The Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of any personal information that it obtains about individuals (You) and recognises that it must abide with the provisions of relevant Privacy legislation, including the National Privacy Principals and Public Records Act 2002.

This Policy describes how PBC manages and uses any personal information that it collects.

1. Collecting Personal Information

PBC collects personal information that is necessary for the provision of its services. It will only collect personal information by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.

PBC may hold the following personal information about you:

• name and contact details;
• email address; and
• any other information received by PBC in the course of providing You with services.

PBC may collect personal information from You in writing, over the phone, in person or by electronic correspondence.

At or before the time when PBC collects personal information, it will take reasonable steps to ensure that You are made aware of the purpose of collecting that information and how that information will be used. Where reasonable, PBC will collect personal information directly from You and not through another party.

2. Information Collected on our Website

When you visit or use our Website, and unless you specifically tell us, we will never know who you are.

When you visit our website, our standard web logs record anonymous information for statistical purposes only, including:

• the type of browser you are using
• your traffic patterns through our site such as:

- the date and time of your visit to the site

- the pages you accessed and documents downloaded

- the previous page you visited prior to accessing our site

No attempt is, or will be, made to identify your personal details, except in the event of a when a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect these server logs.

This site does not use cookies to identify individual users, but may use them for statistics.

3. Why Personal Information is Collected

PBC collects personal information for:

• providing You with services;
• providing newsletters or other information to You and to generally promote PBC’s services; and
• administration, marketing and research purposes.

Occasionally, PBC may disclose Your personal information to third parties solely for the purposes of facilitating services that you have requested.

PBC will not use Your personal information for any other purpose without Your prior consent unless it is authorised to do so by law.

If you do not provide PBC with your personal information, we may not be able to provide our services.

You may contact PBC at any time if You do not want PBC to use Your personal information for direct marketing or any other purpose.

4. Disclosure of Personal Information

PBC will not otherwise sell, lend, disclose or give Your personal information to any external individuals or organisations unless:

• You have consented to the disclosure;
• PBC reasonably believes that the disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to an individual’s life or health; or
• the disclosure is required by law.

5. How PBC keeps Your personal information secure

PBC has security measures designed to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under its control.

PBC reserves the right to change, modify or upgrade any of its security measures as we consider necessary.

This site does not provide facilities for securely transmitting information across the Internet. You should recognise that there can be risks with transmitting information across the Internet.

This site contains links to other websites. The PBC is not responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of such websites.

6. How to access Your personal information

PBC will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information it collects is:

• accurate, complete and up to date; and
• protected from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

You may, at any time, request access to Your personal information or notify PBC of any changes to your details. To make a request or if You have any questions regarding this Policy please contact us via mail, telephone, fax at the address below at:

Attn: The Privacy Officer
Port of Brisbane Corporation
Locked Bag 1818
Port of Brisbane Qld 4178
Phone: (07) 3258 4888
Fax: (07) 3258 4703

Or you may contact the Privacy Officer electronically.

7. Disclaimer

This Policy will be reviewed regularly and is subject to change. PBC reserves its rights to act outside of the Policy where necessary and may do so, subject only to any applicable laws.

This Policy does not apply to employee records of current or former employees.