Privacy Policy
Information collection / your privacy
We make every effort to adhere to the Guidelines for
developed by the Australian
Privacy Commissioner. In particular, we seek to
comply with Information Privacy Principles 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).
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, use our website contact
form, or if you register requesting to become a member
to our 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 to
any third party.
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.
Clickstream 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 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 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 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 prior to 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.
Need further information?
You can obtain further information from the
Privacy Commissioner’s web site.
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