SWP Online is managed and maintained by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (the Department) and abides by the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Web Sites Opens in a new window issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner.
When you visit this web site, we record anonymous information about your visit and log the following information for statistical purposes and to allow us to develop better online services:
This information is not specific to an individual and is used for system administration purposes, as well as statistical analysis. While anonymous information does not tell us anything about you specifically, it tells us about how you use our site.
Another type of anonymous information shared between your browser and our server is a cookie. A cookie is a small text file that a server places on your hard drive to identify that subsequent requests to a site have come from the same user. The Department may use cookies to ‘remember’ your browser between page visits. In this situation, the cookie identifies your browser, not you personally. The Department may use cookies on this web site to develop patterns of site usage. No personal information is stored within the Department’s cookies.
When you email us:
Other personal information collected by us, for example through the use of an online form will only:
Where you choose to send us a completed electronic form that includes your personal details, we do collect personally identifiable information, such as name, address and email address.
The information collected by email or electronic forms will be used only for the purpose for which you provided it, and we will not disclose it without your consent, except where authorised or required by law.
The purpose for collection of information will be clear and explicit.
No attempt is made by the Department 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 Department’s logs.
Note: Information on the web site may also be archived through the National Library of Australia.