The Federal Court of Australia seeks
to adhere to the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government
World Wide Websites developed by the Australian Privacy
Commissioner.
This section explains the type of information
that is collected by the Federal Court of Australia, how
such information is used, under what circumstances and
to whom it may be disclosed, and describes security measures
in place on the website.
If you have any privacy concerns, you
should direct them to the Webmaster by emailing query@fedcourt.gov.au
or by writing to:
Web Manager
Federal Court of Australia
Court Resources Branch
Level 17, Law Courts Building
Queens Square NSW 2000
Clickstream and site visit data
A record of your visit to the main
pages of this site is made and the following information
is logged for statistical purposes - the user's server
address, the user's top level domain name (e.g.. com.,
gov., au., uk., etc.), the date and the time of the visit
to the site, the type of browser used, the operating system,
the screen resolutions and screen colours, the previous
site visited, and the search engines and queries used
to access this site. No attempt will be made to identify
individual users or their browsing activities except,
in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law
enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the
log file.
Links to other sites
This site contains links to other sites.
The Federal Court of Australia is not responsible for
the content and the privacy practices of other websites
and encourages you to examine each site's privacy policy
and make your own decisions regarding the accuracy, reliability,
and correctness of material and information found.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of information
that is placed on the user's hard drive while navigating
a website. The Federal Court of Australia website is a
cookie-free site.
Email management
The Federal Court of Australia will
only record your email address if you send a message by
email. It will only be used for the purpose for which
you have provided it. We will not use your email address
for any other purpose, and will not disclose it without
your consent.
The Internet is an insecure medium
however, and users should be aware that there are inherent
risks in transmitting information across the Internet.
Information submitted unencrypted via email may be at
risk of being intercepted, read or modified. If you do
not want your message sent by email you can post it to
the above address.
Privacy in the e-filing section
of the site
In order to lodge case-related documents
on-line, you must supply your name, a mailing address
and your email address. These details are required so
that we can mail/email the sealed documents back.
If you choose to pay for your order
using the secure credit card payment facility, you will
also be asked to provide your credit card details. This
information is transmitted to the Court's credit card
service provider (the ANZ Bank) and is required to verify
and process your transaction.
Client contact information is kept
by the Court to process transactions. It will not be published
or passed on to any third parties. The Court retains no
credit card information.
If you do not wish to provide your
credit card details or personal details over the Internet,
documents can be filed and paid for by personal presentation,
Post, DX or Fax to the registry.
Security in the e-filing section
of the site
The electronic filing section of the
Court's website is based on the Australian banking and
electronic commerce industry standard Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) security technology. SSL is cryptography technology
that uses special codes - 128 bit keys - that encrypt
messages sent over the Internet. SSL encryption turns
a message into an unintelligible string of characters
and symbols and makes it virtually impossible to decipher.
In addition, if a message is somehow tampered with, SSL
technology will detect the tampering and reject the message.
Visitors who file documents on-line
enter their credit card details into an electronic form
with is encrypted by SSL technology and is securely transmitted
via the Court's e-filing service provider (Creative Digital
Technology) to its merchant facility provider (the ANZ
Bank). The Court or its technology service provider does
not store customer credit card details at any time during
this process. Visitors who use this facility are provided
the same level of security as if they were using an automatic
teller machine (ATM) or performing an EFTPOS transaction.
If you do not wish to provide your
credit card or personal details over the Internet, documents
can be filed and paid for by personal presentation, Post,
DX or Fax to the registry.
Security alerts in e-filing section
of site
The e-filing area of this site has
been secured for your privacy and protection. As you move
about these secure areas your browser might present you
with a security alert. Security alerts differ depending
on browsers and their configuration but their purpose
is simply to alert you to the fact that you are entering,
or leaving a secure area. You should not be alarmed by
the appearance of these alerts. To ascertain that you
are in a secure session check the status of the "security"
padlock on your browser. The session is secure only when
the padlock icon shows a closed padlock.
"Thawte Server CA" issues
a certificate securing the site. You can verify the source
of the certificate by viewing it.
