Privacy | Multimedia Victoria

Privacy



Multimedia Victoria, a part of the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, is committed to protecting personal information consistent with the principles set out in the Victorian Information Privacy Act 2000. This privacy statement is consistent with the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development Privacy Policy and applies only to the Multimedia Victoria website and not to any websites to which Multimedia Victoria provides a link.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information



The Multimedia Victoria website collects personal information provided by individuals for the purposes of providing feedback and to answer queries individuals may have on a particular topic or the information the individual is trying to obtain. Multimedia Victoria will only use and/or disclose the personal information for these purposes.
Personal information that is collected by Multimedia Victoria will not be disclosed to any other parties except if required by law.


Access to and Correction of Personal Information



You may request access to any personal information that Multimedia Victoria may have collected about you. Also, you may request correction of your personal information if you can establish that it is not accurate, complete or up to date.
The manager of the Multimedia Victoria website may be contacted about access to, and correction of, personal information collected, or for any questions or concerns you may have arising out of this privacy statement:

queries@mmv.vic.gov.au

Internet use risk



You should be aware that there are risks in transmitting information across the internet. However, we take reasonable steps to protect any personal information from unauthorised access once that personal information comes into our possession.

Linking



The Multimedia Victoria website may contain hyperlinks to pages contained on external government and non-government websites (third party websites). Unless otherwise indicated, Multimedia Victoria:
  • does not endorse or authorise the content of any third party website;
  • is not affiliated or associated with the owner or operator of any third party website; and
  • assumes no responsibility or liability for the condition or content of any third party website or for the operation or function of any service or facility offered on any third party website.

Web Measurement



Multimedia Victoria uses Nielsen//NetRatings as our web monitoring service provider.

Use of Cookies



A cookie is a block of data that is shared between a web server and an user's browser.
As part of the service provided by our web monitoring service provider, the Multimedia Victoria website uses third party cookies to assist us to make your experience of our web site easier and more efficient. Third-party cookies are created by a website other than the one you are currently visiting. The third party cookies used by the Multimedia Victoria website are provided by Nielsen//NetRatings. These cookies collect information such as the number of visits, unique visits, documents viewed, browser type, how the site is navigated, the type of search engine used, the sections of the website visited and other website usage information.
In using these cookies Multimedia Victoria does not retrieve or record any personal information.


Use of Clickstream data



"Clickstream" data is gathered by the Nielsen//NetRatings service and by the Multimedia Victoria website when monitoring computer browsers in relation to the path website visitors take while moving within the website. In this instance, individuals are not identified only unique browsers.
Further information about how our web monitoring service provider, collects and uses information gathered over the web is available from the Nielsen//NetRatings website.
Multimedia Victoria uses the clickstream data provided by Nielsen//NetRatings or which it collects itself purely for statistical purposes (such as the most popular searches and the times of the day that the Multimedia Victoria website is used most/least) without identifying individual users.