Website Privacy and Security Measures
RMIT University is delivering the Design Victoria Strategy on behalf of the Victorian Government. RMIT University is committed to protecting the information it collects and uses by compliance with its obligations under the Information Privacy Act 2000.
How any personal or financial information provided via the Design Victoria web site may be used
Personal or financial information provided via the Design Victoria website will only be used by Design Victoria staff for the purposes for which it was collected.
These uses include:
- Responding to events, forums and workshop inquiries
- Conducting administration processes associated with events, forums and workshop registrations and participation
- Providing services including the Design Victoria e-newsletter
- De-identified market research to support development of services and promotion of the Victorian design industry
Such information is stored securely, retained for no longer than is necessary or required by law (e.g. archiving legislation), and then disposed of lawfully and securely. We will ensure that any personal information will not be disclosed to other parties except if required by law or other regulation.
Email privacy and security
When you send an email to Design Victoria (that is, to an address that ends with ‘@designvic.com’) your email address and any personal information you provide may be kept for the purpose of dealing with the enquiry. You may request to have your personal details removed at any time if you do not want any more information or if the enquiry is concluded.
Technical identifying information collected from your visits to the Design Victoria web site
A cookie is a file or information used by Design Victoria web servers for statistical, recording, and other business purposes: the user’s server address, the user’s domain name, IP address, the date and time of the visit, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited and the type of browser used. This information is not disclosed, sold, or made available to other organisations. This information is kept only temporarily and is stored securely. An important use is to track and identify inappropriate usage and hence provide a more secure online environment. Any disclosure for reporting purposes is done in ways which do not allow an individual user to be identified. In addition, Design Victoria does not acquire this sort of information from other organisations. Users can ‘disable cookies’ on their web browser.
What security is in place when you leave personal or financial information
A technically secure environment is in place for when personal or financial information is collected through the Design Victoria web site, to ensure that it cannot be accessed by other users or organisations. The network which hosts the Design Victoria web site has highly sophisticated security and publishing systems in place. Technically this includes:
- Fire walling
- Password-login
- Intrusion detection
- Virus protection
- Port filtering
Warning! Leaving personal information in chat rooms, web boards and bulletin boards
Design Victoria cannot take responsibility for access to and use of personal information which you disclose in bulletin boards, chat rooms, and web boards, on the Design Victoria website. All such communication services require users to login; however, in line with safe internet use practice, you should generally not disclose any personal information in such forums.
Links from the Design Victoria web site to other web sites
The Design Victoria website contains links to other web sites. Design Victoria is not, and cannot be responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of these web sites. A link to another web site does not imply a Design Victoria association with, or endorsement of, that web site.
For More Information
In the first instance, contact designvic@designvic.com