Privacy Statement

The National Spatial and Information Management (NSIM) Working Group web site is located on a server within the commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department.  As such, it is subject to the conditions as noted on the Attorney-General’s Department web site www.ag.gov.au

About this website

NSIM is committed to protecting privacy in accordance with the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Web sites issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s website.

While every effort is made to secure information transmitted to this site over the internet, there is a possibility that this information could be accessed by a third party while in transit.

Information logged

When you visit the NSIM website, the Attorney-General’s Department’s server logs the following information:

• the type of browser and operating system you are using
• your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au)
• the address of the referring site (for example, the previous site that you visited)
• 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.

This information is used only for statistical analysis and systems administration purposes. No attempt is made to identify users or their browsing activities, except in the unlikely event of an investigation by a law enforcement agency.

Electronic mail addresses

The Attorney-General’s Department 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. In particular, we will not add it to a mailing list unless you request that this be done or disclose it without your consent.

Cookies

A cookie is an electronic token that is passed to your browser which passes it back to the server whenever a page is sent to you.

The NSIM 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.

Searches

Search terms 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

The NSIM website contains links to other sites.  NSIM is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these sites.