Disclaimer Statement.

The Australian Capital Territory makes this material available on the understanding that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to its use. Before relying on the material in any important matter, users should carefully evaluate the source, accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of the information for their purposes and should obtain appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.

The material at this web site may include views or recommendations of third parties, which do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Capital Territory, or indicate its commitment to a particular course of action.

Links to other web sites are linked "as is", are provided for convenience and do not constitute endorsement or approval of material at those sites, or any associated organisation, product or service. The listing of a person or company in any part of this web site in no way implies any form of endorsement by the Australian Capital Territory of the products or services provided by that person or company.

The Australian Capital Territory does not have control or responsibility for these external information sources. Links to other web sites have been made in good faith in the expectation that the content is appropriately maintained by the author agency/organisation and is timely and accurate.

It is the responsibility of users to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of the information at those sites. The Australian Capital Territory makes no warranties that external information provided from www.act.gov.au is free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination. The Australian Capital Territory accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this website or its use or any site linked to this site.

If you use automatic language translation services in connection with this web site you do so at your own risk.

By accessing information at or through this site each user waives and releases the Australian Capital Territory to the full extent permitted by law from any and all claims relating to the usage of the material made available through the website. In no event shall the Australian Capital Territory be liable for any incident or consequential damages resulting from use of the material.

Privacy Statement

COACTEA has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting personal privacy. We seek to adhere to the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites developed by the Australian Privacy Commissioner. 

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact us.

Information Collected

When you browse our web site, our system automatically makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:

  • Your server address.

  • Top level domain name (eg: .com, .net, .gov, .au etc).

  • The type of browser and operating system you used.

  • Date and time of your visit.

  • The previous site visited.

  • Which pages are accessed.

  • The time spent on individual pages and the site overall.

  • Which files were downloaded.

No attempt will be made to identify individual users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency (eg Australian Federal Police) exercises a warrant to inspect our service provider's log files. This information is analysed to determine the web site's usage statistics.

We collect no personal information about you unless you voluntarily choose to participate in an activity that asks for information, such as:

  • Sending an email.

  • Participating in a survey.

  • Undertaking a payment or other transaction.

  • Suggesting a link.

If you choose not to participate in these activities, your choice will in no way affect your ability to use any feature of this website.

Use of Personal Information Collected

Any personal information you choose to provide will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided and will not be disclosed to other persons or organisations without your prior consent.

The Internet is an insecure medium and users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet. Information submitted unencrypted via email or web forms may be at risk of being intercepted, read or modified. If you do not wish to email or send an online form to COACTEA, you can send a postal mail to the address in contact us.

Other Sites

This site contains links to external web sites. COACTEA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. For more information, refer to our disclaimer statement.

Cookies

'Cookies' are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive.

We may use cookies to track users as they travel through the site - for instance, we might use cookies to count the total number of unique users who are accessing the site over a particular period of time. This information will never be shared with a third party, and is only used to make our systems more efficient.

Copyright Statement

Australian Capital Territory Copyright of material contained on this site is owned by the Australian Capital Territory.You may download, display, distribute, print and reproduce, any material at this web site, in unaltered form only, for your personal use, educational use, or non-commercial use within your organisation, provided the copyright to such material is attributed to the Australian Capital Territory.Except as permitted above you must not copy, adapt, publish, distribute or commercialise any material contained on this site without the ACT Government's permission.Requests and inquiries for authorisation concerning reproduction and rights of any material should be directed to ACT Education & Training Directorate.For further information please refer to the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth).Please note that the copyright in the materials appearing at Internet sites which are linked from this site, rest with the author of those materials, or the author's licensee (subject to the operation of the Copyright Act 1968). The Australian Capital Territory recommends that you refer to the copyright statements on those sites before making use of the materials.