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While care is taken to ensure accuracy, the Bathurst Historical Society cannot guarantee that information expressed here is correct and recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to its use.

Disclaimer of Liability
The Bathurst Historical Societyl makes every effort to ensure that the content of our web sites is accurate and up to date. The Bathurst Historical Society makes no warranty or undertaking, whether expressed or implied, nor does it assume any legal liability, whether direct or indirect. The material on this website is general in nature. It is made available on the understanding that Bathurst Historical Society is not thereby engaged in rendering professional advice. Before relying on the material in any important matter, 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.

Links to Other Sites
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Third Party Content
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Endorsement
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ScopeThis statement applies to user interactions with the Bathurst Historical Society (BHS) website - bathursthistory.org.au

General
The site makes some use of data that directly or indirectly identifies users. We do not use any personal information for any purpose which is not related to the services we provide to you via this site. We take great care with practices that affect personal privacy. BHS staff welcome feedback from their users in relation to the site's design and practices, and to this Privacy Statement. Questions and feedback should be addressed to webmaster at info@bathursthistory.org.au

Data Collection
Data that in some way identifies the user is gathered during interactions with the BHS website in the following circumstances:

Computer Information
It is a necessary part of visiting any website, including the BHS site, that the user's web-browser provides the machine's identity (its IP-address) to the web-server, so that the server can address the reply to the correct machine. In addition, the browser-type and operating system are provided.

Navigation and Clickstream Data
Browsing any website, including the BHS site, generates a trail of the pages that are visited, and the time apparently spent displaying each page. We use cookies to better analyse user navigation trends, for setting accessibility preferences, and to provide additional information to our web analysis software. These cookies can be blocked without impacting your interaction with the BHS website.

Online Forms
The site has several forms that collect voluntary data from our users for the purposes of improving our service to clients and individuals who want to work with us.

User Feedback
We seek feedback from our users in order to improve the service offered by the site. Answering feedback questions is voluntary and does not in any way affect your access to the BHS site.

Data Storage, Use and Disclosure, and Retention
All personal data described in the preceding section is stored securely, and archived for a period of at least 12 months and possibly up to 7 years.

The data is used by BHS site software, and by staff involved in the management of the BHS site, only for:

• website and system administration, including monitoring to prevent security breaches
  customisation of the website to the user's needs evaluation, research and development.

• Identified data can only be re-disclosed to the user if the user provides the unique request session number. Identified data may be disclosed to a third party only in circumstances in which it is legally authorised, such as in the investigation of a criminal offence, and in compliance with a search warrant or subpoena.

Users 16 and Under
If you are aged 16 or under, get your parent or guardian's permission before you provide personal information to the BHS web site. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

Monitoring
If you believe that we have not followed the principles of this privacy statement, or would like to comment on these principles, please contact us using by emailing us.

Accountability
The staff who operate the BHS site, are subject to the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988.