The VEC does not collect any personal information when you access the VEC home page or browse the VEC website. Your personal information is collected only if you choose to download certain education resources, contact us with an enquiry or use one of the site's search options. This information will only be used to respond to your enquiry and will be handled in accordance with the VEC's privacy policy. Non-personal information may be collected (such as the date and time of your visit to the website, the pages you accessed, and the browser you are using). This information will be used only to update and improve our website.
The VEC also maintains a social media presence on both Facebook and YouTube. The VEC's social media profiles are used solely for the purposes of circulating electoral information and promoting the VEC's electoral services. If you connect to a VEC social media page (by clicking the 'like' button on the VEC's Facebook page (external link), or by subscribing to the VEC's YouTube channel (external link) your social media profile may be visible to other users. Whether your profile is visible to other users and how much information can be accessed is determined by your own social media privacy settings. The VEC advises that you review the privacy documentation of both Facebook (external link) and YouTube (external link).
Much like on the VEC website, the VEC may collect non-personal information from our social media pages (such as the date and time of your visit to the website, the pages you accessed, and the browser you are using). This information will be used only to update and improve our service.
A cookie is a piece of data that is transferred between a web server and a user's computer. Cookies are used on this website when a user checks their enrolment details. Cookies are used to manage this process. No identifying information is stored in the cookies. More information about cookies can by found at Cookie Central (external link).
