Privacy Statement

Website Statistics
Rurallaw.org.au makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes - the user's server address, the user's top level domain name (eg, .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.), the date and time of the visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited if you have linked to the rural law website and the type of browser used.

If you become a registered user of this site (eg, in order to participate in the discussion forums offered by this site), then information will be recorded against your particular user profile. Please see special Terms & Conditions for Registered Users for more information.

No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities (other than when posting to discussion forums and registering for this facility), nor will such information be provided to other persons, except where that is required by law.

Email management
Rurallaw.org.au will only record your email address if you send us a message or if you register for any of the site's interactive tools. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it or for the purpose of notification by the website manager. We will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose, and will not disclose it, without your consent, except where such disclosure is required by law.

Cookies
Rurallaw.org.au utilises a technology called cookies when you visit our site. Cookies are small pieces of information which can be stored on your hard drive (persistent cookies) or in memory (session cookies). They can record information about your visit to the site, allowing it to remember you next time you visit and provide a more meaningful experience. 

Despite common myths, the cookies we send to your PC cannot read your hard drive, obtain any information from your browser or command your computer to perform any action. They are designed so that they cannot be sent to another site or be retrieved by any site other than Rurallaw.org.au.

• Rurallaw.org.au uses 'session cookies' for maintaining contact with a user through a session. These allow rurallaw.org.au to recognise you as an individual as you move from one page to another. That way, you don't have to log on repeatedly to the various parts of the site when you're using it. At the end of your session, you may leave this site to go to another web site, or you may close your browser. When you close your browser, session cookies are immediately deleted. If you do not finish or close your session (ie you stay logged on), the web site will automatically log you off after about 20 minutes of inactivity.

Please Note:

• If you wish to utilise the features of the Rural Law Online Internet Site that enable us to personalise the site for you, you must use a browser which is enabled to accept cookies.
• That some browsers can be configured to allow cookies to be accessed by servers other than the originating server.
• That most browsers can also be configured to notify the user when a cookie is received, allowing you either to accept or reject it.
• A more comprehensive explanation of cookies generally can be found at the site of the Australian Privacy Commissioner.

Personal information
Rural Law Online, through its website, invites people to provide personal information through feedback forms, subscription forms, or for other specified purposes. This information will only be used for the purposes and in the manner stated in this website.

If you prefer to use an alternative means of delivery, you can send the information via mail. If you take this approach, please make it clear which part of the website you are responding to.

Postal Address: Rural Law Online C/- Victoria Law Foundation, Level 5 / 43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne. 3000

Security
Rurallaw.org.au employs a number of means to maintain security; however, the Internet is an inherently insecure medium of information exchange, and it is incumbent upon you to take reasonable precautions as well. Apart from keeping confidential any password that you obtain in relation to a registration account for using parts of this website (eg, the discussion forums), you should ensure that you use an antiviral application on any computer that you use for accessing the Rural Law Online website; you should keep your virus definitions updated; and you should ensure that you keep your computer's operating system and applications updated with any security patches immediately those become available. You may also wish to consider using a personal firewall. It is also a good precaution to close all browser windows when you have finished your internet browsing session.