Privacy policy

This Privacy Statement explains our policy for handling personal information we may collect about you when you access or use our website. Mercy Perinatal will treat any personal information provided by you or collected in relation to you in accordance with Mercy Health privacy policy and all relevant laws.

 1. Committed to best practice privacy standards

Mercy Perinatal is committed to protecting your personal information and letting you know the type of information we collect and how this information is used.

 2. Collecting information

• When you visit this website, the personal information we collect is:

• What you tell us about yourself. We do not automatically gather information such as your name, phone number or email address. This information is only obtained if you supply it voluntarily, usually through contacting us via email or registering for updates.

• If you contact us we may keep a record of that correspondence and information that you provide by completing forms on the website

• When you visit this website our web server automatically collects a limited amount of information essential for the operation and security of our organisation. Some of this information (eg browser type) does not identify who you are. Other information such as your internet domain name or internet protocol (IP) address may identify you depending, in large part, on the naming standards followed by your internet service provider. You may wish to ask them about their policies and practices in this regard.

 3. Our use and disclosure of your personal information

We use personal information collected about you via our website for the purpose for which it was collected (e.g. responding to your feedback or enquiry).

We may also use or disclose your personal information for related purposes such as improvement activities, website administration and maintenance purposes, or any purpose required by law.

4. Our use of cookies

Cookies are data sent between a web browser and the server it is accessing. Cookies are used on this site to measure and analyse usage of our site. Cookies do not identify people and do not collect personal information. We do not and will not match any data with any personal information collected on our site. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, you can elect to deny or allow cookies via the standard functionality in your browser.

5. Links to other sites

This site contains links to other external sites. Mercy Health is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We encourage you to examine each site's privacy policy and make you own decisions regarding the accuracy, reliability and correctness of material and information found.

6. For more information

For more information about our policies or about our website in general please email mercyperinatal@mercy.com.au.