We are committed to protecting the personal information that you provide us. Any personal information provided to us will not be disclosed or re-used for another purpose. Our policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our users. This policy statement tells you how we collect information and how we use it.
The Local Government Council Portal (Council Portal) is an online platform operated by IPART to support a range of our functions in relation to local governments. This statement explains how we collect personal information using the Council Portal and what we do with it.
Collection of your personal information
We may use the Council Portal to collect your personal information. We do so by asking you for that information, for example when you apply for a user account or fill out a form using the Council Portal. Providing your personal information to us through the Council Portal is always voluntary, but sometimes we will need that information for you to use the Council Portal or to process an application you want to make.
Use and disclosure of your personal information
We use the personal information you provide to us through the Council Portal for the purposes of operating the Council Portal, exercising our functions in relation to local governments, contacting you about those functions, and other directly related or incidental purposes.
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Accessing and correcting your personal information
You have a right to access, and have corrected, your personal information that we collect through the Council Portal. Please contact us at localgovernment@ipart.nsw.gov.au if you want to do so.
Visiting the Council Portal
As a general rule, we do not collect personal information about you when you visit the Council Portal. Personal information means any information from which your identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained. You can generally visit the Council Portal without telling us who you are or revealing other personal information.
Information collected
When you visit the Council Portal, our server logs the following information for statistical purposes:
- your server address
- the date and time of your visit
- your top level domain name (for example, .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
- the pages you accessed and the documents you downloaded
- the previous address of the referring site
- the type of browser and operating system you used.
Access to information collected
The information collected is only used for statistical analysis or systems administration purposes. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the Internet Service Provider's logs.
Contact us
If you have any queries or concerns about IPART’s privacy statement for the Council Portal and/or our general privacy policies, please contact us at localgovernment@ipart.nsw.gov.au.