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Information collection and privacy protection
We make every effort to adhere to the Guidelines for Businesses developed
by the Australian Privacy Commissioner
available at http://www.privacy.gov.au/business/guidelines/index.html).
In particular we seek to comply with Information Privacy Principles
(see Glossary below) 1 to 3 and 10 and 11 of the Privacy Act 1988 (a
copy of the Act is available at SCALEplus the legal information retrieval
system owned by the Australian Attorney General’s Department at
(http://scaleplus.law.gov.au).
This page explains the type of information that is collected by us,
how such information is used, and under what circumstances and to whom
it may be disclosed.
Your email address
We will only record your email address in the event that you send a
message by email or if you register requesting to become a member to
any of our e-newsletters. Your email address will only be used for the
purpose for which you have provided it and we will not use or disclose
your email address for any other purpose, without your prior written
consent.
Click stream data and cookies
When visiting this website our site server makes a record of the visit
and logs the following information for statistical purposes:
• the user’s server address – this allows us to consider
the visitors who use the site most, and tailor the site to their interests
and needs;
• the user’s operating system (for example Windows, Mac
etc.) – this allows us to tailor browser or platform specific
parts of the site to each operating system because browsers act differently
on each platform;
• the user’s top level domain name (for example .com, .gov,
.au etc.) – this can allow us to tailor information relevant to
different domains;
• the date and time of the visit to the site – this is important
for identifying the website’s busy times and ensuring maintenance
on the site is conducted outside these periods;
• pages accessed and documents downloaded – this indicates
to us which pages or documents are most important to our users and also
helps identify important information that may be difficult to find;
• duration of the visit – this indicates to us how interesting
and informative our site is to our users;
• geographic location – this shows us how well marketed
our site is internationally;
• the site visited before our website – this helps us determine
the interests of our users and which sites are providing links to ours
as well as sites where we may be able to seek links;
• the type of browser used – this is important for browser
specific coding e.g. Javascript.
No attempt will be made to identify users or their
browsing activities unless legally compelled to do so, such as in the
event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise
a warrant to inspect the Internet Service Provider’s log files.
This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We have no knowledge
if cookies or other tracking devices are used on linked websites.
Need further information?
You can also obtain further information from the Privacy Commissioner’s
web site, www.privacy.gov.au, or by telephone on +61 1300 363 992.
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