AustNet has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site.

Voluntary Submission of information:
AustNet does not collect personally identifying information about any individual Austnet website user, except when knowingly provided by such individual. For example, we may ask you for information when you submit an expression of interest form for the AustNet Services Department, or when you apply to link a server to Austnet. If you choose not to provide the information we request, you can still visit most of the Austnet.org website, but you may be unable to submit some forms. Any information collected by Austnet by means of submission of a form is not passed on to any third party, unless specified on the form.

Cookies
A cookie is a data file that certain websites write to your computer's hard drive when you visit a website. A cookie file can contain information, such as a user identification code, that a site uses to track the pages you have visited on the site. Austnet.org uses cookies (when it does) solely to facilitate logins to protected areas of the site. We do not correlate this information with personal data of any user. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your settings to display a warning before accepting a cookie, or to refuse all cookies. However, if you choose to disable the receipt of cookies from our website, you may not be able to use certain features of the site.

Browser Level Information
The www.austnet.org server automatically collects information about a site user's IP address, browser type and referrer by reading this information from the user's browser (information provided by every user's browser). This information is collected in log files and used - in an aggregated, anonymous manner - in our internal analysis of traffic patterns within our Web site. This information is automatically logged by most Web sites.

Use of Information
Our primary goals for collecting information are to enhance and improve our website, to provide services to you that you have requested (for example: mailing lists), or to facilitate server applications or other submission of requests to AustNet. Information collected as itemised above, is not passed on to third party advertisers or used for any purpose apart from that given above.

Kids under 13:
Do not send any information about yourself to us - including information such as your name, address, or e-mail address. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the event that we learn we have collected any personal information from a child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as soon as possible.