Privacy

Privacy

Elections ACT is committed to protecting your online privacy in accordance with the Privacy guidance for organisations and government agencies.

View the guidelines on the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.

Our privacy policy

View our privacy policy:

• on this website
• in person at our offices.

Personal information submitted online

When Elections ACT collects personal information submitted directly by a user, those electronic records are stored securely in databases.

The databases are managed by our ICT providers in accordance with Elections ACT’s ICT security policies and practices.

Where personal information is held in electronic files, only Election ACT employees whose duties require access to the information can access the files.

Your email address

Elections ACT will only record your email address if:

• you email us
• a third party provides it to us
• you enter your email address in a paper or online electoral form for purposes such as:
  • enrolment
  • postal voting
  • overseas voting
  • applications for casual work
  • party registration
  • financial disclosure.

We only use your email address for the purpose you provided it. We won’t add it to any mailing lists without your written consent.

We won’t use or disclose your email address for any other purpose, without your prior written consent.

Unsubscribe from email lists

If you’re listed in any of our media or subscriber email lists, you can opt out at any time.

Unsubscribe by sending an email to elections@act.gov.au.

Information security

The Information Privacy Act 2014 requires Elections ACT to take reasonable steps to ensure personal information it holds is safe and secure. We make every effort to protect your personal information from misuse, interference or loss from unauthorised access, use or modification or disclosure.

The Territory Records Act 2002 establishes frameworks for managing your personal information if it’s held in Elections ACT or ACT government files or data systems. Elections ACT handles your personal information in accordance with any legislation under which it was collected.

We strictly control access to Elections ACT’s offices. Comprehensive protections guard against unauthorised access to both paper and electronic files.

While we make all efforts to secure information transmitted to the Elections ACT website, there are inherent risks associated with transmitting information via the Internet. It is possible third parties can access this information in transit.

You can always contact Elections ACT in person, by post or by telephone.

Information collected and held by this website

When you visit our website, our system automatically makes a record of your visit. It logs the following information for statistical purposes:

• server address
• top level domain name (for example: .com, .net, .gov, .au)
• the type of browser and operating system you used
• date and time of your visit
• the previous website visited
• which pages are accessed
• the time spent on individual pages and the website overall
• which files were downloaded
• geographic location
• the address of the referring website, such as the previous website that you visited before Elections ACT’s website.

This information is only used for statistical analysis and systems administration purposes. We don’t identify users or their browsing activities, except in the unlikely event of investigation by a law enforcement agency.

Cookies and Google Analytics

A ‘cookie’ is an electronic token that passes between your browser and the server whenever you visit a page.

This website uses a cookie to maintain contact through a session. The cookie allows the website to recognise you as a unique user as you move from one webpage to another. The cookie expires when you close the browser session, or you shut your computer down.

We don’t attempt to identify anonymous users or their browsing activities unless compelled to do so by law.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. Google Analytics uses cookies and JavaScript code to enable website usage analysis.

Google uses this information to evaluate our website usage - compiling website activity reports for website operators. Google may transfer this information to third parties if required to do so by law, or where third parties process information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. If you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of Elections ACT’s website and online facilities.

Interaction between this website and other websites

The website contains links to other websites. Elections ACT is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these websites. We have no knowledge if those websites use cookies or other tracking devices.

These other websites may use web measurement tools, customisation technologies and persistent cookies. You should read the privacy statement published on each website that you visit.