Legal
This page identifies the COSNet site policy on copyright, privacy and liability. It specifies conditions for use of the site.
USING THIS SITE
Use of this site is conditional on your acceptance of the terms and conditions on this page.
Jurisdiction
The laws covering the operation of this site and the interpretation of statements on this page shall be the laws of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia.
Users agree to submit to the jurisdiction of courts of the ACT in the event of any claim or dispute.
Terms
If any part of this statement is invalid it does not affect the validity of any other part.
'Operators' means any person, including but not limited to members of COSNet (the ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network) and Australian National University, involved in any activity relating to the creation, maintenance and provision of access of this site, including but not limited to research, advising, copywriting, programming, the development of graphics, and maintenance of servers and communications facilities.
'Use' with respect to this site includes reliance on, gaining access to, downloading of, or copying in any manner, any materials contained in or referenced or linked to by this site.
'Users' and 'Visitor' has a corresponding meaning.
Changes to this statement and to the site
The web is an evolving medium. Regulatory requirements, consumer expectations and best practice change. If the site privacy policy or other policies are enhanced at some point in the future, the operators will clearly identify the changes on this page before they take effect and the policy will be versioned accordingly.
You are viewing version 1.0 (June 2005).
Information on this site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors and may be changed or updated without notice. The operators may make improvements and/or changes in the materials contained in or described on this site at any time without notice. The operators may also change this statement and other parts of the site without notice.
PRIVACY
The operators are committed to respecting your privacy on a global 'best practice' basis.
That means information about clients and visitors to this site is handled in line with the EU Data Protection Directive, which provides consumers with more comprehensive privacy protection than Australian federal and state/territory law. ANU fully complies with Australian privacy legislation. ANU does not collect information about users of this website for provision to a business, government agency or to an academic institution.
ANU does not sell or otherwise supply profiling data or mailing lists to other bodies.
Network info
Like other site operators, information that identifies the network identity of any device accessing any page of the site may be retained and used for network analysis, usage analysis, and research so that we can improve our services. ANU reserves the right to gather more extensive information regarding any attempted access that raises security issues, or where there is reason to believe a breach of the law is being or has been committed, with disclosure as appropriate to the relevant authorities.
Apart from those security/law enforcement exceptions, ANU does not disclose or publish without consent information that identifies individual machines or may potentially identify sub-groupings of addresses.
Access to and use of that information is restricted to ANU personnel and its contractors. The latter are subject to an agreement to adhere to this policy.
Data storage and disposal
If you provide information to ANU, it will be protected. ANU's data storage and disposal arrangements meet Australian best practice standards.
Access to and correction of data
If you have provided personal information to ATP and wish to correct or otherwise access that information please contact us by phone or letter.
Other Sites
This site contains links to other sites that are independent
of ANU and may be located in the United States or other jurisdictions
outside Australia. When you visit another site any information that
you provide is governed by the privacy policy and legislation relating
to that site.
ANU is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. The
operators encourage visitors to be aware when you leave this site and
to read the privacy statements of each and every site that collects
personally identifiable information.
COPYRIGHT
Use of this site is subject to Australian and international copyright law.
The layout, images and text are the intellectual property of ANU or are used with the permission of copyright owners.
Apart from permitted uses under the Australian Copyright
Act 1968, this site may not be reproduced in whole or in part for
commercial or other purposes without the express permission of ANU.
Limited reproduction for non-commercial uses is permitted, eg copying
of non-substantial parts for the purposes of journalism or scholarship,
providing that full
attribution is given is given to the site and its owner (eg the URL
is cited and ANU is identified as copyright owner).
The inclusion of pages from this site within frames on another site should not obscure identifying information or otherwise lead a viewer to believe that the pages are the property of another entity.
Links to other sites do not imply ownership of images and text at those locations or responsibility for information on those sites.
LIABILITY
The operators assume no liability for use of this site or links from this site.
All information herein is provided in good faith. It is
not intended to be, or should be relied on as, a substitute for legal,
taxation or other professional advice.
Users of this site waive and release the operators to the full extent
permitted by law from any and all claims relating to the usage of material
or information made available herein.
In no event shall the operators be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from use of the site. In particular and without limit to the generality of the above, prices, technical specifications and other information provided herein is considered to be true and correct at the time of publication.
Changed circumstances after time of publication may affect the accuracy of information on this site and no assurance is given as to the accuracy of any information or advice contained.
The information contained on this site is not intended as investment or legal or advice. The operators recommend that you seek the assistance of registered financial advisers before making any investment decision and seek advice from legal practitioners regarding any legal queries.
The site includes links to other web sites. Those external information sources are outside the control of the operators. It is the responsibility of users to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information found on this and other sites.
The operators make no guarantees or representations as to, and shall have no liability for, any electronic content delivered by any third party, including, without limitation, the accuracy, subject matter, quality and timeliness of any electronic content.
Neither the operators nor their agents will be liable
or have any responsibility of any kind for any loss or damage incurred
by readers in the event of any failure or interruption of this site,
or resulting from the act or omission of any other party involving making
this site available.
Information is included on this site at the discretion of the operators.
The operators reserve the right not to include information about Australian
or overseas businesses, government agencies, research institutions and
other entities.
THIRD PARTY RELATIONSHIPS
ANU retails the right to be an investor in any of the companies or other entities featured in this site.
ICRA RATING
This site has been rated for ICRA as free of offensive content.
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