The Know website is operated by the National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED) and owned by the University of New South Wales (University). All personal information collected by this website is held by UNSW Sydney. Personal information collected through this website is handled in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) (Act). This website’s Privacy Statement describes the ways in which NCCRED deals with personal information and other data collected through the website.
Further information on how the University manages its privacy obligations under the Act is available in its Privacy Management Plan and the University Privacy Policy.
What is personal information?
Personal Information is defined in the Act as being information or an opinion about an individual whose identity is apparent or can reasonably be ascertained from that information or opinion. Personal Information includes, for example, names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and passport numbers.
Personal information provided by you
This Statement references information collected via the user account registration. This website provides user account registration facilities. Users may also create an account with this website by providing their email address and a password, and by providing a name. This information will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided and your name and email address will not be added to any mailing list by the University unless you provide consent. Information that you disclose in online forums or other interactive media, such as creating a new event on the Communities page, is considered by the University and the common law to be public information and may therefore not be subject to protection under the Act.
Automatic collection of personal information
This website may collect personal information and other data from you through the use of a Cookie or other automated means including server logs. A Cookie is a packet of data that a website puts on your computer’s hard disk to identify you as a visitor to that website. The information collected by this website through Cookies and other means may include: your server address; your domain name; your IP address; the date and time of your visit; the pages accessed and documents downloaded; the previous site visited; the type of browser you used. You may choose to disallow Cookies through your web browser settings.
Why do we collect, use and disclose personal information?
Personal information provided by you to this website will be used by the University for the primary purpose for which you provided it and for other secondary purposes directly related to that primary purpose. The University is not responsible for the privacy practices of web sites external to this site.
The information that is automatically collected during each visit to this website is aggregated by the University with similar logged information. This aggregated information may be published by the University in internal reports to identify patterns of website usage and to improve and maintain the service of this website and any services offered. Aggregated information does not identify individual users and does not include personal information. The University will not otherwise disclose your personal information without your consent unless otherwise authorised by law. The University may disclose personal information to a third party if the disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the life or health of you or another person.
Links
Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights in those linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites may differ substantially from this website, so we encourage individuals to read them before using those websites.
Access to your personal information
You have a right to access your personal information held by the University. You can also request amendment to that information if you believe that it is incorrect or make complaints about breaches of your privacy by the University.
Contact us
For further information about our Privacy Statement or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please email us at prn@nccred.org.au.
