Legal notices
This website is managed by the Department of Human Services. The following notices apply to activities on this site only.
Privacy Statement
Department of Human Services privacy
You have a right to have your personal information kept private. The department is bound by strict confidentiality and secrecy provisions in social security, families, health, child support and disability services law. These provisions limit how the department uses your information and when and to whom it can be released.
Information collected when visiting this site
We gather anonymous site visit information that we use to improve the structure and functionality of humanservices.gov.au. This can include:
- your server address and country
- the pages you viewed
- the search terms you used
- the date and time you visited the site
- the previous site you visited
- your computer’s operating system (eg Windows/Mac)
- the type of browser you used to view the site
- the settings of your monitor
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of information contained within a small file that a website sends to your browser when you access information at that site. This site uses session-based cookies to gather website usage data. You can change your web browser settings to reject cookies or to prompt you each time a website wishes to add a cookie to your browser.
Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support privacy statements
Privacy statements for Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support programs can be found on their websites.
More information
- Centrelink website – Privacy and security
- Medicare website – Privacy and security
- Child Support website – Privacy and security
Website disclaimer
The Department of Human Services website material is provided for general information and on the understanding that the Australian Government is not providing professional advice on a particular matter.
While the Department of Human Services makes every effort to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and up to date it accepts no responsibility whether expressed or implied for the accuracy, currency and completeness of the information.
Before relying on the material you should independently check its relevance for your purposes, and obtain any appropriate professional advice.
For reasons of succinctness and presentation, the information provided on this website may be in the form of summaries and generalisations, and may omit detail that could be significant in a particular context, or to particular persons.
Links to other sites
Some site pages contain links to third party sites not managed by the Department of Human Services. Those sites are not within our control and may not follow the same privacy, security, or accessibility standards as ours. We are not responsible for the content or availability of those sites, their partners, or advertisers. Any link to an external site is provided for your information and convenience only.
Website security
The Department of Human Services accepts no liability or responsibility for any interference with or damage to a site visitor’s computer, software or data occurring as a result of accessing this site. Visitors should ensure they have adequate protection against viruses when accessing the Internet.
Copyright
© Commonwealth of Australia 2011
You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to:
Online Communication
Department of Human Services
Box 7788
CANBERRA BC ACT 2610
or emailed to: online.communication@humanservices.gov.au