Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Privacy Policy)

Under the Privacy Act 1998, the Corporations Act 2001 and certain rules such as the SCH Business rules, corporations and businesses are required provide a collection and disclosure statement from 21st December 2001.

This web site does not use 'cookies' and personal information about visitors is not collected except as follows:

1. Statistics on page 'hits' are kept for historical purposes and ongoing site design. The information does not include any personal information about visitors to the site. The site statistics are for the use of the site web master who may choose to discuss them with other interested parties i.e. HFACT or HFA members or staff.
2. Visitors to the site should be aware that the site is hosted by Netspeed Internet Communications, our service provider, and that Netspeed may keep their own information about the usage of this site. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed on their web site at www.netspeed.com.au

The web site replicates issues of the Haemophilia Foundation ACT newsletter.  The content of the newsletter includes articles of interest that will naturally mention members of HFACT, HFA and other third parties.  The articles may also contain photographs.  Wherever possible permission is sought from people  before taking the photographs that are used in the newsletter.  If your photograph appears here and you wish it to be removed, please contact HFACT.

Information about Australian privacy legislation is available from the Federal Privacy Commissioner .

Electronic Rights Management Information Statement (Copyright)

This web site and its contents are subject to copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 as amended by the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 and 2002. The copyright is owned by the Haemophilia Foundation Australian Capital Territory Incorporated,  (ABN 39 089 502 414), or in the case of some material, third parties.

In particular the copyright of the following material is acknowledged to their respective owners and the items are used with permission:

1. Red 'H' logo (and its black and white facsimile) © Haemophilia Foundation Australia, 1993
2. ACT Floral Emblem, the Royal Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa) © Australian National Botanic Gardens
3. Photographs of Canberra and surrounds  © Ron Lees, 2004

You may view this web site and its contents using your web browser and electronically copy and print hard copies of parts of this site solely for personal, non-commercial use. You may reproduce this web site in the form of temporary copies in your browser cache or on intermediate servers if necessary to display or use the web site. 

You may link to the home page of this web site, but HFACT recommends that you do not link to other pages on this site ('deep links') as HFACT reserves the right to modify the content and structure of the web site at any time.

You may not use the web site and its content in any other way, including reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission or republication, except as specifically exempt by the Copyright Act.

Unsolicited Email ('Spam')

Although email addresses appear on this web site, they are for the express purpose of personal non-commercial contact with the office holders and employees of the Haemophilia Foundation ACT and certain staff of The Canberra Hospital.

Permission is not given, expressly or implied, that a business relationship exists between viewers of this web site and the email recipients listed on this web site.  Any unsolicited commercial email communications will be regarded as 'spam' under the Australian Spam Act 2003.

Electronic harvesting of email addresses from this site is also expressly prohibited under the terms of the Australian Spam Act 2003.

Information about Australian 'spam' legislation is available from the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) or the Australian Government Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy web page on spam .