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Privacy Statement
The National Health and Medical Research Council is committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Privacy Commissioner’s Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites (http://www.privacy.gov.au/internet/web/index.html). The guidelines set out the requirements for transparent collection, appropriate and ethical use and the secure storage of personal information. Our aim is to provide an online environment which will ensure all information provided to us is handled in a secure, efficient and confidential manner.
Information collection and privacy protection
This statement outlines our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website. These practices are made in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988.
Your email address
When you visit this website, the National Health and Medical Research Council will only record your email address if you contact us via email, or if you register requesting notifications.
Registration for notifications may be made initially via email, postal mail or facsimile. Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided, and will not be added to any of our mailing lists without the National Health and Medical Research Council first receiving your written consent. We will not use or disclose your email address for any other purpose, without your prior written consent.
Subscription service
Your personal data submitted through the subscription service form will be used solely by the National Health and Medical Research Council. We will not disclose your data to anyone.
There are security risks associated with transmission of information via the Internet. The NHMRC has taken reasonable steps to safeguard against unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure of personal information we hold electronically. Before deciding whether to use this facility you should make your own assessment of the potential risks to the security of your information.
By clicking on the warning/disclaimer tick box on the form, you acknowledge and agree that the Commonwealth will not be liable for any unauthorised access or for any loss or damage which you may incur as a result of any unauthorised access to this site or to the information transmitted by you or any other person.
Cookies
The National Health and Medical Research Council uses 'cookies' for maintaining contact with a user through a website session. A cookie is a small file supplied by the Agency, and stored by the web browser software on your computer when you access our site. (An explanation of cookies can be found at the site of the Privacy Commissioner at: http://www.privacy.gov.au/internet/internet_privacy/#2.1). Cookies allow us to recognise you as an individual, as you move from one of our web pages to another.
All cookies will be immediately lost when you end your internet session and shut down your computer. Our copy of your information will be automatically deleted twenty minutes after you last use our website. This information is only used to help you navigate our website systems more efficiently, not to track your movements through the internet, or to record private information about you.
Any system on this website that records information about you, will specifically ask your permission first.
When you visit this site, the National Health and Medical Research Council makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical or systems administration purposes:
- The user's server address
- the user's top level domain name
- the date and time of access to the site
- pages accessed and documents downloaded
- the previous site visited
- type of browser used
This information is analysed to show broken links in our website, bottlenecks, and other site problems. We use this information to maintain our site for your efficient use.
No attempt will be made to identify anonymous 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.
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Links to other websites
This website contains links to other sites. The Australian Government is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties nor are they responsible for the material contained in a website that is linked to this site.
Security
The National Health and Medical Research Council applies a range of security controls to protect its website from unauthorised access. However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or defects.
The Commonwealth accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this web site or its use. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the user's computer system, software or data.
Queries, concerns and further information
If you have any queries, concerns or require further information relating to privacy and the National Health and Medical Research Council, please email the Agency at: NHMRC ITSA@nhmrc.gov.au.
If you have concerns about emailing this site, please use our postal addresses and write to the:
NHMRC IT Security Advisor
GPO Box 1421
CANBERRA ACT 2601