The Attorney-General's Department has a firm commitment to privacy in accordance with the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner. This statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this site. All officers of the Attorney-General's Department are subject to the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988.
- Information logged
- Electronic mail addresses
- Subscriptions
- Cookies
- Searches
- Links to other sites
- Contact details
- Related links
If you are submitting personal details, credit card numbers, or other information over the internet which you wish to remain private, please note that, while all attempts are made to secure information transmitted to this site, there is a possibility that information you submit could be observed by a third party while in transit.
Information logged
When you visit this site, our server logs the following information which is provided by your browser for statistical purposes only:
- the type of browser and operating system you are using;
- your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc);
- the address of the referring site (for example, the previous site that you visited); and
- your server's IP address (a number which is unique to the machine through which you are connected to the Internet: usually one of your service provider's machines).
- the date and time of your visit; and
- the address of the pages accessed and the documents downloaded.
All of this information we use only for statistical analysis or systems administration purposes. 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 may exercise a warrant.
Electronic mail addresses
We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you provide it, and will not be added to a mailing list unless you request that this be done. We will not disclose it without your consent.
Subscriptions
Some pages of this internet site provide the facility for users to subscribe to email mailing lists. To subscribe to these services users must provide a valid email address. These email addresses will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and you will not be added to any other mailing lists unless you specifically request that this be done. Email mailing list addresses are stored on a separate server and can only be accessed by authorised Attorney-General's Department staff. Your email address will not be disclosed without your consent.
Cookies
A cookie is an electronic token that is passed to your browser and your browser passes it back to the server whenever a page is sent to you.
Our server generates one cookie which is used to keep track of the pages you have accessed while using our server. The cookie allows you to page back and forwards through the web site and return to pages you have already visited. The cookie exists only for the time you are accessing our server.
SCALEplus
The SCALEplus database uses cookies to store the set of databases that a user has selected.
You do not need to have configured your browser to enable the accepting or sending of cookies in order to use this site (though you will not have access to the full functionality of the SCALEplus database if you do not).
Cookies are not used for any other purpose at this site. We do not use cookies to collect personal information.
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The Attorney-General's Department abides by the Privacy Act 1988 (the Privacy Act), and will not do any act or engage in any practice that would breach an Information Privacy Principle (IPP) contained in section 14 of the Privacy Act.
The Attorney-General's Department does not use any 'persistent' cookies in the National Security website survey. While this online surveys uses 'session' cookies if these are allowed by the user's browser, these cookies only contain information relating to the current survey and expire after the user exits the web site. This type of cookie is not generally considered to be a privacy or security concern (see, for example, the Better Practice in Online Service Delivery prepared by the National Office of Information Economy). This survey will still function if session cookies are blocked by the user's browser.
This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.
Searches
Search terms that you enter when using our search engine are collected, but are not associated with any other information that we collect. We use these search terms to ascertain what people are looking for at our site, and to improve the services that we provide.
Links to other sites
This site contains links to other sites. The Attorney-General's Department is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
Contact details
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact:
Attorney-General's Department
3-5 National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600
Tel: (02) 6141 6666
Fax: (02) 6141 2553
If calling from overseas
Tel: +61 2 6141 6666
Fax: +61 2 6141 2553