Queensland Courts is committed to protecting user privacy. We understand and appreciate that visitors and users of this website are concerned about their privacy and the confidentiality and security of any information that may be provided to us.
The registries of the Supreme, District and Magistrates Courts continually assess their business group and work units' compliance with the information privacy principles.
If you want to check the extent to which the information privacy principles currently apply to your transactions with us, you should either:
- contact the business group or work unit that you deal with
- obtain the assistance of the Department of Justice's Privacy Contact Officer on (07) 3239 0331.
For more information visit the privacy page on the Department of Justice website.
Cookies
A 'cookie' is a small file that is sent to your computer when you visit our website. Our website is a cookie-free site. When you visit this website, our server makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes only—the user's server address, the user's top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, etc), the date and time you visited the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited, and the type of browser you use.
No attempt is or will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect activity logs.
Your emails and eforms
Email correspondence sent to this site will be treated as a public record and will be retained as required by the Public Records Act 2023 and other relevant regulations and other relevant regulations.
Your name and address details will not be added to a mailing list nor will we disclose these details to third parties without your consent unless required by law. Email messages may be monitored by our web team for system troubleshooting and maintenance purposes.
We will disclose your email details to the relevant authorities if necessary to protect the safety of our staff, the public, or to protect the rights and property of the State of Queensland.
If you choose to communicate with us by email, the personal information in these communications will be stored on your email service provider’s servers. These servers may be outside of Australia. By giving us your email address, you are consenting to the personal information contained within the emails to and from Queensland Courts to be disclosed outside Australia.
Security
This site may contain links to non-Queensland Government websites. Queensland Courts is not responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of such websites.