The Australasian Institute of Policing Site Rules

• The information on this internet site has been made available for the purpose of providing an additional resource to assist developing the 'body of knowledge' for the policing profession. It is made available on the understanding that the Australasian Institute of Policing Inc. (AiPol) is in no way rendering professional advice or is responsible for the content.



• Members posting any documents or material from a police agency MUST have the expressed permission from the respective agency to post such a document or material. AiPol will infer that such permission has been gained upon the posting of any such document and the poster of the document assumes responsibility for obtaining permission/license.



• The Australasian Institute of Policing Inc. (AiPol) accepts no responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of any of the information contained on or accessed through this site and makes no representations about its suitability for any particular purpose. Users should make their own judgments about those matters. To the extent permitted by law, the AiPol excludes all liability for loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on, the information contained on or accessed through this website whether or not caused by any negligence on the part of the AiPol or its agents.



• Information or materials which are offensive, pornographic, unsuitable for minors' access or otherwise of a criminal or violent nature may be accessible through this site either as a result of hacking or material placed on linked websites. The AiPol makes no representations as to the suitability of the information accessible for viewing by minors or any other person.



• You assume all risks associated with use of the website, including:
  
  
  • risk of your computer, software or data being damaged by any virus which might be transmitted or activated via the website or your access to it; or
  
  
  
  • the risk that the content of this website and linked websites does not comply with the laws of any country outside Australia
  
  
  
• Your use of this website will be logged for the purpose of security and usage monitoring.



• Unauthorised use of this website could result in criminal prosecution.



• This website is hosted on a web server in Melbourne, Victoria. These terms are governed by the law in force in Victoria and any dispute about these terms or the contents of this website are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria and the courts of appeal from them. Users of links provided by this website are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the website they visit and that copyright may also apply on such websites.



• The AiPol accepts no responsibility for materials posted upon this site that may infringe any intellectual property rights. The AiPol by providing this facility or facilitating the making of a communication is not taken to have authorised any infringement of copyright in a work merely because another person uses this facility to do so (Section 39B, Copyright Act 1968)



• The material contained herein may constitute Commonwealth copyright and is intended for your general use and information. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation.



• Apart from any use as permitted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved.



• This website contains links to other websites that are external to the AiPol. The AiPol has no direct control over the contents of the linked sites, or changes that may occur to the content on those sites. It is your responsibility to make decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external websites. Links to external websites do not constitute an endorsement or a recommendation of any material on those sites or of any third party



• When visiting this site, a record of your visit is logged and information automatically recorded for statistical purposes to enable us to improve this site and our services. This information does not identify you personally nor do we track information about individuals and their visits.



• Your browser supplies the following information.



• The user's Internet domain (e.g. "xcompany.com.au" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu.au" if you connect from a university's domain) and IP address from which you access our website



• The type of browser used (e.g. Internet Explorer V 4.0)



• The user's operating system (e.g. Windows, Mac etc)



• The date and time you access this site



• The pages you visit and the documents downloaded



• If you linked to the AiPol website from another website, the address of that website.



• No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except where otherwise required by law. For example in the unlikely event of an investigation, a law enforcement agency may exercise their legal authority to inspect the service provider's logs.



• A cookie is an electronic token that is passed to your browser and your browser passes it back to the server whenever a page is sent to you.



• Our server generates one cookie which is used to keep track of the pages you have accessed while using our server. The cookie allows you to page back and forwards through the web site and return to pages you have already visited. The cookie exists only for the time you are accessing our server.



• You do not need to have configured your browser to enable the accepting or sending of cookies in order to use this site (though you may not have access to the full functionality of the website if you do not).



• Cookies are not used for any other purpose at this site. We do not use cookies to collect personal information.



• Search terms that you enter when using our search engine are collected, but are not associated with any other information that we collect. We use these search terms to ascertain what people are looking for at our site, and to improve the services that we provide.



• Personal information collected by us, for example the use of an online form, will only:



• be collected by lawful and fair means



• be used for lawful purposes



• be collected with your consent



• be used for the purpose it is collected





• If you e-mail us:



• we will record your e-mail address



• we will only use your e-mail address for the purpose for which you provide it



• it will not be added to a mailing list unless requested by you



• we will not disclose it without your consent



• We do not provide your information to any private organisation nor collect information for commercial marketing.



• AiPol's guidelines on privacy are in accordance with the Information Privacy Principles of the Commonwealth Privacy Act.



• Once AiPol receives information from you either via e-mail or any other means the information is in a secure environment. Your personal information will not be released unless the law permits it or your permission is granted.



• You need to be aware of inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet.



• If you have concerns in this regard, AiPol has alternative methods of obtaining and providing information. Normal mail, telephone and fax facilities are always available if you desire.



• Our Website contains links to many other sites. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. The Australasian Institute of Policing is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.




Further information

For more information on Australian copyright law, please see the Australian Copyright Council's Online Information Centre

You may also obtain further information from the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner website, www.privacy.gov.au

To contact AiPol please write to:

Australasian Institute of Policing
P.O. Box 99
Pascoe Vale South
Victoria, 3044
Australia

Or use the 'CONTACT US' link at the bottom of the page.

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Last updated: 14 March 2008