Privacy Statement Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water is committed to protecting user privacy. We understand and appreciate that visitors and users of this website are concerned about their privacy and the confidentiality and security of any information that may be provided to us. The Queensland Government is in the process of establishing a privacy regime for the Queensland public sector based on 11 Information Privacy Principles. These are contained in Information Standard 42 (IS42). Go to the Office of Government ICT (http://www.governmentict.qld.gov.au/02_infostand/ standards.htm) website to view this standard. Information collected from web site transactions Unless you specifically provide us with your details, such as when subscribing to a service, we will not collect any personal information, including your name, unless it is part of your email address. We do collect information in order to improve our site such as: the type of browser being used how and when you travel through the site the pages and documents accessed your Internet address but we do not collect your name unless it is part of your email address. Data Disclosure Your information will only be made available to Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water. Any personal information collected will be used only for the purpose specified at the time it is collected. No attempt will be made to disclose your personal details to any parties outside of Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water unless permitted or required by law and the information privacy principles contained in Information Standard 42 - Information Privacy. Email Email from you will be treated as a public record and will be retained as required by the Libraries and Archives Act 1988. We will not add any details from your email to a mailing list and we will not disclose these details to third parties unless permitted or required by law and Information Standard 42. Our Internet Service Provider monitors email traffic for system trouble shooting and maintenance purposes only. Security This site does not provide open access facilities for securely transmitting information across the Internet. You are advised that there can be risks with transmitting information across the Internet. This site may contain links to other web sites over which we have no influence regarding either content or compliance with privacy principles. The materials presented in this publication are distributed by Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water as an information source only. The information and data on this site is subject to change without notice. Disclaimer Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water makes no statements, representations, or warranties about the accuracy or completeness of, and you should not rely on, any information contained in this publication. Although Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water uses its best efforts to ensure that information provided to it by a user is stored in a secure environment and accessed only by authorised persons it makes no warranties to that effect. Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water disclaims all responsibility and all liability to you or any other person for any loss, injury, damage, costs, expenses or compensation of any kind arising directly or indirectly out of or in connection with any act or omission of Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water in relation to this publication including, without limitation, the: availability, functionality or performance of the publication provision of incomplete or inaccurate information use of automatic language translation devices in connection with this publication the electronic transmission, receipt authentication, lodgement or any other dealing whatsoever with electronic documents or mail or any other data. Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that documents on this site are free of viruses, however, it does not guarantee that all content is safe. The content found by using links provided in this publication may not be created, controlled or approved by Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water. No responsibility is taken for the consequences of viewing and relying on such content.