Terms & Conditions

This site is owned and operated by The Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology. All information on the site is current at time of writing. However, over time some information may be outdated.

The information on this site remains the property of Centenary. You can copy and use the content for non-commercial purposes, with the following acknowledgement 'Copyright of The Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology'. Visitors to the Centenary website acknowledge and accept that they do so at their own risk. They accept full responsibility for their own property and livelihood in regard to viruses and computer or IT damage.

Centenary Privacy Policy

Centenary is committed to ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. Centenary complies with the Commonwealth Privacy Act and other relevant state laws in relation to the management of personal information.

The Centenary Privacy Policy explains in general terms how Centenary protects the privacy of your personal information. The principles set out in this policy will apply to personal information you provide to us (including via our website) and to personal information we collect about you under any other agreement or arrangement.

This policy does not apply to the Centenary's employee records.

How Centenary collects and handles your personal information

We generally collect your personal information directly from you. For example, we may collect personal information about you when we deal with you over the phone or when you have contact with us in person or over the Internet.

Generally the kinds of personal information we collect about you may include your name, address, telephone numbers, email address, research areas of interest, event attendance and payment (including credit card) details. We collect information from our donors and supporters including information about your donation history and activities that you have indicated you may be interested in being involved with.

We use this information to enable us to send you newsletters and bulletins as well as information about research, education and fundraising events and activities. We may use your information to contact you to seek financial support for medical research conducted at Centenary.

We may also collect personal information when we are canvassing recruitment of staff and PhD students. Generally speaking, we will collect personal information that you supply to us as part of this process and use it for the purposes of assessing applications and proposals.

We will only collect personal information necessary to conduct our business activities. None of the data collected from you will be disclosed to other organisations without your prior agreement, unless we believe the law requires it.

Security of your personal information

We take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of the personal information we hold from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We maintain physical security over our paper and electronic data stores and premises, such as locks and security systems.

Your personal information may be stored as electronic data, or in Centenary's software or systems. We maintain computer and network security; for example, we use firewalls (security measures for the Internet) and other security systems such as user identifiers and passwords to control access to our computer system.

Anonymity

Where lawful and practicable, you will be given the option to deal with us without identifying yourself (eg when inquiring about the activities that Centenary undertakes).

Individuals should be aware that contact details are required in order for Centenary to issue a tax-deductible receipt.

While we seek to recognise the contributions of our donors and supporters in our publications, individuals wishing to remain anonymous in our publications and at other public forums should advise this in writing to Centenary.

Gaining access to information we hold about you

Centenary will, on request, provide you with information we hold about you, unless there is an exception which applies under relevant privacy laws. Access can only be denied in certain circumstances.

Unless there is an exception which applies under privacy laws we will provide you with a photocopy and/or printout of information held within 14 days. No charge will be made for this service.

Keeping your personal information up-to-date

We take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date whenever we collect or use it.

If you find that the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date, please contact us immediately and will take reasonable steps to either correct this information or, if necessary, discuss alternative action with you.

Our website

Visiting www.centenary.org.au generates the following statistics:

• your computer's internet protocol address;
• your top level domain name (.com, .gov, .au, .uk etc);
• the pages you access and documents downloaded;
• any keywords or search words you enter; and
• the type of browser you are using.

These statistics are gathered so we can improve our website for future visitors. This information does not make it possible for you to be identified.

If you send us an e-mail, your e-mail address (together with any other information you send us) will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it, except where you give consent for another purpose. This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks in transmitting information across the Internet.

No "cookies" are employed on Centenary's website except for those generated when you use the search engine. These are destroyed at the end of your browser session. A "cookie" is information that a web site puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time.

We may create links to third party websites. Centenary is not responsible for the content or privacy practices employed by websites that are linked from our website.

Changes to the Centenary Privacy Policy

Centenary reserves the right to alter its privacy policy, from time to time. Any alterations to this policy will be posted on our website in a timely manner.

Addressing your concerns

If you have a query on how your personal information is collected or used, or any other query relating to the Centenary Privacy Policy, please contact:

Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology
Building 93
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Missenden Road
Camperdown NSW
Australia

Tel: +61 2 9565 6100
Fax: +61 2 9565 6101
Email:

25th February 2005