Privacy policy

Privacy Collection Notice

The Australian Government is responsible for implementing a campaign on consent and respectful relationships, to help keep young people safe from sexual violence.  

Consent Can’t Wait aims to reduce, over the long-term, the incidence of sexual violence in Australia by improving community understanding and attitudes on consent and healthy sexual relationships. 

This website provides resources for you to start conversations about consent and healthy sexual relationships. Talking about consent will help normalise the topic and empower adults to address the issue for the benefit of younger generations.  

The campaign website includes a standard feedback form for you to contact the Department of Social Services about issues with the site or general feedback about the campaign. Through this feedback form, some personal information may be collected.  

As part of the feedback form, we do not ask for you to provide your name, phone number or address. However, any comments or queries emailed to the Department of Social Services directly will include your name, email address and other identity details. The department’s intention is for participants to not be identified or be reasonably identifiable. However, this may not always be possible due to various factors (e.g. free text boxes and the nature of the questions). Where we are able to identify you (or reasonably identify you) from your response, we will handle your response in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act) as it will be ‘personal information’. 

We will collect your information (including any personal information) for one or more of the above purposes. This notice is designed to ensure you are aware of the purpose and certain matters in relation to that collection, as required by the Privacy Act.  

Your personal information is protected by law, including under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). 

This privacy collection notice is designed to ensure you are aware of certain matters in relation to the department’s collection of your personal information, as required by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). 

What is ‘personal information’ and ‘sensitive information’? 

Personal information is information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.  

Sensitive information is a subset of personal information. It includes information or an opinion about your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of associations or unions, sexual orientation or practices, criminal record, or health, genetic or biometric information.  

Who we disclose your personal information to 

We may disclose your personal information to other parties where the disclosure is authorised by law. 

All entities contracted by us are subject to strict confidentiality, privacy and security obligations. 

No information about you will be disclosed overseas.  

Storage of your personal information 

Storage of personal information (and the disposal of information when no longer required) is managed in accordance with the Australian Government records management regime, including the Archives Act 1983, agency-specific records authorities and general records authorities. This ensures your personal information is held securely by the Department. 

All personal information collected by the Department is stored on Services Australia’s cloud storage, on servers located in Australia. Services Australia and the Department retains effective control over any personal information held on our cloud, and the information is handled in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles. 

Any information disclosed to third parties will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act and stored in accordance with agreed security protocols. 

More information 

More information about how we handle your personal information is set out in our Privacy Policy. It also contains information about how to make a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles, as set out in the Privacy Act. If you have any concerns or questions, you can contact us at privacy@dss.gov.au.