Privacy

Scope

This statement applies to user interactions with the Australian Government Future Fund website, at http://www.futurefund.gov.au.

General

The site makes some use of data that directly or indirectly identifies users. We do not use any personal information for any purpose which is not related to the services we provide to you via this site. We take great care with practices that affect personal privacy. Future Fund staff welcome feedback from their users in relation to the site's design and practices, and to this Privacy Statement. Questions and feedback should be addressed to:

The Future Fund Management Agency, Locked Bag 20010, Melbourne Vic 3001.

Data Collection

Data that in some way identifies the user is gathered during interactions with the Future Fund website in the following circumstances:

Computer Information

It is a necessary part of visiting any web-site, including the Future Fund site, that the user's web-browser provides the machine's identity (its IP-address) to the web-server, so that the server can address the reply to the correct machine. In addition, the browser-type and operating system are provided.

Navigation and Click-Stream Data

Browsing any web-site, including the Future Fund site, generates a trail of the pages that are visited, and the time apparently spent displaying each page. We use anonymous temporary cookies to better analyse user navigation trends and to provide additional information to our web analysis software. These cookies can be blocked without impacting your interaction with the Future Fund website.

Online Forms

The site has several forms that collect voluntary data from our users for the purposes of improving our service to clients and individuals who want to work with us.

User Feedback

We seek feedback from our users in order to improve the service offered by the site. Feedback should be directed to: The Future Fund Management Agency, Locked Bag 20010, Melbourne Vic 3001. Answering feedback questions is voluntary and does not in any way affect your access to the Future Fund site.

Data Storage, Use and Disclosure, and Retention

All personal data described in the preceding section is stored securely, and archived for a period of at least 12 months and possibly up to 7 years.

The data is used by Future Fund site software, and by staff involved in the management of the Future Fund site, only for:

- web-site and system administration,including monitoring to prevent security breaches;
- customisation of the web-site to the user's needs; and
- evaluation, research and development.

Identified data can only be re-disclosed to the user if the user provides the unique request session number. Identified data may be disclosed to a third party only in circumstances in which it is legally authorised, such as in the investigation of a criminal offence, and in compliance with a search warrant or subpoena.

Accountability

The staff who operate the Future Fund site, and most Commonwealth government agencies, are subject to the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988.

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