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Privacy statement

The Victorian Integrated Cancer Services (VICS) are committed to protecting the privacy of personal information in accordance with the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs), which are set out in the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. These principles govern the collection, use, handling, and disclosure of personal and sensitive information.

This privacy statement explains how the VICS will handle your personal information when you access and interact with this website.

What is personal information?

For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, the term ‘personal information’ has the same meaning as provided in the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, that being:

‘Information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), that is recorded in any form and whether true or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion’.

Collection of personal information

It is intended that this website can be used anonymously. However, for some functions, the collection of personal information is necessary or unavoidable.

Examples of where it may be necessary or unavoidable for the VICS to collect your personal information via this website may include when you or another person:

submit electronic forms via this website
respond to an online survey which we may conduct on this website
provide any message or comment to us on this website
participate in any competition or challenge (including but not limited to research projects, funding, and sponsorship programs) run on this website
click through to this website from any email from the VICS or one of our constituent Integrated Cancer Services (ICS)
subscribe through this website to receive newsletters or other services.

In most cases, you will know if we are collecting your personal information because you will be asked to provide it.

There are two exceptions to this:

When another person provides your personal information to us. The VICS cannot prevent this. However, if you become aware of this, you are entitled to contact us at info@vics.org.au and request that we correct any information we hold about you if you believe that it is not accurate, complete, or up to date
When we collect website visitation statistics using a web analytics service for measuring the usage of our website.

Use and disclosure of personal information

We will only use personal information provided for the purposes for which it was collected, or for a secondary purpose where we are permitted to do so under the Privacy and Data Protection Act, 2014.

We may disclose personal information to third parties engaged to carry out services on behalf of the VICS, to third parties involved in any restructuring of VICS as an organisation, and if required by law.

Cookies

This website uses cookies to make your experience of the site easier and more efficient. A cookie is a small data file placed on your hard drive by a web page server. A cookie cannot retrieve any data from your hard drive, pass on a computer virus, or capture your email address. The cookie will remain on your computer as a record for future visits to this website.

You can configure your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, providing you with the opportunity to either accept or reject it. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser or deleting all cookies from your computer.

Measuring use of our website

The VICS uses Google Analytics to collect data to track how our visitors interact with this website. This data includes the number of visits to the Website, the time and date of visits to the website and its pages, where the user came from, what the user did on the site, and whether the user has completed any transactions on the site such as newsletter registration.

This information is anonymous and is used for statistical purposes to ensure that our website is providing information relevant to our users. Google Analytics uses a first-party cookie and JavaScript code to collect this information. If you wish to opt out of these features, please contact the VICS at info@vic.org.au.

Linked sites

This privacy statement applies only to the VICS website and does not apply to linked sites.

When accessing a linked site from any hyperlink appearing on this website, we recommend that you read any applicable privacy statement or policy applicable to that site.

Accessing and correcting personal information

You may request access, at any time, to any personal information we may have collected about you.

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is accurate, complete, and up-to-date whenever the VICS collects, discloses, or uses it.

You may also request that we correct your personal information if you think it is not accurate, complete, or up-to-date.

Privacy enquiries

Should you wish to gain access to, request the correction of, your personal information held by the VICS, you wish to report a privacy breach, or if you have any other general enquiries relating to this Privacy Statement, please contact the VICS at info@vic.org.au.

Disclaimer

This website contains information of a general nature and is not a substitute for seeking appropriate advice.

The information on this website has been produced by the VICS to meet specific needs and reflects the state of knowledge and practice as of the date of publication. Information on this website is not intended as medical advice and is not intended to replace advice from your doctor or other registered health professional.

In view of the possibility of human error and advances in medical knowledge, the VICS cannot and do not warrant that the information on this website is in every respect accurate or complete. Accordingly, the VICS is not and will not be held responsible or liable for any errors or omissions that may be found in any of the information on this site.

This website includes links to third-party sites. These links are provided for convenience only and do not signify that the VICS endorse such websites or their content. The VICS take no responsibility for any loss or damage suffered by anyone using the linked websites.

The VICS accept no liability for any interference with or damage to a user’s computer system, software, or data as a result of connecting with this website, including without limitation, arising from viruses or other harmful codes.

Copyright

Written content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. You are free to re‑use the work under that licence, on the condition that you credit the State of Victoria (Victorian Integrated Cancer Services) as author, indicate if changes were made, and comply with the other licence terms. This licence does not apply any images or photographs, except where specified.

For requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights, please contact the VICS at info@vics.org.au.

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