Privacy Statement
Privacy notice highlights
Scope
This privacy statement applies to your interactions with the climatechange.gov.au website. The website is managed by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. This statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices which are set out in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988.
Personal Information
The use of the term "personal information"in this privacy notice means any information from which your identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained.
We do not collect identifiable personal information about you if you only browse this website.
Uses
We only use your personal information for the purposes for which you gave it to us.
We do not share information about you with other Government agencies, other organisations, or other persons without your permission unless it:
- is necessary to provide you with a service that you have requested
- is required or authorised by law
- will prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to somebody's health
- We analyse non-identifiable website traffic data to improve our services. We do not use cookies.
Your choices
You may gain access to personal information about you that we hold. You can have us correct any errors or delete the information we have about you.
You may opt out of any further contact from us.
To protect your privacy and the privacy of others, we may have to gain evidence of your identity before we can give you access to information about you or change it.
Important Information
This website is bound by the Information Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988.
We also follow the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government website's issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
How to contact us
Contact us about any of your privacy concerns or to suggest further improvements to this website.
Alternatively, write to us at:
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
2 Constitution Avenue
CANBERRA ACT 2600
GPO Box 854
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6159 7000
Full privacy notice
For more information about our privacy practices, see our full privacy notice.