This website is maintained by Community Engagement and Events, a division of the New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet.  This Privacy Policy applies to all the publicly accessible pages on the Events website located at www.events.nsw.gov.au. The Department does not have any responsibility for the privacy policies or practices of third party sites linked to the Events site.  If you have any questions about the site, or the application of this Privacy Policy or a request for access to information held, please contact:

Community Engagement and Events
Department of Premier and Cabinet
GPO Box 5341
Sydney  NSW  2001
Ph: (02) 9228 4756

Users of the Events website are entitled to expect that any information as a result of that use will be treated within the terms of the New South Wales Government's privacy responsibilities and obligations.  The New South Wales Government's privacy practices are regulated by the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

What information do we collect?
When you look at the pages on the Events website, our computers automatically record information that identifies, for each page accessed:

• the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine which has accessed it;
• your top-level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.);
• the address of your server;
• the date and time of your visit to the site;
• the pages accessed and documents downloaded;
• the previous site visited; and
• the type of browser and operating system you have used.

How do we use the information collected?
The information collected during each visit is aggregated with similar logged information and published in reports in order for the Department and the Government Chief Information Office to identify patterns of usage of the site. This will assist us in improving the Events website.

The Department will not disclose or publish information that identifies individual machines, or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without consent or otherwise in accordance with the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.

What exceptions are there to this rule?
The Department will collect, use and disclose more extensive information than stated above in the following circumstances:

• unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published Events website pages;
• unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the Events website;
• unauthorised attempts to index the contents of the Events website by other sites;
• attempts to intercept messages of other users of the Events website;
• communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or groups or which give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed; and
• attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server, breach the laws of the State of New South Wales or Commonwealth of Australia, or interfere with the enjoyment of the Events website by other users.

The Department reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the use of the Events website raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been, committed.

In the event of an investigation, the Department will provide access to data to any law enforcement agency that may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.

Is the information stored securely?
Yes. Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held by the Department for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is deleted.

What will we do with information provided as feedback?
The Department provides feedback facilities on this site to allow users to provide input into the future development of the site and to comment on the provision of service by the Department. The provision of personal details on feedback is optional.

Users may provide personal details for the purpose of receiving a reply to their feedback. This information will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided. We will not add your email address or name to any mailing list.

The Department may publish aggregated information about feedback on the site, to the extent that it does not identify or cannot be used to identify individual users.

Who else has access to information within the Department?
Access to the raw data is restricted to a limited number of officers in the Community Engagement and Events division and the Government Chief Information Office in the Department of Commerce  for the purpose of analysis and to report on the success of the site in meeting the Department of Premier and Cabinet's communication and access objectives. If you would like to access information held about you please contact

Community Engagement and Events
Department of Premier and Cabinet
GPO Box 5341
Sydney  NSW  2001
Ph: (02) 9228 4756

Will this policy be updated over time?
Due to the developing nature of privacy principles for online communication, this policy may be modified or expanded in light of new developments or issues that may arise from time to time. The amended policy will be posted to this site and will operate from the time it is posted.