Privacy Collection Notice

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the department) is collecting your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 in connection with your request for RPM Portal User Access as the representative of an organisation approved by the department.

The department will use your personal information to process your application to use the RPM Portal as the authorised representative of an approved organisation in connection with activities under National Land Transport Act 2014 and the Federation Funding Agreement (FFA). This may include verifying your identity and authority to act as a representative of the organisation. The department may also use your personal information to establish you as the contact person for the organisation you represent in respect of infrastructure funding approvals and arrangements. If you provide the name of another person as the contact person for your organisation then you warrant that you have their permission to do so.

The department may disclose your personal information to:

• another government body for the purpose of it communicating with your organisation about a program or project;
• a third party (e.g. a service provider) to enable the department to provide you with RPM Portal registration and access.

The department will not disclose your personal information to overseas entities.

The department will not otherwise use or disclose your personal information except as authorised by law.

There is no legal obligation to provide your personal information but the department cannot give you access to the RPM Portal unless you do so.

The department will store your personal information securely and the department’s privacy policy contains information regarding complaint handling processes and how to access and/or seek correction of personal information held by the department. For more information see Privacy | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.