Privacy Policy
This website privacy statement applies to the Fostering Recruitment microsite run by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support.
Collection of personal information
You can browse the general content of the Fostering Recruitment microsite anonymously, without disclosing your personal information. However to apply for further information and register your interest in becoming a foster carer you are required to provide some personal information. We may need to collect, use or disclose this personal information to allow us to answer your enquiry or process your registration.
Use and disclosure of personal information.
Any personal information we collect through the Fostering Recruitment microsite site may be used or disclosed for the primary purpose for which it was collected or for related purposes.
In some limited circumstances we may also need to use or disclose personal information for other specific purposes, for example: pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 1992; pursuant to section 23 of the Children and Community services Act 2004; or otherwise where required or enabled to do so by law.
Collection and use of site visit data.
The following information may be 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. We will not attempt to identify individuals from the above information unless that is necessary to investigate a breach of law or regulation.
Cookies
A cookie is a block of data that is shared between a web server and a user's browser. Cookies, and the information collected through them, are used by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support to make this microsite more efficient.