These terms of use were updated on 26 February 2010 to include information about the australia.gov.au Account.

You and Your means the user of australia.gov.au, data.australia.gov.au, the Smart Form Service or an australia.gov.au Account.

Our, Us and We means the Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Department of Finance and Deregulation.

1. australia.gov.au (including data.australia.gov.au) is managed by the Department of Finance and Deregulation. Your use of australia.gov.au is deemed to be your acceptance of these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully.
2. The SmartForm Service is available for you to complete and submit online SmartForm to the relevant Participating Agency. For more information, please read the SmartForm Service Terms and Conditions.
3. The australia.gov.au Account allows you to create an online account with one user ID and password to access online services of Participating Agencies. For further information, please read the australia.gov.au Account Terms and Conditions.

Lawful Purposes

4. You agree to use australia.gov.au only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of australia.gov.au by any third party. This includes conduct which is unlawful or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption to australia.gov.au.
5. You must not post or transmit via australia.gov.au any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would contravene any law.

Disclaimer

6. Your use of australia.gov.au does not:
   1. affect or reduce any obligation owed to You by any Agency; or
   2. reduce any obligation You owe to any Agency.
7. The australia.gov.au website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and you should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to Your particular circumstances. You must exercise your own judgement and carefully evaluate the material on australia.gov.au. Please read the full Disclaimer statement.

Linked websites

8. We take reasonable care in linking australia.gov.au to other websites but we have no direct control over the content presented in those websites or the availability of those websites. Any information on a linked website is provided "As Is".
9. We make no representation that the material on any linked websites does not infringe the intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person. We do not authorise the reproduction of such material.
10. We do not endorse or recommend any links to external websites, or third party content, including products and services offered by, from or through those websites or their content.

Data.australia.gov.au

11. Datasets made available through data.australia.gov.au are subject to certain licensing conditions. The details of each licence can be found in the Dataset Information section of each dataset.
12. Where a dataset is made available subject to attribution, you must attribute the data in the manner specified under “Citation” in the Contributing Agency Information section of the dataset.
13. If you cannot find the licensing or citation information or have a question about a particular dataset, you should first contact the contributing agency.

Security

14. The development of the australia.gov.au website is coordinated by us, however some interactions with australia.gov.au occur on systems under the control of other Participating Agencies. We are responsible for:
    1. the security of information while it is collected by, stored on or passing through our systems; and
    2. the security of the links from our systems to systems under the control of Participating Agencies.
15. Participating Agencies are responsible for the security of information while it is collected by, stored on or passing through systems within their control.
16. We strive to protect information you provide on australia.gov.au. We will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that australia.gov.au and your information are not compromised. However, we cannot guarantee that no Harmful Code will enter australia.gov.au. You should be aware of the risks associated with using websites.
17. We recommend that you use appropriate and up-to-date firewall and anti-virus software to protect your computer systems.
18. If you experience a problem or loss that is caused by the information you included your Account, your computer being compromised in some way or by something beyond our control, we cannot take responsibility for causing the problem. We will, however, do our best to help you if we can.
19. Where connection to a system or website outside our control compromises the objectives of australia.gov.au, we may sever links to that website or system.

Privacy

20. For more information about how we protect your privacy and personal information, please see our Privacy Statement.
21. We will only use and disclose your personal information to a person, body or other Agency:
    1. to provide you with a service that you have requested;
    2. as authorised by law, for example, if a law enforcement authority or court order lawfully directs us to disclose the information of a user of australia.gov.au.

General

22. These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Australian Capital Territory.
23. If any of these Terms of Use are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining Terms of Use will continue in full force.
24. These Terms of Use do not negate any Terms or Conditions that apply to your use of any other government website.
25. We may revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Please check our website.
26. Please contact us if you have any questions, problems or feedback regarding australia.gov.au.

Definitions

Harmful Code

Any form of harmful surreptitious code or other contaminants, including viruses, bugs, trojan horses, spyware or adware.

Loss

Loss, damage, cost or expense (to any person or property) including consequential or indirect loss or any loss of profits, data or revenue.

Participating Agencies

Commonwealth of Australia agencies that are working with us to deliver the australia.gov.au service to you.