer to contact IBAC by telephone or mail. IBAC uses SSL encryption where necessary to protect personal information which is provided to its website for online transactions requiring such protection.

IBAC takes reasonable steps to protect personal information collected through its website from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. IBAC will also take reasonable steps to remove personal information from its system where it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected or any other purpose (including archiving) which is permitted in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic).

IBAC uses web analytics software to collect usage statistics for its website. This information is not used by IBAC to identify you or match with any of your personal information.

The following non-personal information may be automatically recorded by the web server of the IBAC website for statistical and system administration purposes:

• your server address
• your top level domain name (for example, com, .au, .gov)
• the date and the time of your visit to the site
• the pages you accessed and downloaded
• the address of the last site you visited
• your operating system
• the type of browser you are using.

To the extent that any clickstream data could make you identifiable, IBAC will not attempt to identify you from such clickstream data unless necessary for the investigation of unlawful activity or otherwise permitted under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic)

Like many others, IBAC’s webspaces and web services accessible through the IBAC website may use cookies from time to time. Cookies are small data files that a website or web service places on a user's hard drive to record aspects of that user's experience of the website or web service respectively. Cookies are not used to identify you or record any of your personal information. The default settings of your browser may allow some or all cookies, but you can easily take steps to erase cookies from your hard-drive, block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your hard-drive. However, a website or web service may not function fully if you disallow cookies.

IBAC uses web beacons to record usage statistics for its website. Web beacons are not used by IBAC to identify you or record any of your personal information.

Third parties, including Google and Facebook, may use cookies, web beacons and other storage technologies to collect or receive information when you visit IBAC’s website and elsewhere on the Internet in order to provide measurement services and target ads. Note: this does not include information you provide to IBAC as part of a complaint or other submission via our website. To opt-out of personalised ads, adjust the relevant settings or preferences in your accounts with these services. Google and Facebook provide instructions on how to do this:

• Google - Turn off personalised ads
• Facebook -  Control the ads you see

You can also opt-out your browser or mobile device from personalised ads via Google and many other online advertising platforms in bulk at http://optout.networkadvertising.org.

To request access to, or correction of, any of your personal information held by IBAC, please contact us using the privacy contact details below to find out about access and correction procedures.

You can request access to your personal information directly without the need to make a formal application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic). However, there are situations where it will not be appropriate to provide such access, and you will be required to make a formal freedom of information request, for example, where providing access would compromise the privacy of another person.

For further information on making a freedom of information request please visit the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner website or contact:

Freedom of Information Officer

Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission
GPO Box 24234
Melbourne VIC 3000
Email: foi@ibac.vic.gov.au
T: 1300 735 135
F: (03) 8635 6444

Privacy contact details

For further information about the handling of personal information by IBAC please contact:

Privacy Officer
Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission 
GPO Box 24234 
Melbourne VIC 3001 
E: privacy@ibac.vic.gov.au 
T: 1300 735 135 
F: (03) 8635 6444