Privacy

Web Site Privacy Statement

Anonymous access to our site

You can access the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) home page and browse our web site anonymously, without disclosing your personal information.

Collection and use of personal data

The VIFM site does not collect or record personal information, other than information you choose to provide through our enquiries e-mail.

E-mail addresses and any other contact details you provide will not be added to a mailing list without your consent.

Collection and use of site visit data

We do not use cookies on our site. A cookie is a block of data that is shared between a web server and a user's browser. Cookies give the server information about a user's identity and website visiting patterns and preferences. You can find more information about cookies on sites such as cookiecentral which can be accessed from the external link http://www.cookiecentral.com/

The following non-personal information is automatically recorded by this site'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.

To the extent that this data could make you identifiable, VIFM will not attempt to identify individuals from the records the server automatically generates unless that is necessary to investigate a breach of law or regulation.

Disclosure

We will not disclose your personal information to a third party without your consent, unless we are required or authorised to do so by law or other regulation. In the event of an investigation into suspected unlawful or improper activity, a law enforcement agency or government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect the web server's records (eg. in relation to hacking or abusive messages).

Further detailed information on  Full Privacy Policy or you may contact our privacy officer as shown below.

Privacy Officer privacyofficer@vifm.org
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Coronial Services Centre
57 - 83 Kavanagh Street
Southbank, Victoria, 3006
Australia

Phone: (03) 9684-4339

The Institute will regularly update and review its information handling practices to ensure that they continue to comply with our obligation to protect privacy rights.