The Department of Health is committed to protecting the privacy of all persons using the Chlamydia website.

The Department of Health typically communicates with its clients by email if the client requests to be contacted via the ‘Email a Question’ page. The Department of Health will only record personal information if you send us a message through the 'Email a Question' page.

If you choose to use the ‘Tell a Friend’ facility on the Chlamydia website to send an E-card, your name and email address may be disclosed to the recipient of the E-card. Any personal information provided will be used by the Department of Health only for the purposes of that facility and will not be used by the Department of Health for any other purpose without your consent. Further, such personal information will not be stored permanently by the Department of Health.

The Department of Health may collect deidentified information about your visit to our site, but personal information relating to users of the site (save for personal information provided in the circumstances outlined in the preceding paragraphs) will not be collected.

The Department of Health will otherwise not use your personal information for any other purpose without your consent and will otherwise not disclose your personal information to any third party. The Department of Health has put in place appropriate and typical physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online in an effort to prevent unauthorised access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information. If you have any queries or comments concerning this Privacy Statement, please call the Department of Health’s Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program on (08) 9388 4999 or email cdc@health.wa.gov.au.