Privacy statement
Scope
This privacy statement applies to your interactions with the Indigenous justice clearinghouse website. This statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices which are set out in accordance with the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988.Privacy statement
The Indigenous justice clearinghouse is a project jointly operated by the Australian Insitute of Criminology and the NSW Attorney General's Department.
We are committed to the protection of your privacy in accordance with the Federal Privacy Commissioner's Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites. These guidelines outline the requirements for transparent collection, appropriate and ethical use and secure storage of personal information. Our aim is to provide an online environment which will ensure the information you provide to us is handled in a secure, efficient and confidential manner.
Information logged
When visiting this site, a record of your visit is logged. This "clickstream data" is recorded for statistical purposes only and is used to help improve this website. The following information is supplied by your browser (eg: Internet Explorer):
- the user's server address
- the user's operating system (for example Windows, Macintosh etc)
- the user's top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
- the date and time of the visit to the site
- the pages accessed and the documents downloaded
- the previous site visited, and
- the type of browser used.
This information is used for statistical purposes only. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency (or other government agency) exercises a legal authority to inspect Internet Service Provider (ISP) logs (eg. by warrant, subpoena or notice to produce).
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to your computer when you access information on that site. Cookies can make websites easier to use by storing information about your preferences on a particular website. This information may remain on your computer after you close your browser.
This website does not use cookies except for the operation of the discussion forum. The use of cookies for the discussion forum are purely for the operation of the forum won't be used for any other purpose.
The forum uses cookies for the purpose of enhancing the usability for the end user. They are used to allow you to log back on without entering your username and password, and to maintain session information while you are browsing the forum . The forum will operate with cookies disabled, but these features may be degraded and we recommend that you have cookies enabled.
If you are logging on to this website from a public or shared computer we recommends that you do not choose the remember me tick box when you log on.
Collection of personal information
When you e-mail us:
- we will record your e-mail address
- we will only use your e-mail address for the purpose for which you provided it
- it will not be added to a mailing list, unless provided by you specifically for that purpose
- we will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose
- we will not disclose it without your consent.
Security
This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks in transmitting information across the Internet. As an alternative, users are able to make comments and suggestions by writing to:
Information services
Australian Institute of Criminology
GPO Box 2944
Canberra ACT 2601
Links to other sites
This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of other web sites and we encourage you to examine each website's privacy policy.
Feedback
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us.
