Privacy Policy

Your Privacy – an important message for all users of this website.

In complying with the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000, the Institute for Eye Research provides the following advice to users of this website about the collection, use, disclosure and storage of personal information.

The aim of this advice is to inform users of this site about:

• What personal information is being collected;
  
• Who is collecting personal information;
  
• How personal information is being used;
  
• Access to personal information collected on this site; and
  
• Security of personal information collected on this site.
  
  

What personal information is being collected

Unless this website asks for specific personal information in order to respond to requests for information or to register uses for particular services, only the following information will be collected when you use this site:

• Your server address;
  
• Your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc);
  
• The date and time of your visit to the site;
  
• The pages you accessed and the document downloaded;
  
• The previous site you visited; and
  
• The type of browser you are using.
  
  
• This information is collected for statistical purposes and to enable us to improve the navigation functions of our website.
  
  

Who is collecting personal information

The above information is collected by I-media. I-Media is an internal, marketing unit based within the Institute for Eye Research and One Vision organizational structure. I-Media are currently contracted to provide the Institute for Eye Research with website facilities.

Where this site specifically asks for your personal information (for example to respond to requests for information or to register users for particular services), your personal information will only be collected by staff of I-media who have responsibility for responding to such requests or administrating such registrations.

How is personal information used

Personal information colleted on this website will only be used for the purposes stated at the time of collection.

Your personal information will not be forwarded to any third party, added to a mailing list or used for any other purposes without our consent.

Cookies

The Institute for Eye Research’s website does not utilize cookies. Access to personal information collected on this site;

Unless required by law to do so, the Institute for Eye Research will only disclose personal information collected on this site to a third party if consent has been provided;

Security of personal information collected on this site.

Your Rights

You can request access to your personal information (if any) that we keep on record. If you believe any information that we keep on record is incorrect or out of date you may request that it be corrected. There is no fee for requesting access to your information, however, we may charge you the reasonable cost of processing your request.

Further Information

For further information about this Privacy Statement the Institute for Eye Research Privacy Policy, contact our Privacy Officer, Daniel Holden or phone (612) 9385 7581.