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Privacy and Disclaimer Notice

We know that privacy statements can be boring but please read this statement as it contains important information.
Here is a quick guide to the sections and who they are most relevant for:

For All Users

Your use of this website consitutes your agreement to the provisions of this notice.

Please be aware that this privacy and disclaimer notice applies to The BrolgaNet website only and not to any other sites that are linked to it or mentioned on the site.

Risk of use:

Users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a users transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that data which the user downloads may contain computer viruses or other defects.

Quality and Accuracy of Site Content:

The BrolgaNet team makes every effort to ensure the quality of the content of this site. Because much of the resources and posts to the Events Calendar, Research Directory and Resource Library on the BrolgaNet site are contributed by third parties and not developed by the BrolgaNet team we can not guarantee the content of these materials. We provide these information materials as a convenience to you only. Users are advised to obtain any appropriate authentication from the project or event organiser, registered researcher, copyright owner or postee.

The listing of a person, organisation or link to another website on the BrolgaNet site does not imply endorsement of the information, services or products that person or organisation provides by the BrolgaNet team or The Centre for Mental Health Research.

As the forums and noticeboards of this website work in real-time it is impossible for the BrolgaNet team to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. We do not actively monitor the contents of posted messages and are not responsible for any messages posted. We cannot vouch for the accuracy of any message. The posted messages express the views of the author of the message and not necessarily the views of BrolgaNet team or the Consumer Research Unit and the Centre For Mental Health Research or the Australian National University or any entity associated with BrolgaNet. We encourage any user who feels a posted message is objectionable or a resource inaccurate or inappropriate to contact us immediately by email. If we determine removal of the reported message is necessary we will make every effort to do so within a reasonable time frame. However, please be aware that we may not be able to edit or remove particular messages immediately.

The BrolgaNet team make every effort to ensure access to this site is continuous and uninterrupted, however we can not guarantee it.

Our Use of Cookies

The BrolgaNet site uses transient or session cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computers hard disk when you open the BrolgaNet web pages. By themselves, cookies do not identify you or any user however they do identify your browser. Because BrolgaNet uses transient cookies, your computer does not retain the information delivered in the cookie once you leave the BrolgaNet web site. When you close your browser the transient cookie set up by the BrolgaNet site is destroyed, and no personal information is retained which could identify you or your browser next time you log on to BrolgaNet. Most web browsers are set up to accept cookies and while you can set your browser to not accept cookies you will not be able to use BrolgaNet if you do this.

Thinking of Joining BrolgaNet - What happens to the personal information you provide?

Your use of this web site consitutes your agreement to the provisions of this notice.

We subscribe to the Principles of the Privacy Act 1988 (The Act is available from SCALEplus: http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/). The BrolgaNet team recognises that your privacy is important to you and that we are under a legal obligation to protect the integrity of your personal information.

When you register to join BrolgaNet, we ask you for details such as your name, address, and organisation. You can indicate which, if any, of this information you are willing to let other members view in the password protected Members Directory. All other information you supply when registering will be used only for the purposes of running BrolgaNet and will not be divulged to third parties without your consent or unless required by law.

We will not give any of your personal information or browser details to any advertisers or use it to send you unsolicited information or spam.

We will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep your personal information secure. Your information is held on a secure server that is in controlled facilities. All staff on the BrolgaNet team, as well as ANU employees and contractors that provide services related to our information systems are obliged by law to respect the confidentiality of any personal information and/or research information held by the Centre for Mental Health Research.

Some of the information you provide at registration (your organisation, research interests, state of origin and broad stakeholder role) may be used in a synopsis of the network, but any such synopsis, whether published on the network website or elsewhere, will not identify your name without your express consent.

On receiving your registration form we will send you a password that will allow you to access the Members Only portions of the BrolgaNet site. When you first log on as a member you will be given the opportunity to change your password. You can play an important role in keeping you personal information secure by keeping your password secure, and by not disclosing your password to anyone or allowing non-members to view or access the Members only pages via your password.

Once you are a member of BrolgaNet you may choose to post identifying information on the BrolgaNet website that will be accessible to the public (in the public sections of the site) or to other BrolgaNet members (eg, on the Members Directory or BrolgaBoard). Please be aware that whilst the Members Directory and BrolgaBoard can only be read by BrolgaNet members this still constitutes a wide audience. Posts on the Events Calendar and in the Research Directory and Resource Library will be publicly available. So do not include information in any post that you do not wish to be read by a wide audience.

Link to ANU website's disclaimer and privacy statement

You can view the ANUs privacy statement at http://www.anu.edu.au/legal/copyrit.html

If you have any further queries regarding this Privacy and Disclaimer notice or you have a problem or complaint please contact us at brolganet@anu.edu.au

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