Privacy Statement

The purpose of this statement is to let users of this web site know what information is collected about them when they visit this site, how this information is used and if it is disclosed. The UNSW Press privacy statement covers users of the UNIREPS website. UNIREPS is a division of UNSW Press.

Information collected.

The information collected during each visit is aggregated with similar logged information and published in reports in order for UNSW Press to identify patterns of usage of the site. This will assist us in improving the Service of the UNSW Press site and the services offered on it.

UNSW Press will not disclose or publish information that identifies individual machines, or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without consent or otherwise in accordance with the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.

Cookies are not used from the UNSW Press site to collect information.

Exceptions to the rule.

UNSW Press will collect, use and disclose more extensive information than stated above in the following circumstances:
unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published UNSW Press pages; unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the UNSW site; unauthorised attempts to index the contents of the UNSW PRESS site by other sites; attempts to intercept messages of other users of the UNSW PRESS site; communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or groups or which give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed; and attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server, breach the laws of the State of New South Wales or Commonwealth of Australia, or interfere with the enjoyment of the UNSW PRESS site by other users. UNSW PRESS reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the use of the UNSW PRESS site raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been, committed. In the event of an investigation, UNSW PRESS will provide access to data to any law enforcement agency that may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.

Security of information stored.

Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held by UNSW PRESS for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is deleted.

Information provided in Registering and Purchasing products.

UNSW PRESS provides registration facilities on the UNSW PRESS site to allow users to login and collects personal details when orders are placed. The provision of personal details on registration, and placing orders is mandatory. Users provide personal details for the purpose of ordering. This information will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided. We will not add your email address or name to any mailing list unless you have selected options related to mailing lists. UNSW PRESS may publish aggregated information about feedback on the site, to the extent that it does not identify or cannot be used to identify individual users.

Access to information within the Department.

UNSW PRESS captures this information on its own computers. Access to the raw data is restricted to a limited number of officers in UNSW PRESS for the purpose of analysis and to report on the success of UNSW PRESS in meeting UNSW PRESS's communication and access objectives. The officers who can access this data are members of UNSW Press . If you would like to access information held about you by UNSW PRESS please contact UNSW Press. Due to the developing nature of privacy principles for online communication, this policy may be modified or expanded in light of new developments or issues that may arise from time to time. The amended policy will be posted to this site and will operate from the time it is posted.