Terms of use

The Cyber White Paper blog is managed by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department). The Cyber White Paper blog is hosted on govspace (govspace.gov.au), which is managed by the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance).

Your use of the Cyber White Paper blog is deemed to be your acceptance of these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully.

Lawful purposes

You agree to use the Cyber White Paper blog only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Cyber White Paper blog 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 the Cyber White Paper blog.

You must not post or transmit via the Cyber White Paper blog  any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would contravene any law.

Disclaimer

The Cyber White Paper blog is not a substitute for independent professional advice and you should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to your particular circumstances.

Material, summarised views, standards or recommendations of third parties, which may also be included on this site, do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department or indicate a commitment to a particular course of action.

We take reasonable care in linking to other websites but we have no direct control over the content presented in those websites or the availability of those websites.

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.

The Department has no direct control over the content of any linked websites, or the changes that may occur to the content on those websites. Links to external websites are provided in good faith, but it is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external websites.

The Cyber White Paper blog may provide links to suggested articles of interest from time to time however the Department does not endorse or recommend the links provided to external websites or third party content, including products and services offered by, from or through those websites or their content.

Content and comments

You are responsible for the comments you make on the Cyber White Paper blog. If you wish to comment on the Cyber White Paper blog, you must do so in accordance with our Moderation Policy.

With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, images and where otherwise noted, material presented on the Cyber White Paper blog is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia license.

Privacy

The Cyber White Paper blog allows anonymous and pseudonymous participation.

We will only use and disclose your personal information to a person, body or other Agency:

• to provide you with a service that you have requested;
• as authorised by law, for example, if a law enforcement authority or court order lawfully directs us to disclose the information of a user.

For more information, please see our Privacy Statement.

General

We may revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time.

Please contact us if you have any questions, problems or feedback regarding the Cyber White Paper blog.