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The National Blood Authority makes every effort to adhere to the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites developed by the Australian Privacy Commissioner (available at http://www.privacy.gov.au/internet/web/index.html). In particular we make every effort to comply with Information Privacy Principles (see Glossary below) 1 to 3 and 10 and 11 of the Privacy Act 1988 (a copy of the Act is available at SCALEplus the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney General's Department at http://scaleplus.law.gov.au).
This page explains the type of information that is collected by the National Blood Authority, how such information is used and under what circumstances and to whom it may be disclosed. If you have any privacy concerns, you should direct them to the
The National Blood Authority will only record your email address in the event that you send us a message by email or if you register requesting notifications. Registration for notifications may be made initially by email, postal mail or facsimile. Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to any mailing lists without your prior consent by way of a specific request in writing. We will not use or disclose your email address for any other purpose, without your prior written consent.
National Blood Authority uses a 'cookie' for maintaining contact with a user through a website session. A cookie is a small file supplied by National Blood Authority and stored by the web browser software on your computer when you access National Blood Authority site. (An explanation of cookies generally can be found at the site of the Australian Privacy Commissioner). The cookie allows the National Blood Authority to recognise you as an individual as you move from one page to another.
This cookie will be immediately lost when you end your internet session and shut down your computer. Our copy of your information will be automatically deleted twenty minutes after you last used the system. This information is only used to help you use our website systems more efficiently, not to track your movements through the internet, or to record private information about you.
Any system on this website that records information about you will specifically ask your permission first.
The National Blood Authority makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:
This information is analysed to show broken links in our website, bottlenecks, and other site problems. We use this information to redesign for efficiency of use.
No attempt will be made to identify anonymous users or their browsing activities unless legally compelled to do so, such as in the event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the Internet Service Provider's log files.
Information provided through the National Blood Authority website will comply with Information Privacy Principles (see Glossary below), and particularly principles 1 to 3 and 10 and 11. Stated simply these principles are
Principle 1 - Collection of information must be lawful and fair
Principle 2 - Informing people why information is collected
Principle 3 - Ensuring personal information collected is of good quality and not too intrusive
Principle 10 - Limiting the use of personal information to the purposes for which it was collected
Principle 11 - Preventing the disclosure of personal information outside the agency.
(wording on simplified principles supplied to dept. by the Office of Federal Privacy Commissioner)
If you have any queries, concerns or require further information relating to privacy and National Blood Authority, you are invited to email the
Domain name
The code for the country or type of internet connection, such as '.com', '.gov', '.au' or '.uk'
Information Privacy Principles
11 principles established under section 14 of the Privacy Act 1988. Commonwealth and ACT government agencies must comply with these principles in their handling of personal information in their possession. The principles can be accessed at SCALEplus, the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney General's Department (at http://scaleplus.law.gov.au).
Internet Service Provider
A company or organisation that provides access to the Internet for users.
Law enforcement agency
An agency of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory such as the Australian Federal police, which exercises powers such as executing a warrant to seize documentation or goods or to search premises etc
Notification
Automatic advice of new or updated material available via National Blood Authority, provided to a user who registers for this service.
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This page last modified on 19 June, 2008
