Privacy statement for Hunter New England Health's website
How does Hunter New England Health protect your privacy?
An individual's right to privacy as established under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 is respected by Hunter New England Health and protected. Hunter New England Health does not allow the publication of information that may identify individuals, or might potentially identify them. Statistical data about the use and management of Hunter New England Health facilities, and the health of the population are made available on Hunter New England Health's website in the interest of the public.
Links to external (non-Hunter New England Health) sites are sometimes included in web pages for the convenience of site users, but Hunter New England Health does not have any responsibility for the privacy practices of third party sites linked to Hunter New England Health sites.
Is information collected about your site visit?
Visitor logs are used on this Hunter New England Health internet site for statistical purposes only. No attempt will be made to identify or collect personal information about users.
What does Hunter New England Health do with personal information provided in feedback?
Email addresses provided to this site will only be used to respond to enquiries and will not be added to mailing lists, or disclosed to any other party without the user's consent, unless required to do so by law. Personal information will be kept in safe custody, sufficient to prevent unauthorised access, and will properly handled to ensure its safety, integrity and confidentiality. Circumstances in which Hunter New England Health may be required to disclose this information to a law enforcement agency include:
- Unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the Hunter New England Health site
- Unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published on the Hunter New England Health site
- Attempts to intercept messages of other users of Hunter New England Health sites.
- Communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed
- Attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server.
- Breach the laws of the State of NSW or the Commonwealth of Australia.
Do you want to know more about how your privacy is protected?
Hunter New England Health observes the information privacy principles set out in The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 when collecting and dealing with any personal information.
NSW Health has a Privacy Management Plan which identifies how all NSW Health agencies comply with the Privacy Act. NSW Health's policy document on information privacy is the NSW Health Information Privacy Code of Practice. | 
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