Privacy Policy
How does the Ambulance Service of NSW protect your privacy?
An individual's right to privacy as established under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 is respected by the Ambulance Service of NSW and protected. The Ambulance Service of NSW does not allow the publication of information that may identify individuals, or might potentially identify them. Statistical data about the use and management of the Ambulance Service of NSW facilities, and the health of the population are made available on the Ambulance Service of NSW website in the interest of the public.
Click here to link to the Service's policy on Respecting the Privacy of your Personal Information.
Links to external (non- Ambulance Service of NSW) sites are sometimes included in web pages for the convenience of site users, but the Ambulance Service of NSW does not have any responsibility for the privacy practices of third party sites linked to the Ambulance Service of NSW site.
Is information collected about your site visit?
Visitor logs are used on the Ambulance Service of NSW internet site for statistical purposes only. No attempt will be made to identify or collect personal information about users.
What does the Ambulance Service of NSW do with personal information provided in feedback?
Email addresses provided to this site will only be used to respond to enquiries and will not be added to mailing lists, or disclosed to any other party without the user's consent, unless required to do so by law. Personal information will be kept in safe custody, sufficient to prevent unauthorised access, and will be properly handled to ensure its safety, integrity and confidentiality.
Circumstances in which the Ambulance Service of NSW may be required to disclose this information to a law enforcement agency include:
- unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the Ambulance Service of NSW site;
- unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published on the Ambulance Service of NSW site;
- attempts to intercept messages of other users of the Ambulance Service of NSW site;
- communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed;
- attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server;
- breach the laws of the State of NSW or the Commonwealth of Australia.
Do you want to know more about how your privacy is protected?
The Ambulance Service of NSW observes the information privacy principles set out in The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 when collecting and dealing with any personal information. NSW Health has a Privacy Management Plan, which identifies the privacy principles that all NSW Health agencies must comply with in accordance with the Privacy Act. NSW Health's policy document on information privacy is the NSW Health Privacy Manual (Version 2) 2005. A copy of the manual is available at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2005/pdf/PD2005_593.pdf