The Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project (NVIRP) respects your privacy and is committed to complying with the Victorian Information Privacy Act 2000 and Health Records Act 2001.
Collection of personal information and other information
In the course of conducting its normal business activities NVIRP only uses personal information which is lawfully obtained and necessary for carrying out NVIRP’s functions.
The NVIRP website under the domain names nvirp.com.au, nvirp.com, nvirp.net.au and nvirp.net, collects anonymous information through web servers. Information such as the number, date and timing of visits to the website and the pages of the website visited frequently is collected for statistical purposes only to assist us to improve our service.
This website also uses "cookies" (small data files that are sent to your computer). These cookies do not collect personal information. They assist us to make your experience of our website easier and more efficient for you. For instance, if you choose to personalise this web site, the cookies will enable the site to remember your preferred settings for your subsequent visits.
Cookies and the anonymous web usage information referred to above will not be used to identify you as an individual unless required by law.
Use and disclosure of personal information
Where you are given the ability to contact NVIRP or otherwise submit any personal information on this website, we may include additional terms relating to your privacy at that point. We will use and disclose your personal information for purposes related to the main purpose for which we collect the information, or where you have consented to the use or disclosure. Generally, these purposes include carrying out or responding to your requests, improving our services, communicating with you, considering your applications for employment, or any other purposes outlined at the time you provide the information. We may not be able to do these things without your personal information. For example, we may not be able to contact you or offer employment to you.
We do not provide your personal information to third parties without your consent, unless we are required or authorised to do so by law. We may provide personal information about you to:
Service providers who assist us in providing our services. These may include organisations that assist us with archival, research, mail and delivery, auditing, professional advisory (financial, legal, tax and management consulting), banking, security or technology services.
Please note that in some emergency or law enforcement situations government agencies may have the authority to review our web server’s records.
Information security
While we take great care to protect your personal information on our website, unfortunately no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 per cent secure. Accordingly, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you send to us or receive from us online. This is particularly true for information you send to us via email. We have no way of protecting that information until it reaches us. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security in our possession. If you are concerned about providing sensitive information online, you may prefer to contact us by phone or mail.
Links
This website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or policies of those sites.
Access to personal information about you
To make a request to access or correct any personal information we hold about you, please contact our Privacy Officer using the details on the Contact Us page on this website. We ask that you provide us with as much detail as you can about the particular information you seek, in order to help us retrieve it. We may ask you to verify your identity or make a formal Freedom of Information application. An access fee may be charged where permitted by law. In certain circumstances, we may not be required by law to provide you with access or to correct your personal information. If that is the case, we will give you our reasons for that decision.
Changes to this Website Privacy Statement
We will post any changes to this Website Privacy Statement on the website, so we encourage you to check it when you visit this website or before submitting any personal information to us.
Further information
If you have any questions, concerns or feedback about privacy, please contact our Privacy Officer using the details on the Contact Us page on this website.For information about privacy generally, or if your concerns are not resolved to your satisfaction, you can contact the Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner on 1300 666 444 or via www.privacy.vic.gov.au.