Privacy Statement for this website

We are committed to protecting the personal information that you provide us. Any personal information provided to us when you use this website will not be disclosed or re-used for another purpose. Our policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our users. This policy statement tells you how we collect information and how we use it.

As a general rule, we do not collect personal information about you when you visit our site. Personal information means any information from which your identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained. You can generally visit our site without telling us who you are or revealing other personal information.

Information collected

When you visit this web site, our server logs the following information for statistical purposes:

  • your server address
  • the date and time of your visit
  • your top level domain name (for example, .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
  • the pages you accessed and the documents you downloaded
  • the previous address of the referring site
  • the type of browser and operating system you used.

Our email subscription lists are managed through Campaign Monitor, whose privacy statement is available here https://www.campaignmonitor.com/policies/#privacy-policy

 

Access to information collected

The information collected is only used for statistical analysis or systems administration purposes. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the Internet Service Provider's logs.

Use of information collected through this website

Your e-mail address will only be recorded if you choose to send us a message. Your e-mail address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and it will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent. Aside from your name (unless you request that we do not release your name), any personal information, such as postal address, on a submission provided in a personal capacity to one of our Public Inquiries will be removed before placing/posting the submission on our website.

Google analytics

IPART uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) to improve the performance of this website and to monitor website traffic. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for IPART and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For further information, please visit Google's privacy policy.

 

Privacy Statement for TESSA

TESSA (The Energy Security Safeguard Application) is an online platform operated by IPART to support a large range of our functions under the schemes constituting the Energy Security Safeguard. This statement explains how we collect personal information using TESSA and what we do with it.

Collection of your personal information

We use TESSA to collect your personal information. We do so by asking you for that information, for example when you apply for a TESSA user account or fill out a form using TESSA. Providing your personal information to us through TESSA is always voluntary, but sometimes we will need that information for you to use TESSA or to process an application you want to make.

Use and disclosure of your personal information

We use the personal information you provide to us through TESSA for the purposes of operating TESSA, regulating and administering the schemes constituting the Energy Security Safeguard, contacting you about those schemes, and other directly related or incidental purposes. Our address is Level 16, 2-24 Rawson Pl, Sydney NSW 2000.

We also share that information with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEWW), (address: 4 Parramatta Square, Parramatta NSW 2150). DCCEEW use the information to identify issues and solutions regarding government policy making for the Energy Security Safeguard and any policy, program, initiative, or matter which furthers the objects of the Safeguard, and for other directly related or incidental purposes.

Accessing and correcting your personal information

You have a right to access, and have corrected, your personal information that we collect through TESSA. Please contact us at ess@ipart.nsw.gov.au if you want to do so.

 

Contact us

If you have any queries or concerns about IPART’s website privacy statement, TESSA privacy statement and/or our general privacy policies please contact us at ess@ipart.nsw.gov.au.