In complying with the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000, NTGPE provides the following advice to users of this web site about the collection, use, disclosure and storage of personal information

The aim of this advice is to inform users of this site about:

· What personal information is being collected

· Who is collecting personal information

· How the personal information is being used

· Access to personal information collected on this site and

· Security of personal information collected on this site.

Unless this web site asks for specific personal information in order to respond to requests for information or to register users for particular services, only the following information will be collected when you use this site:

· Your machine and IP address

· Your top level domain name (eg. .com, .gov, .au etc)

· The date and time of your visit to the site

· The pages you accessed and the documents downloaded

· The previous site you visited and

· The type of browser you are using (eg. Netscape, Internet Explorer etc.).

This information is collected for statistical purposes and to enable us to improve the navigation functions of our web site.

· We will record your email address

· We will only use your email address for the purpose you have provided it

· It will not be added to a mailing list unless you have specifically requested this

· We will not use your email address for any other purpose

· We will not disclose it without your consent

Other personal information collected by us (e.g. through the use of an online form) will only be

· Collected by lawful and fair means

· Used for a lawful purpose and

· Collected with your consent.

The purpose for collection of information will be clear and explicit.

The above information is collected by NTGPE

Where this site specifically asks for your personal information (for example, to respond to a request for information or to register users for particular services), this will only be collected by staff of NTGPE who have responsibility for responding to such requests or administrating such registrations.

Personal information collected on this web site will only be used for the purposes stated at the time of collection.

Your personal information will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent.

Cookies can either be persistent of session based. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiration date and may be used to track your browser behavior upon returning to the issuing web site. Session cookies are short-lived, are used only during a browser session and expire when you quit your browser.

The NTGPE web site uses session based cookies only.

Unless required to do so by law, NTGPE will only disclose personal information collected on this site to a third party of consent has been provided.

This site does not provide facilities to guarantee the secure transmission of information across the internet. Whilst reasonable efforts are made to provide security, users should be aware that there are inherent risks in the transmission of information across the internet.