Privacy

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Thank you for visiting the Walgett Shire Council site (walgett.nsw.gov.au) and reviewing our privacy statement, provided in accordance with the guidelines for Government websites issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner.

The Walgett Shire Council respects and protects the privacy of users. This statement tells you what information we collect and how we use it.

Browsing - Statistical Information
If you visit the Walgett Shire Council site to read or download information, our service provider makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:

- Your Server's Address
- The name of the top level domain from which you access the Internet (For example, .gov, .com, .edu, .org, .au, .nz etc)
- The type of browser you accessed our site
- The date and time you accessed our site
- The pages you accessed and the documents downloaded
- The previous Internet address from which you linked directly to our site
- The internet address to which you link directly from our site

This information is used to create summary statistics which allow us to assess  the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, discover what information is most and least used, determine technical design specifications, and help us make our site more useful to visitors.

Otherwise, no attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the service provider's logs.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of information that an Internet website sends to your browser when you access information at that site. The Walgett Shire Council site does not use cookies on any public areas of the site. For more information about Cookies and their use, please see the Cookies section on the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner site.

Contacting the Walgett Shire Council by emailYour e-mail address will only be recorded by the Walgett Shire Council if you choose to send us a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list. We will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose, and will not disclose it without your consent.

Subscribe and unsubscribe email service
The Walgett Shire Council site offers a subscribe and unsubscribe email service for those people who wish to receive the Walgett Shire Council news and other updates via list-serv system. When you subscribe to this service your email address and, as an option, your name is added to a database. This information is used only to provide the service and will not be used for any other purpose, and it will not be disclosed without your consent.

Links to other sitesThis site contains links to other sites. The Walgett Shire Council is not responsible for the privacy practice or the content of such websites.