EE-Oz Training Standards

All personal information collected by EE-Oz Training Standards is protected by the Privacy Act 2001. Information on the Commonwealth Privacy Act 2001 can be found on the Federal Government Privacy website

Security of Information

EE-Oz Training Standards web environment, internal network and databases are protected from unauthorised access using current technologies. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet.

The Data EE-Oz Training Standards Collects - E-mails and Electronic Forms

EE-Oz Training Standards will record a user's e-mail address only if a message is sent to EE-Oz Training Standards. Personal information will only be used for the purposes for which it has been provided it. E-mail addresses will not be added to a mailing list, unless provided for the purposes of subscribing to a mailing list provided via this site.

Where a choice is made to send EE-Oz Training Standards a completed electronic form that includes personal details, EE-Oz Training Standards may collect personally identifiable information, such as name, address and email address and other contact or request details.

The information collected by email or electronic forms will be used only for the purpose for which it is provided, and will not be disclosed without consent, except where authorised orrequired by law.

Where information is provided for the purposes of requesting a printed copy of a publication, it is implicit that approval has been furnished to distribute the information to a third party mailing house where necessary to fulfil the request.

EE-Oz Training Standards may also use the information from the order form to measure trends in publications ordering activity, which assists in producing better and timelier information for users. The details of the information ordered electronically may be used as part of this overall measurement, however is in no other way attached to any personal details.

Publishing Personal Information

EE-Oz Training Standards will only publish personal information on this site if it has been collected for this purpose with the express knowledge of the user, and if consented to the disclosure. It should be recognised that consent, information published on this site is possibly accessible by millions of users globally, that it will be indexed by search engines and that it may be copied and used by any web user. This means once the information is published on this site, EE-Oz Training Standards will have no control over its subsequent use and disclosure.

The Data We Collect - Browsing (Clickstream data)

When a visit is made to this website, the server provider makes a record of the visit and logs the following information:

The data listed above is collected for the following purposes:

No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities, except in the unlikely event that a law enforcement (or other government) agency exercises a legal authority to inspect ISP logs (eg, by warrant, subpoena, or notice to produce).

EE-Oz Training Standards publications system also records the email address and category of requests for publications, in order to measure demand and ordering trends for publications. This data is used to help track requirements for print runs of publications and products, and to assess the popularity of various publications made available on this site.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information stored on a user's computer by the website server. It is information that a user's web browser sends back to our website server whenever the user visits it again. Cookies are used to 'remember' the user's browser between page visits. In this situation, the cookie identifies the browser, not the user personally. No personal information is stored within the cookies. You can configure your Internet browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is sent. Please refer to your internet browser's instructions or help screens to learn more about these functions.

Access To Your Personal Information

EE-Oz Training Standards will, upon your request, and subject to applicable privacy laws, provide you with access to your personal information held by us. However, we ask that you identify, as clearly as possible, the type/s of information requested. EE-Oz Training Standards will deal with your request to provide access to your personal information in a reasonable time - usually within 30 days of receipt of your request. We will not charge you for lodging such a request but we may recover from you our reasonable costs incurred in supplying you with access to this information.

In certain circumstances, the law permits us to refuse your request to provide you with access to your personal information. Factors affecting your right to access include where:

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 for the purpose of aggregated statistical analyses so we can ascertain what people are looking for on our web site, and to improve the services that we provide.

Also, from time to time, we may use external companies to provide us with detailed aggregate statistical analyses of our web site traffic. At no time is any personal information made available to these companies, nor is the aggregate information ever merged with personal information such as your name, address, email address or other information you would consider sensitive or would compromise your privacy.

Contact

Should you require more specific details concerning our privacy practices please contact our Privacy Officer on tel: +61 2 6241 2155 between 9.30 am and 5.00 pm EST Monday to Friday or e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Or you can obtain further general information about privacy protection from the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner by calling their Privacy Hotline on 1300-363-992, or visiting their web site at www.privacy.gov.au, or by writing to:

The Federal Privacy Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
Sydney NSW 1042