Privacy policy

Maintaining your privacy is important to us. This statement outlines AUSCARE’S policy on how AUSCARE uses and manages personal information provided to or collected by it. By using the AUSCARE website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

AUSCARE is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act and is compliant with the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012. In relation to health records, AUSCARE is also bound by applicable state and territory health and information privacy legislation.

AUSCARE may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy to take account of new laws and technology, changes to AUSCARE’S operations and practices and to make sure it remains appropriate to the changing legal environment.

You have the right to check what personal information AUSCARE holds about you. Under the Commonwealth Privacy Act and the Health Records Act, an individual has the right to obtain access to any personal information which the organisation holds about them and to advise the organisation of any perceived inaccuracy. There are some exceptions to this right set out in the applicable legislation. To make a request to access any information AUSCARE holds about you, please contact the Privacy Officer in writing:

PRIVACY OFFICER

413 Canterbury Road
Surrey Hills VIC 3127
Telephone 1300 225 369
privacy@ableaustralia.org.au

If you have any concerns, complaints or you think there has been a breach of privacy, then please contact the Privacy Officer who will first deal with you usually over the phone. If we then have not dealt satisfactorily with your concerns, we will meet with you to discuss further. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint within 30 days from this meeting, then you can refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner via:

Email: enquiries@oaic.gov.au
Tel: 1300 363 992
Fax: +61 2 9284 9666

To lodge a complaint, contact the AUSCARE Office during business hours on 0452167739.

To read AUSCARE’S full privacy policy

TERMS OF USE

AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND AUSCARE.

The AUSCARE website is comprised of various web pages operated by AUSCARE. The AUSCARE website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the AUSCARE website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE.

AUSCARE reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the AUSCARE website is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the AUSCARE website.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES.

The AUSCARE website may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of AUSCARE and AUSCARE is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. AUSCARE is not responsible for webcasting, or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. AUSCARE is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by AUSCARE of the site or any association with its operators.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE.

As a condition of your use of the AUSCARE website, you warrant to AUSCARE that you will not use the AUSCARE website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the AUSCARE website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the AUSCARE website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the AUSCARE website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the AUSCARE websites.

USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES.

The AUSCARE website may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication Services”), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic, name, material, or information.
Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.
Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
AUSCARE has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, AUSCARE reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. AUSCARE reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

AUSCARE reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in AUSCARE’S sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. AUSCARE does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, AUSCARE specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorised AUSCARE spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of AUSCARE.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

MATERIALS PROVIDED TO AUSCARE OR POSTED AT ANY AUSCARE WEBSITE.

AUSCARE does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to AUSCARE (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any AUSCARE website or its associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting AUSCARE, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. AUSCARE is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in AUSCARE’S sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER.

The information, software, products, and services included in or available through the AUSCARE website may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. AUSCARE and/or its suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in the AUSCARE website at any time. Advice received via the AUSCARE website should not be relied upon for personal, medical, legal, or financial decisions and you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation.

AUSCARE and/or its suppliers make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, services, and related graphics contained on the AUSCARE website for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software, products, services, and related graphics are provided “as is” without warranty or condition of any kind. AUSCARE and/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, services, and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall AUSCARE and/or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the AUSCARE website, with the delay or inability to use the AUSCARE website or related services, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information, software, products, services and related graphics obtained through the AUSCARE website, or otherwise arising out of the use of the AUSCARE website, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if AUSCARE or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the AUSCARE website, or with any of these terms of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the AUSCARE website.

SERVICE CONTACT.

The service contact for the AUSCARE website is: http://WWW.AUSCAR.OR.AU

TERMINATION / ACCESS RESTRICTION.

AUSCARE reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the AUSCARE website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.

Use of the AUSCARE website is unauthorised in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and AUSCARE as a result of this agreement or use of the AUSCARE website.

AUSCARE’S performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of AUSCARE’S right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the AUSCARE website or information provided to or gathered by AUSCARE with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and AUSCARE with respect to the AUSCARE Website and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the user and AUSCARE with respect to the AUSCARE Website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.