We understand that when accessing our website or interacting with us online, the privacy and confidentiality of personal information is important. That’s why we are committed to safeguarding the details you provide us.

The following explains what information we gather from you when you go to our website, how we use that information and how you can contact us for more information.

The information we collect

Each time someone visits our site, our web server collects the following types of information: The number of users who visit; the date and time of visits; the number of pages viewed; how users navigate through the site.

No attempts are made to identify anyone browsing our site. The data is captured so that we can accurately evaluate the quality of our content and make improvements.

We do not collect personal information from you, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide it to us. We do not provide or sell information about our members or site visitors to anyone else.

How we capture information

We use technology called cookies when you visit our site. Cookies are small pieces of information that can be stored on your hard drive or in memory. They can record information about your visit to the site, allowing it to remember you next time you visit and provide a more meaningful experience.

We use cookies to offer you increased security. Despite common myths, the cookies we send to your PC cannot read your hard drive, obtain any information from your browser or command your computer to perform any action. They are designed so that they cannot be sent to another site or be retrieved by any site other than ours.

Third party vendors

Companies, like Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)

Linked websites

This Privacy Statement applies to our site. The Queensland Holocaust Museum and Education Centre is not responsible for the privacy practices, privacy statements, or content of various other web sites linked to ours.

Internet risks

To ensure security, we use a highly secure internet connection to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of any information we receive from you. However, as with any transmission over the Internet, there is always some element of risk involved in sending personal information.