Recording your visit
When you look at this web site, we make a record of your visit and log the following information for statistical purposes:

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

No attempt will be made to identify individual 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 logs.

Some sites use "cookies" to track a particular user's access to a site. Cookies are not used on this site to gather personal

information about users except when they are used within a specific web-based application for session management purposes.

Recording your e-mail address
We will only record your e-mail 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, and will not disclose

it, without your consent.

Collecting personal information
From time to time we will use electronic forms on this site to gather personal information for purposes directly related to a

function or activity of this site.

Personal information collected from you is held and used under the provisions of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection

Act 1998.

 Under the Act you have the right to be informed:

• when personal information is being collected
• the name and address of the agency holding the information
• the purposes for which it will be used
• who we may disclose personal information to
• whether provision of personal information by you is mandatory or voluntary and the effects of not providing it; and
• that you have a right under the Act to apply to access your information or have it corrected.

   You may take the following steps if you are concerned about the possible disclosure of your personal information:

• inform us that the information your are providing is confidential and that it is not in the public interest for members of the

public to be able to inspect it

• apply to have your address suppressed form records which are made available for public inspection if there is a risk to

your safety or the safety of a member of your family

• apply to have personal information on any public register suppressed if these is a risk to the safety or well-being of any

person

We will not collect or solicit personal information via this site which would be unlawful, unnecessary or unrelated to the

functions or activities of the site, or unfair or unreasonably intrusive.

For more information about your privacy rights contact Privacy New South Wales on (02) 9268 5584.

Publishing personal information
We will endeavour to only publish personal information on this site if it has been collected for this purpose with your knowledge

or if you have consented to the disclosure. When giving such consent you should be aware that information published on this

site is accessible to millions of users from all over the world, that it will be indexed by search engines and that it may be copied

and used by any web user.

This means that, once the information is published on this site, we will have no control over its subsequent use and disclosure.

DISCLAIMER
Council has endeavoured to ensure the information provided on this website is correct and current as at 30 September 2007.  

Users must note that:

• the information is general and not specifically provided for individual users;
• the information is not given by way of advice;
• We do not guarantee, undertake or warrant the accuracy, completeness or up-to-date nature of the information;
• We accept no responsibility or loss resulting from accessing the information in the website; and
• We have no control over external Internet sites or the contents thereof.

Information for Users with Disabilities
Documents on our website are presented in many formats. These formats are generally accessible to users using screen

reading software. Some files are posted as Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) files. Users with visual disabilities

click here for free access to software from Adobe that will make reading PDF files easier. If you have any difficulty viewing any

page with adaptive technology, click here to let us know.

We welcome your input and suggestions for improving access to our Web content.

Copyright Notice
The website asserts copyright and all other intellectual property rights in this website. Apart from any use permitted under the

Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from Ryde City Council.

Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed in writing to: