Privacy

WA Health Department is not responsible for the content, policy or practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to this website. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval by the WA Health Department of the content, policies or practices of those third party websites. When you follow a link from this website to another website, we recommend you read and consider the privacy statement of that website.

Information collected

When you access this website, a record of your visit will be kept. The following logged information will be used for statistical purposes:

• your server address
• your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
• the date and time of your visit to the site
• the pages you accessed and documents downloaded
• the previous site you have visited
• the type of browser you are using. 

WA Health will not attempt to identify users or their browsing activities. However in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency or other government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect our logs.

Use of information collected

Information provided via online forms may be stored in databases. Your information will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided.

Your email address will be recorded if you send us a message. Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and it will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent. Parts of this site do not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet. It is clearly indicated where secure transmission is available on the site.

Cookies

A cookie is a block of data that is shared between a web server and a user's browser. Cookies, and the information collected through them, are used by the WA Health Department to make this website more efficient.

This web site only uses session cookies for the purpose of remembering your area of interest and during a search query of the web site. The web site statistics for this site are generated from the web logs. Upon closing your browser the session cookie set by this web site is destroyed and no personal information is maintained which might identify you should you visit our web site at a later date.