National pests & disease outbreaks

• Information collected
• Cookies
• Email management
• Personal information
• Security

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has a strong commitment to privacy and provides the following privacy statement in accordance with the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government Websites, issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner.

Information collected

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has a strong commitment to privacy and provides the following privacy statement in accordance with the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government Websites, issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner.

Cookies

The DAFF website uses cookies for the purpose of identifying pages accessed by a user, identifying a user during a session and providing personalised features to a user on their next visit. Cookies can record information about your visit to the website but they are designed so that they cannot be sent to another site or be retrieved by any site other than DAFF. You may configure your browser to reject cookies, however, by doing this you may not be able to utilise all of the features of DAFF's website.

Email management

DAFF will only record your email address if you send us a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list. We will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose or disclose it without your consent.

Personal information

DAFF, through this website, invites people to provide personal information through feedback forms, subscription forms, or for other specified purposes. The information will only be used for those purposes for which it is provided. Personal details will not be transmitted to other agencies, or used for commercial purposes, and will not be disclosed for any other purpose without your consent.

If you prefer to use an alternative means of delivery, you can send the information via the Department's other communication methods; i.e. mail, phone or fax. If you take this approach, please make it clear which part of the website you are responding to.

Security

This site adheres to Australian Government Internet security standards, including the Defence Signals Directorate guidelines.

Note: There is an inherent risk associated with the use of an insecure public network such as the World Wide Web. Though minor, the potential does exist that a user's transactions (including e-mail's) may be viewed, intercepted or modified by a third party.

Again, if you prefer to use an alternative means of delivery, you can send the information via the Department's other communication methods; i.e. mail, phone or fax. If you take this approach, please make it clear which part of the website you are responding to:.

External sites that are linked to or from the Department's site are not under the Department's control and you are advised to review their privacy statement.