Privacy Policy

VEIL and The University of Melbourne are delivering The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 on behalf of the Victorian Government. VEIL and The University of Melbourne are committed to protecting the information they collect and use by ensuring compliance with their obligations under the Information Privacy Act 2000.

How any personal or financial information provided via The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 web site may be used:

Personal or financial information provided via The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 website will only be used by The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 staff for the purposes for which it was collected.

This may include:
- Responding to events, conferences and award enquiries
- Conducting administration processes associated with events, forums and workshop registrations and participation
- Providing services including The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 e-newsletter
- De-identified market research to support development of services and promotion of the Victorian Eco-Innovation industry

Such information is stored securely, retained for no longer than is necessary or required by law (e.g. archiving legislation), and then disposed of lawfully and securely. We will ensure that any personal information will not be disclosed to other parties except with your consent or if permitted or required by law.

Email privacy and security:

When you send an email to The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 (that is, to an address that ends with ‘@climateandinnovation.com), your email address and any personal information you provide may be kept for the purpose of dealing with the enquiry. You may request to have your personal details removed at any time if you do not want any more information or if the enquiry is concluded.

Technical identifying information collected from your visits to The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009

Web site:

A cookie is a file or information used by The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 web servers for statistical, recording, and other business purposes such as: the user’s server address, the user’s domain name, IP address, the date and time of the visit, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited and the type of browser used. This information is not disclosed, sold, or made available to other organisations. This information is kept only temporarily and is stored securely. An important use is to track and identify inappropriate usage and hence provide a more secure online environment. Any disclosure for reporting purposes is done in ways that do not allow an individual user to be identified. In addition, The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 does not acquire this sort of information from other organisations. Users can ‘disable cookies’ on their web browser.

What security is in place when you leave personal or financial information?

A technically secure environment is in place for the collection of personal or financial information through The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 web site, to ensure that it cannot be accessed by other users or organisations. The network that hosts the Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 web site has highly sophisticated security and publishing systems in place. Technically this includes: Fire walling, Password-login, Intrusion detection, Virus protection, Port filtering.

Warning! Leaving personal information in chat rooms, web boards and bulletin boards:

The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 cannot take responsibility for access to and use of personal information which you disclose in bulletin boards, chat rooms, web boards, e-communities, or on The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 website. All such communication services require users to login; however, in line with safe internet use practice, you should generally not disclose any personal information in such forums.

Links from The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 web site to other web sites

The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 website contains links to other web sites. The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 is not, and cannot be, responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of these web sites. A link to another web site does not imply an association with or endorsement by The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures 2009 of that web site.

For more information or if you have any concerns please contact info@climateandinnovation.com