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Information or material from this site may be used for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or
review, as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 and may only be reproduced as permitted under the
Copyright Act 1968 (a copy of the Act is available at SCALEplus the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney General's Department, at http://scaleplus.law.gov.au).
Any permitted reproduction made must acknowledge the Commonwealth source of any selected
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seeking prior written approval from the Commonwealth. For written permission to use the information or material from this site, please contact the National Blood Authority Webmaster. You may not use
this website to sell a product or service, or to increase traffic to your website for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales.
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contents. Permission is not granted to reproduce, frame or reformat the files, pages, images, information
and materials from this site on any other site unless express written permission has been obtained from the webmaster at the National Blood Authority.
The National Blood Authority reserves the right to prevent linking by giving notice.
Disclaimer
Provision of education and research information only - always
seek professional advice
This website is presented by the National Blood Authority for the purpose of disseminating health
information free of charge for the benefit of the public. This website is not a substitute for independent
professional advice. Nothing contained in this site is intended to be used as medical advice and it is not
intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, nor should it be used for therapeutic
purposes or as a substitute for your own health professional's advice. The National Blood Authority does
not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on the information.
Quality of information - always check the information
The National Blood Authority makes every effort to ensure the quality of the information available on this
website and updates the information regularly. Before relying on the information on this site, however,
users should carefully evaluate its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes,
and should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. The
National Blood Authority can not guarantee and assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information.
Links to external websites
This website contains links to other websites which are external to the National Blood Authority. The
National Blood Authority takes reasonable care in selecting linking websites. 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.
Linkage to external websites should not be taken to be an endorsement or a recommendation of any third
party products or services offered by virtue of any information, material or content linked from or to this
site. Users of links provided by this site are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the site they visit.
Views or recommendations provided in linked sites do not necessarily reflect those of the Commonwealth.
Security of the National Blood Authority's website
Every endeavour is made to ensure that this site is secure. However, users should be aware that the
World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's transactions
are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses or other defects.
The Commonwealth accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer system,
software or data occurring in connection with this website. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and
adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other
contamination that may interfere with or damage the user's computer system, software or data.
Access for people with a disability
Material produced through the web is a service covered by the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA).
This requirement applies to any individual or organisation developing a World Wide Web page or placing
or maintaining a web page on an Australian server. The provision of this information through the internet is in itself a service and as such, is covered by the DDA.
Privacy statement
Information collection and privacy protection
The National Blood Authority makes every effort to adhere to the Guidelines for Federal and ACT
Government World Wide Websites developed by the Australian Privacy Commissioner (available at http://www.privacy.gov.au/internet/web/index.html). In particular we make every effort to comply
with Information Privacy Principles (see Glossary below) 1 to 3 and 10 and 11 of the Privacy Act 1988 (a
copy of the Act is available at SCALEplus the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney General's Department at http://scaleplus.law.gov.au).
This page explains the type of information that is collected by the National Blood Authority, how such
information is used and under what circumstances and to whom it may be disclosed. If you have any privacy concerns, you should direct them to the
.
Your email address
The National Blood Authority will only record your email address in the event that you send us a message
by email or if you register requesting notifications. Registration for notifications may be made initially by
email, postal mail or facsimile. Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you have
provided it and will not be added to any mailing lists without your prior consent by way of a specific
request in writing. We will not use or disclose your email address for any other purpose, without your prior written consent.
Security level
The National Blood Authority website has been tested to an advanced level of site security, and for Year
2000 compliance.
Clickstream data and cookies
National Blood Authority uses a 'cookie' for maintaining contact with a user through a website session. A
cookie is a small file supplied by National Blood Authority and stored by the web browser software on
your computer when you access National Blood Authority site. (An explanation of cookies generally can
be found at the site of the Australian Privacy Commissioner). The cookie allows the National Blood
Authority to recognise you as an individual as you move from one page to another.
This cookie will be immediately lost when you end your internet session and shut down your computer.
Our copy of your information will be automatically deleted twenty minutes after you last used the system.
This information is only used to help you use our website systems more efficiently, not to track your
movements through the internet, or to record private information about you.
Any system on this website that records information about you will specifically ask your permission first.
The National Blood Authority makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical
purposes:
the user's server address
the user's top level domain name
the date and time of access to the site
pages accessed and documents downloaded
the previous site visited
This information is analysed to show broken links in our website, bottlenecks, and other site problems.
We use this information to redesign for efficiency of use.
No attempt will be made to identify anonymous users or their browsing activities unless legally compelled
to do so, such as in the event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the Internet Service Provider's log files.
Personal information
Information provided through the National Blood Authority website will comply with Information Privacy
Principles (see Glossary below), and particularly principles 1 to 3 and 10 and 11. Stated simply these principles are
Principle 1 - Collection of information must be lawful and fair Principle 2
- Informing people why information is collected Principle 3 - Ensuring personal information collected is of good quality and not too intrusive
Principle 10 - Limiting the use of personal information to the purposes for which it was collected Principle 11
- Preventing the disclosure of personal information outside the agency.
(wording on simplified principles supplied to dept. by the Office of Federal Privacy Commissioner)
Queries, concerns and further information
If you have any queries, concerns or require further information relating to privacy and National Blood
Authority, you are invited to email the
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Glossary
Domain name
The code for the country or type of internet connection, such as '.com', '.gov', '.au' or '.uk'
Information Privacy Principles
11 principles established under section 14 of the Privacy Act 1988. Commonwealth and ACT government
agencies must comply with these principles in their handling of personal information in their possession.
The principles can be accessed at SCALEplus, the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney General's Department (at http://scaleplus.law.gov.au).
Internet Service Provider A company or organisation that provides access to the Internet for users.
Law enforcement agency
An agency of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory such as the Australian Federal police, which
exercises powers such as executing a warrant to seize documentation or goods or to search premises etc
Notification
Automatic advice of new or updated material available via National Blood Authority, provided to a user who registers for this service.