Flinders University has a firm commitment to privacy in accordance with the Australia Privacy Act (cth) including the Australian Privacy Principles (APP’s) defined by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. This statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this site.
If you are submitting personal details, credit card numbers, or other information over the internet which you wish to remain private, please note that, while all attempts are made to secure information transmitted to this site, there is a possibility that information you submit could be observed by a third party while in transit.
When you visit this site, our server logs may automatically log some or all of the following information:
This information is collected, used and disclosed, including for future marketing purposes, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Our online forms may require you to provide contact details, your email address and other personal information. This personal information may be collected, used and disclosed by the University for the purposes of processing and responding to your requests, conducting the business of the University, and direct marketing the University’s services to you, in accordance with the University's Privacy Policy.
Some pages of this internet site provide the facility for users to subscribe to email mailing lists. To subscribe to these services users must provide a valid email address.
These email addresses will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and you will not be added to any other mailing lists unless you specifically request that this be done.
Email mailing list addresses are stored on a separate server and can only be accessed by authorised Flinders University staff. Your email address will not be disclosed without your consent.
The University uses digital data storage providers located both inside Australia and overseas and has agreements with its storage providers to ensure the protection of Personal Information they store. Arrangements with these providers are reviewed and assessed periodically. In addition to storing data in Australia, the University also stores Personal Information with providers located in the following countries:
The University’s website automatically collects personal information when you are browsing or using it. The various mechanisms used to collect this information include pixels, server logs, proxy logs and cookies.
A cookie is a piece of information that our web server sends to your computer when you visit our website. That cookie is stored on your computer and may provide information ( such as your IP address) to our server to optimise your experience when you visit our website.
In addition to optimising website functionality cookies may be used by the University to track website usage patterns, analyse website traffic, personalise content and advertising and enable social media features.
The University may collect and store the information provided by cookies and use it for marketing/advertising purposes including disclosing it to third party advertising agencies for targeted direct marketing campaigns often called ‘retargeting’. Retargeting occurs where Google, Facebook or another third party uses cookies from your computer to show advertisements when you visit websites based on your web preferences and usage patterns. If you have a cookie from our website stored on your computer you may see the University’s advertisements as you browse other sites. You may choose to opt out or disallow cookies through your web browser settings but this may alter some functionality otherwise available on the University’s website.
Search terms that you enter when using our search engine are collected, but are not associated with any other information that we collect. We use these search terms to ascertain what people are looking for at our site, and to improve the services that we provide.
This site contains links to other sites. Flinders University is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us.
For information about the ways in which the University may collect, store, use, manage and protect an individual’s personal information please refer to our Privacy Policy.
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