Email Policy
Email Policy
Be informed of email communications and risks
Medical & Aviation Centre Wolli Creek offers patients/guardians/ clients the opportunity to communicate by email. This sheet provides information about the risks of email, conditions for use of email communication and how email communication will be used.
Risks
Communication by email has several risks which include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Medical & Aviation Centre Wolli Creek cannot guarantee that any email will be read or responded to.
2. Email can be circulated, forwarded, and stored in paper and electronic files.
3. Backup copies of email may exist even after the sender or the recipient has deleted his/her copy.
4. Email senders can easily misaddress an email or email can be received by unintended recipients. 5. Email can be intercepted, altered, forwarded, or used without authorisation or detection.
6. Employers and on-line services have a right to archive and inspect emails transmitted through their systems.