DEAN - Disability Education Association NSW/ACT Inc.

Privacy

DEAN is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information and fully complying with the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988. Information about the Privacy Act is available on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's website at: www.privacy.gov.au

When you visit the DEAN website, the website server records your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:

  • your server address
  • your top-level domain name (for example, .com, .gov, .au, .uk, etc.)
  • the date and time of your visit
  • the pages you accessed and documents downloaded
  • the previous site you visited, and
  • the type of browser you used.

The information listed above is collected to assist DEAN with the following:

  • website and system administration, including monitoring to prevent security breaches
  • enhancement of the web site to the user's needs
  • research and website development

No attempt is made to identify individual visitors or their browsing activities, except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the University's logs.

Cookies

The DEAN website uses 'cookies' for collecting information about visitors to the web-site.  A cookie is a short message given to your web browser by a web server. Your browser stores the message and sends it back to the server each time you return to that website. 

Collecting personal information

DEAN provides electronic forms that allow us to collect personally identifiable information, such as name, address and email address. The information collected by email or electronic forms will be used only for the purpose for which you provided it, and we will not disclose it without your consent, except where authorised or required by law.

DEAN does not collect or solicit any personal information via the website which might be unlawful, unnecessary or unrelated to the functions or activities of DEAN, or unfair or unreasonably intrusive.

Recording your email address

DEAN will only record your email address only if you send us a message and it will only be used for the purpose for which you provided it. DEAN will not use your email address for any other purpose, and will not disclose it or add it to a mailing list without your consent.

Links

This website contains links to the other web sites and information external to this site.  In providing such links, DEAN does not accept responsibility or legal liability in connection with third party websites, or are responsible for the own privacy practices of these sites. DEAN recommends that you check those websites for their respective Privacy Statements.

General

Other than the above, we will not disclose your personal information without your consent unless disclosure is either necessary to prevent a threat to life or health, authorised or required by law, reasonably necessary to enforce the law or necessary to investigate a suspected unlawful activity.

Feedback

We welcome any suggestions or comments that affect personal privacy or the design of the DEAN website. Questions and feedback should be addressed to webmaster at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it