ANONYMITY AND REPORT HANDLING
Crime Stoppers Western Australia’s (CSWA) reporting platforms are designed to support anonymous reporting and secure communication.
Reports submitted through the platform are directed to authorised personnel within the organisation or agency responsible for receiving and managing the report. CSWA provides and supports the reporting platform infrastructure and is not the investigating authority or operational decision-maker in relation to the matters reported through the platforms.
Users are not required to provide their name, contact details, or identifying information when making a report.
CSWA incorporates privacy-focused technologies and operational controls, including use of the Tor network and privacy-by-design principles, intended to support anonymous reporting and minimise the collection, retention, and exposure of identifying information wherever reasonably possible.
Users should be aware that identifying information may be intentionally or unintentionally included within reports, messages, attachments, screenshots, documents, images, or other uploaded material. Where identifying information is provided, whether voluntarily or inadvertently, the report can no longer reasonably be regarded as anonymous and will instead be treated confidentially in accordance with the applicable privacy, security, governance, and legal obligations of the receiving organisation or authorised agency responsible for managing the report.
While CSWA takes reasonable steps to support anonymous reporting and protect information handled through the platform, no internet-based system or electronic transmission method can be guaranteed to be entirely free from risk.
Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA)
For more information about how our reporting aligns with the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA), please click here.
WEBSITE PRIVACY STATEMENT
Crime Stoppers Western Australia (CSWA) has established responsible and accountable collection and management arrangements to protect personal information within the Company against loss, misuse or inappropriate modification or disclosure.
Personal information is defined as information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.
SITE VISIT DATA
This website is operated by CSWA. When visiting this site, a record of your visit may be partly logged through our Google Tag Manager Analytics process. Information is tracked for statistical purposes and is used by CSWA to monitor the use of the site, and to make improvements. The information which may be tracked when you access our website is:
- the date and time of the visit to the site
- the pages accessed and the documents downloaded
- the user’s operating system
- the user’s web browser version.
No attempt is made to identify users or their browsing activities. When entering this site all recording of IP scripting is denied in order to protect the identity of the information provider.
SECURITY OF INFORMATION
While CSWA provides a secure environment, you should be aware there are inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet. For those who do not wish to use the internet, CSWA provides alternative ways (for example, anonymous telephone hotline in Western Australia – 1800 333 000) for providing information. In some circumstances, CSWA guidelines may require us to send particular information by non-electronic means.
COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information provided to us will be treated confidentially and will only be used and/or disclosed in accordance with your consent. The protection of information providers through their anonymity is paramount and the key feature of the Crime Stoppers program.
COOKIES
We use cookies on our website but we DO NOT use cookies when you use our online report form. This sits on a separate domain and any tracking software is blocked. The preferences you select relate to the website only and not the report form.
A cookie is a small file containing a series of letters and numbers that we place on your computer or mobile device if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of the website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and also allow us to improve the website.
Some of the cookies we use are essential to the proper operation of our website, while others are not. Selecting your preferences is possible but opting out or blocking some cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
Why we use cookies
We use cookies on our website for the following reasons:
- to make the website function properly for you and to enable you to make use of the services we provide;
- to remember your preferences and make the site easier for you to use; and
- to collect information about how you use our website which is then anonymised and used to help us improve our services.
We do not use cookies to:
- collect any sensitive information; or
- send personally identifiable data to third parties.
Types of cookies
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data and are always active.
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
Other uncategorised cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
