Privacy

This statement explains the type of information that is collected by Moreton Bay Regional Council, how such information is used and under what circumstances and to whom it may be disclosed.

Moreton Bay Regional Council acknowledges the Guidelines for Federal World Wide websites developed by the Australian Privacy Commissioner (link opens in new window), and the Information Privacy Principles (IPP) and Regime as adopted by the Queensland State Government on 10 September 2001.

External sites that link to or that linked from this website are not under Council's control and you are advised to review their privacy and security statements.

Collection of personal information

Visitors to our web site are not required to disclose personal information. Moreton Bay Regional Council will only record your personal details in the event that you voluntarily and personally supply your information to us, for example by contacting us via email.

Your details will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided them and will not be added to any mailing lists without your prior consent. We will not use information provided to us for any other purpose, or disclose or distribute your details to any other source, without your prior written consent.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file stored by the web browser software on your computer. Cookies may be used when accessing certain areas of this website. The use of cookies allows information to be transmitted between pages within this website and the cookies used do not contain any personally identifiable information.

Statistical information

When you view the Moreton Bay Regional Council website, our web server makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:

  • your server (IP) address;
  • the type of browser and operating system used;
  • the date and time of your visit;
  • the previous site visited;
  • the pages accessed and the files downloaded; and
  • the time spent on individual pages and the site overall.

Moreton Bay Regional Council will not make any attempt to use these statistics to identify individual users or their browsing activities. However, in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect our log files.

We may also record search terms that you enter when using this website's search engine. These search terms are used to gauge what information is commonly sought and to improve the services that we provide. This information is not associated with any other information that we collect.

Security of information

Your personal information is protected by law. These laws prohibit any person from accessing, using or disclosing any personal information except in the performance of their duties or in specific circumstances permitted by these laws. There are severe penalties for breaking these provisions.

While we provide a secure and reliable system, this site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks associated with the transmission of information across the Internet, and that use of the contact facilities provided through this website is at the risk of the user.