Privacy Policy
The State of Design Alliance (SODA) is delivering the State of Design on behalf of the Victorian Government. SODA is committed to protecting the information it collects and uses by compliance with its obligations under the Information Privacy Act 2000:
How any personal or financial information provided via the State of Design web site may be used:
Personal or financial information provided via the State of Design website will only be used by State of Design Alliance staff for the purposes for which it was collected.
These uses include:
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Responding to events, conferences and award enquiries
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Conducting administration processes associated with events, forums and workshop registrations and participation
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Providing services including the State of Design e-newsletter
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De-identified market research to support development of services and promotion of the Victorian design industry
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Such information is stored securely, retained for no longer than is necessary or required by law (e.g. archiving legislation), and then disposed of lawfully and securely. We will ensure that any personal information will not be disclosed to other parties except if required by law or other regulation.
Email privacy and security:
When you send an email to the State of Design (that is, to an address that ends with ‘@stateofdesign.com.au’), your email address and any personal information you provide may be kept for the purpose of dealing with the enquiry. You may request to have your personal details removed at any time if you do not want any more information or if the enquiry is concluded.
Technical identifying information collected from your visits to the State of Design web site:
A cookie is a file or information used by the State of Design web servers for statistical, recording, and other business purposes such as: the user’s server address, the user’s domain name, IP address, the date and time of the visit, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited and the type of browser used. This information is not disclosed, sold, or made available to other organisations. This information is kept only temporarily and is stored securely. An important use is to track and identify inappropriate usage and hence provide a more secure online environment. Any disclosure for reporting purposes is done in ways that do not allow an individual user to be identified. In addition, the State of Design does not acquire this sort of information from other organisations. Users can ‘disable cookies’ on their web browser.
What security is in place when you leave personal or financial information?
A technically secure environment is in place for when personal or financial information is collected through the State of Design web site, to ensure that it cannot be accessed by other users or organisations. The network that hosts the State of Design web site has highly sophisticated security and publishing systems in place. Technically this includes:
• Fire walling
• Password-login
• Intrusion detection
• Virus protection
• Port filtering
Warning! Leaving personal information in chat rooms, web boards and bulletin boards:
The State of Design cannot take responsibility for access to and use of personal information which you disclose in bulletin boards, chat rooms, web boards, e-communities, or on the State of Design website. All such communication services require users to login; however, in line with safe internet use practice, you should generally not disclose any personal information in such forums.
Links from the State of Design web site to other web sites
The State of Design website contains links to other web sites. The State of Design is not, and cannot be, responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of these web sites. A link to another web site does not imply a State of Design association with, or endorsement of, that web site.
