Privacy, copyright, disclaimer, technology
Privacy
We are concerned about protecting your privacy. This statement describes how we handle clickstream (site navigation) data, cookies and email addresses.
Clickstream data
Clickstreams are the paths a user takes when navigating a web site and the internet in general. When you visit one of our sites, our servers may record the following information for statistical purposes:
- the user's server (IP) address and machine name;
- the date and time of visit to the site;
- the pages accessed and documents downloaded;
- the number of bytes transmitted and received for each request;
- the previous site or page visited;
- search terms used; and
- the type of browser used.
NOPSA may examine this information to determine the traffic through the server and to specific pages or applications. In order to deliver better services, we may also perform statistical analysis to establish priorities and allocate resources.
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 to inspect server logs.
The statistics and log files may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way necessary to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the information supplied by NOPSA.
Cookies
A cookie is a short piece of data which can be sent from a web server to a web browser on the user's machine when the browser visits the server's site. The cookie is stored on the user's machine, but it is not an executable program and cannot do anything to your machine.
Currently cookie information is not collected by NOPSA.
Email addresses
NOPSA will only record your email address if you send us a message. Your email address will only be used by us for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list unless you have asked us to, nor will we disclose it to a third party except as described below.
Security
Once NOPSA receives information from you via email or any other means, the information is kept in a secure environment. Your personal information will not be released to any party unless the law permits it or your permission is granted.
You need to be aware of inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet.
If you have concerns in this regard, NOPSA has other ways of obtaining and providing information. Normal mail, telephone and fax facilities are available: see Contact NOPSA for telephone and address details.
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© Commonwealth of Australia 2004.
All material on this site is copyright. You are welcome to display, download, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only for your personal, non-commercial use, or for use within your organisation. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 , all other rights are reserved. Requests for further authorisation should be directed to info [at] nopsa.gov.au.
We welcome links to this site, which should generally be to the home page http://www.nopsa.gov.au/
However, we do not permit the display of pages from this site within frames on another site.
Requests for links should be directed to info [at] nopsa.gov.au.
Some photographs used on this site remain property of Apache Energy Ltd and are used with permission.
Disclaimer
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained on this site.
Changes in circumstances after a document has been placed on the Internet may impact on the accuracy or currency of the information. For particular queries, or to assist in ascertaining currency of information, please contact NOPSA.
The Commonwealth disclaims to the extent permitted by law, all liability (including negligence) for claims of losses, expenses, damages and costs the user may incur as a result of information on this site. Reference to the Commonwealth includes a reference to any contractor, agent or employee of the Commonwealth.
Links to other websites are provided in good faith, but no assurance can be given as to the quality, accuracy, or relevance of material on such sites.
Technology
This site is best viewed using Internet Explorer 5.x or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later, Mozilla or Firefox, with JavaScript enabled and a screen resolution of at least 800 x 600 pixels.
This site is compliant with W3C's XHTML 1.0 and CSS standards.
We hope you find the site easy to use, informative and fast to download. Please contact NOPSA to provide any comments or suggestions.