Privacy Policy

Information collection and use

Queensland Alliance for Mental Health does not collect any personal information from a visitor to its site unless that visitor explicitly and intentionally provides it.

Registration
In order to obtain email updates from Queensland Alliance for Mental Health web site, users are required to register. During registration, users are asked for e-mail contact information. This information is used for the sole purpose of sending the information requested. This is an automated process.

Statistical Information
Queensland Alliance for Mental Health collect statistics about visits to its site. This information does not include personal information but only information about the visit. Queensland Alliance for Mental Health may collect statistics such as how many people visit its site, users' IP addresses, which pages people visit, from which domains visitors come and which browsers people use. Queensland Alliance for Mental Health web site uses "cookies," a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Cookies benefit the user by requiring login only once, thereby saving time while on the site. If users reject the cookies, they may be limited in the use of some areas of the site.
Microsoft Internet Explorer® userscan find more information about "cookies" on the Microsoft Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm?RLD=291. Netscape Navigator® userscan go to the Netscape Web site at http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/privacy.html#cookies

Demographic information supplied by a subscriber at registration may be combined with site usage data to provide general profiles, in aggregate non-personally identifiable form, about users and their preferences in the content of the site.

Links
Queensland Alliance for Mental Health web sites contain links to other sites. Queensland Alliance for Mental Health is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. Queensland Alliance for Mental Health encourages its users to be aware when they leave its site to read the privacy statements of each web site they choose to visit.

Queensland Alliance for Mental Health Inc. Privacy Policy

Queensland Alliance for Mental Health Inc. is the State-wide peak body for non-government organisations and groups which serve the needs of Queenslanders living with a mental illness or psychiatric disability. Under the Privacy Act 1988, organisation must adhere to the National Privacy Principles (NPP) set out in the Act if they:
 
• Have an annual turnover exceeding $3 million;
• Are a health provider; or
• Rely on databases of personal information for their core business.
 
Though Queensland Alliance for Mental Health is not legally required to have a privacy policy, the existence of such a document provides evidence of Queensland Alliance for Mental Health’s commitment to due diligence and reasonable care to operate within the law. The existence of such a policy, along with actual practices within the organisation to support implementation of the policy, can be used in legal proceedings to demonstrate an organisation’s genuine commitment to operating lawfully. Such a plan also provides a framework that will assists Queensland Alliance for Mental Health to meet a range of regulatory requirements as the organisation grows or should the scope of the legislation increase.
Alliance project work and activities often include involvement from individuals within member organisations, sector stakeholders, carers and consumers.  Queensland Alliance for Mental Health is committed to ensuring the privacy of information provided by these individuals. Personal details provided by individuals participating in Alliance activities are kept on a secure and internal contact databases unless requested otherwise.
 
Queensland Alliance for Mental Health commits to maintaining accurate and up-to-date personal information, which will not be used for any purpose, which is not related to Queensland Alliance for Mental Health activities, initiatives or services provided by Queensland Alliance for Mental Health or for any other purpose that could not reasonably be expected.
 
People listed on various Queensland Alliance for Mental Health databases may be removed from said database at any time by contacting Queensland Alliance for Mental Health on phone number 07 3252 9411, fax 3832 2622 or email (admin@qldalliance.org.au). Individuals participating in Queensland Alliance for Mental Health activities, services or initiatives may choose to remain anonymous wherever practicable. Sensitive information will not be collected by Queensland Alliance for Mental Health without express consent of the individuals concerned.
 
All promotional material generated by Queensland Alliance for Mental Health will offer the recipient an opportunity not to receive further communications of its nature.
 
Queensland Alliance for Mental Health will not pass on or sell private information detailed on our databases to any other organisation or business. However, private information may be released where required by law or where the interests of the Alliance require disclosure.
 
Individuals and organisations listed on various Queensland Alliance for Mental Health databases may have access to their own personal information on request by phone, fax or email.
 
Publicly available information about member, stakeholder and partner organisations (such as the name of an organisation, telephone and fax numbers, website, email, street and postal addresses and principal contacts) may continue to be made publicly available by the Alliance.
 
Individuals, member, stakeholder and partner organisations of Queensland Alliance for Mental Health registered on internal databases are kept informed of the organisation’s seminars, workshops, events and activities.