Our Privacy Policy provides you with information about how we will comply with the Privacy Act 1988, including:
- The kinds of personal information we collect and hold;
- How we collect and hold personal information;
- The purposes for which we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information;
- Whether we are likely to disclose personal information to overseas recipients, and if we are likely to, the countries in which such recipients are likely to be located;
- How you may access your personal information that we hold and seek to correct any incorrect personal information; and
- How you may complain about us breaching the APPs and how we will deal with such a complaint.
We collect your personal information to enable us to resolve your complaint about an electricity, gas or water services provider.
This includes your name, address, contact details, your account details and other relevant information.
We may collect your personal information from you in person, by telephone or through written information or forms that you submit to us, including online forms. Other information we may collect and how we collect it is explained in our Privacy Policy.
Personal information that is provided to us is used primarily for the purpose of resolving and investigating complaints. It may also be used for other purposes such as:
- Investigating and reporting systemic or emerging issues.
- Maintaining and developing our services or systems including testing or upgrading of systems.
- Staff training.
We will only disclose your personal information to enable us to resolve and investigate your complaint about an electricity, gas or water services provider.
This means we will disclose the information to the provider you complained about, and may disclose it to other people such as your representative or an independent expert in certain circumstances.
We may also use your personal information for reporting de-identified information or aggregated data. Further information on when we will and will not disclose your personal information and cross-border disclosure is explained in our Privacy Policy.
You have the right to access your personal information we hold, except in limited circumstances allowed by the APPs.
If you believe any personal information we hold is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, you can ask us to correct the information. Your request will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
We will take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss or unauthorised use, modification or disclosure.
We use a range of security measures to protect personal information, as explained in our Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about how we manage your personal information, please write to the Assistant Energy and Water Ombudsman using the contact details provided below.
Our Privacy Policy (PDF 112kB) 
can also be made available in alternative formats to meet the needs of people with disability. Requests should be directed to communications@ombudsman.wa.gov.au.