Privacy Policy

Sydney Health Partners Community of Practice collects some personal information to enable your participation in the Community of Practice and to deliver you services such as webinars, news updates and networking opportunities. The Community of Practice website also collects some forms of personal information to monitor and improve the services this website offers.

Information responsibility and management

The Community of Practice website is operated by the University of Sydney on behalf of Sydney Health Partners. The website is hosted by WordPress and all data is hosted in Sydney NSW. Any personal information is collected and managed in accordance with the requirements of the NSW Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act.

Personal information collected and used when you join as a member of the Community of Practice

If you nominate to join the Community of Practice, you will be asked to provide your full name and email address. This information will be used to inform you about services and events offered by the Community of Practice.

Within the members-only area, you will also have the opportunity to upload additional information in the ‘Find a Collaborator’ section about yourself, your position, your contact details and the work you are doing, to enable you to build collaborations and networks with others working in Implementation Science.

This information will only be available to other members of the Community of Practice and to the administrators of the Community of Practice website. It will be used to facilitate networking and collaboration within the Community of Practice.

You have the right to remove your personal information at any time from the Community of Practice ‘Find a Collaborator’ page or from the membership list. You can do this via the Community of Practice website.

Personal information collected and used when you browse the Community of Practice website

If you browse the Sydney Health Partners Community of Practice website, the site automatically collects some personal information through server logs and cookies. A cookie is a package of data which a website requests be stored temporarily on your computer (or in memory) to identify you as a visitor to that website.  You can choose to disallow cookies by changing settings on your web browser.

Cookies and logs will identify the server and IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine that has accessed the website, the dates and times of each visit to the website, the pages accessed and documents downloaded and the type of browser used.

This information is used for statistical and business purposes such as diagnosing a fault and improving our services or, when required, for investigations.  The data is generally not accessible except to authorised University staff for these purposes. Information which is automatically collected through Google Analytics cookies may be published as aggregated (de-identified) information to assist with improving the services offered through this website.

Data retention and security

Any information held by Sydney Health Partners Community of Practice website will be held securely in the Community of Practice site. Your information will be kept for as long as you wish to remain a member of the Community of Practice.

For more information about privacy management at the University of Sydney, please see the University of Sydney’s privacy page.

To access or correct any personal information held about you on the Sydney Health Partners Community of Practice website, please contact us via the Community of Practice website.