We are committed to protecting our visitors' and/or user’s privacy and
we will not collect any personal information about you as a visitor unless you
provide it voluntarily.
Pursuant to the Data Protection Act 2001 which came fully into force on 15 July
2003, we have a legal duty to respect and protect any personal information we
collect from you and we will abide by such duty. We take all safeguards
necessary to prevent unauthorised access and we do not pass on your details
collected from you as a visitor and/or user, to any third party unless you give
us your consent to do so.
The policy can be easily accessible via a link at the bottom of each web page.
As a user, we collect personal information in the process of submission
of forms through the website, addressed to the a Government of Malta ministry,
department or other entity as the case may be.
By using the website, you consent to such processing, including the
transfer of personal information to the relevant Government of Malta ministry,
department or other entity, and you warrant that all data provided by you is
accurate.
When you visit our
website the following information will automatically be processed and this
solely for the use of this Office:
The requested web page or download;
Whether the request was successful or
not;
The date and time when you accessed the
site;
The Internet address of the web site or
the domain name of the computer from which you accessed the site;
The operating system of the machine
running your web browser and the type and version of your web browser.
Cookies are small
pieces of data that the site transfers to the user’s computer hard drive when
the user visits the website. This website makes limited use of cookies and
consequently, for any further information, you are being guided to visit our
Cookies Policy.
When using this
website’s online facilities, data subjects may be required to provide their
contact details for contact purposes.
All information
provided in the Contact Us/Feedback form will dealt-with with strict confidence
according to law.
As an individual
you may exercise your right to access the data held about you, therfore if
you have any queries in relation to this data, if any, held by us please contact
us by submitting your request to the appropriate data controller through
the Contact Us page within the website.
Although all
reasonable efforts will be made to keep your information updated, you are
kindly requested to inform us of any change referring to the personal data held
by this Office. In any case if you consider that certain information about you
is inaccurate, you may request rectification of such data. You also have the
right to request the blocking or erasure of data which has been processed
unlawfully.
To give you a
better service our site can connect you with a number of links to other local
and international organisations and agencies. When connecting to such other
websites you will no longer be subject to this policy but to the privacy policy
of the new site.
This site uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to ensure secure transmission
of your personal data. You should be able to see the padlock symbol in
the address bar of your browser. The url address will also start
with https:// depicting a secure webpage. SSL applies encryption between
two points such as your PC and the connecting server. Any data
transmitted during the session will be encrypted or scrambled and then
decrypted or unscrambled at the receiving end. This
will ascertain that data cannot be read during transmission.
If there are any
changes to this privacy policy, we will replace this page with an updated
version. It is therefore in your own interest to check the "Privacy
Policy" page any time you access our web site so as to be aware of any
changes which may occur from time to time.
Any comments or suggestions that you may have and
which may contribute to a better quality of service will be welcome and greatly
appreciated.