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Disclaimer

The content of the Board’s web site is provided for information purposes only. No claim is made as to the accuracy or authenticity of the content of the web site. Furthermore, the Board does not accept liability to any person for the information or advice provided on this web site or incorporated into it by reference. The Board does not accept any liability for loss or damage incurred as a result of reliance placed upon the content of this web site.

The information on the Board’s web site is provided on the basis that all persons accessing this site undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content. No responsibility is taken for any information or services which may appear on any linked web sites.

Copyright

Copyright of materials present on the Board’s web site resides with the State of Victoria. Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under copyright legislation, no part may be reproduced or reused for commercial purposes whatsoever.

Copyright Notice
Material accessible through the Internet on the Board’s website is copyright. Other than as permitted under legislation, no part of this site may, in any form or by any means, be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without prior written permission. Inquiries or application for permission to use this material for other purposes should be directed to the Executive Officer of the Board.

Privacy Statement

The Mental Health Review Board values the privacy of every individual’s personal information. Consistent with Victorian Government policy and legislation, including the Mental Health Act 1986, the Mental Health Review Board endorses fair information handling practices.

Collection of your personal information

You can access our website home page and browse our site without disclosing personal information. The Mental Health Review Board will only record an individual's E-mail address and/or contact details if they send our site a message. The information an individual provides is collected for the purposes of responding to the matters raised in an individual’s electronic correspondence.
We will only collect information that is necessary to perform these functions and we will only use the information for the purposes for which it was collected.

Use and disclosure of your personal information

We will ensure that your information will not be disclosed to other institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.
When you provide the Mental Health Review Board information about other individuals, the Mental Health Review Board relies on you to make them aware that such information will or may be provided to other institutions and authorities for the purpose for which it was intended.

Security

We have implemented technology, rules and measures to protect the information that we have under our control from unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction and accidental loss.
We will remove information where it is no longer required (except where archiving is required and in compliance with the Public Records Act 1973).

Links to external websites

This privacy statement does not extend beyond this website. When linking to other sites from this website, we recommend that you read the privacy statement of that site to familiarise yourself with its privacy principles.

Clickstream data

This website's web server automatically records non-personal clickstream data. To the extent that any clickstream data could make you identifiable, we will not attempt to identify you from clickstream data unless required by law or to investigate suspected improper activity in relation to the website or to assist in law enforcement.

The following clickstream data are automatically recorded by this website's web server for statistical and system administration purposes only:

• your server address;
• your top level domain name (e.g. .com, .au, .gov);
• the date and the time of your visit to the site;
• the pages you accessed and downloaded;
• the address of the last site you visited;
• your operating system;
• the type of browser you are using.

Cookies

This website does not use cookies.

Cookies are small data files that a website is able to place on a user's hard drive to record aspects of that user's experience of the website. For example, cookies are used to record that a user visited a particular section of the website, that their browsing software was a particular version or to ensure that online applications and transactions do not require you to re-input information when moving between web pages. In this way, cookies can improve the operation of a website, and make the experience more efficient, more enjoyable or more personalised. Importantly, in depositing information on a user's computer and referring to it later in the same session (sessional) or on a subsequent visit (persistent), cookies do not need to identify the user or record any personal information.

The default settings of browsers like Netscape and Internet Explorer may allow some or all cookies, but users can easily take steps to erase cookies from their hard-drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, some parts of sites may not function fully for users that disallow cookies.

Web beacons

This website does not use web beacons, also known as web bugs, pixel tags or clear GIFs.

Used in combination with cookies, a web beacon is an often-transparent graphic image, usually no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, that is placed on a site or in an email that is used to monitor the behaviour of the user visiting the site or receiving the email.

When the HTML code for the web beacon points to a site to retrieve the image, at the same time it can pass along information such as:

• the IP address of the computer that retrieved the image
• the time the web beacon was viewed and for how long
• the type of browser that retrieved the image and
• previously set cookie values.

Web beacons are typically used by a third party to monitor the activity of a site.

If you have concerns about web beacons, turning off the browser's cookies will prevent web beacons from tracking your activity. The Web beacon will still account for an anonymous visit, but your unique information will not be recorded.

Access and correction

To request access to or correction of your personal information held by the Mental Health Review Board, please contact us to find out about access and correction procedures.

It is our policy at the Mental Health Review Board, that where appropriate, you should be able to request access to your personal information directly, without the need to make a formal application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic). However, there are situations where it will not be appropriate to provide direct access to information, and you will be required to make an FOI application. (For example, where providing direct access would compromise the privacy of another person).

For information on making an FOI application please contact us for further information.

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