The Australian Privacy Principles protect your personal information. COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium Incorporating ECMOCARD (COVID-Critical) does collect and store some personal information as provided to us by you. By using this website, you are deemed to be accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy.

What personal information do we collect?

This COVID-Critical website only collects personal information that is requested through our contact forms.

Personal information held by us may include your name, email address or other information you provide. We do not collect study submissions, or details to make donations through this website.

Visitors can also choose to opt-in to receive email updates about COVID-Critical’s study and activities. Only subscribers who have opted-in will receive these updates.

How do we collect personal information?

We collect information directly from you, through your communications with us via our website forms.

Information collected

When you visit our website, the web server will make a record of your visit and it may create cookies. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user’s computer tied to information about the user. These records do not provide personal contact information however, it may include the IP address of the computer you used to access our sites. You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.

If you receive an electronic newsletter from us or complete a survey for us, we may also collect information about whether you have followed any of the included links or visited a page on our website. This information is used for statistical purposes and to help us improve our communications and find out what type of information is useful to you.

COVID-Critical does not have access to Queensland Health patient information or your personal health records. We do not receive or use government related identifiers.

How do we use your personal information?

The primary purpose of this website is to document the work being undertaken by COVID-Critical. Any information provided to us through online forms will be used to respond to your messages, or the stated purpose of the survey.

How do we protect your personal information?

We respect your privacy and take measures to protect your personal information.

Online we use industry standard techniques such as firewalls and encryption to ensure any information passed through our website does not fall into the wrong hands.

Information collected and held by COVID-Critical is available only to those staff who require access in order to do their jobs.

Social media and external websites

The Foundation may include links to external websites and social media. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and information protection practices of those sites which we do not own and manage.

Accessing your personal information

You are entitled to view the personal information we collect and hold about you.

In order to ensure we are not giving your personal information to someone who is not you, requests to access your own information need to be made in writing. You will not be charged to access your personal information.

Email covid19@elso.org to submit a request.