Privacy Statement

The MRT and the RRT are bound by provisions relating to the collection and use of personal information in the Migration Act 1958 and in the Privacy Act 1988. Our website is consistent with the Privacy Commissioner's Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government Websites.

We do not collect personal information about you when you visit this website. When a person looks at our website, we make a record (in server logs) of information such as the network address, the pages accessed and documents downloaded and the type of browser used, for statistical and network management purposes. Some websites store information in 'cookies' on your computer. Our website does not do this.

The Tribunals will only record your email address if you send us an e-mail message or otherwise provide us with your e-mail address. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list. Please note that when sending the Tribunals e-mails, the contents may not be secure during transfer across the internet. Please contact the Tribunals by telephone, facsimile or post if you have concerns about sending information by e-mail.

The Migration Act 1958 has particular provisions relating to the collection and use of personal information. These include:

• a requirement not to make a record of, or divulge or communicate, personal information other than for a purpose of the Migration Act, or for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of a function or duty or the exercise of a power under the Migration Act; and
• a requirement not to publicly identify any applicant for a protection visa or any relative or other dependent of an applicant for a protection visa.

Any information provided to the Tribunals during a review process by you or by other parties may be provided to other participants in proceedings, to other individuals or organisations when seeking expert opinion or assessment, and may become public during MRT proceedings or when an MRT decision is published. The Migration Act requires that proceedings of the MRT be generally open to the public. The Migration Act requires that all proceedings of the RRT are held in private. Sometimes we collect personal information from a third party if you have consented or would reasonably expect us to collect the information in this way, for example from publicly available sources such as websites or telephone directories.

The MRT and the RRT are required to publish decisions that are considered to be of 'particular interest'. The requirement to publish decisions is subject to certain restrictions. The identity of the applicant and an applicant's relatives and dependents cannot be disclosed when publishing RRT decisions, and a Member may decide that publication of an MRT decision is to be restricted on public interest grounds. Where a relevant restriction applies, the decision is edited so as not to contain the information which cannot be published. Published decisions can be found on the Australasian Legal Information Institute's (AustLII's) website.