CSIRO is bound by, and complies with, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). For general information regarding CSIRO’s collection and use of personal information, please refer to the CSIRO Privacy Policy.
In connection with this Website, CSIRO may collect, use, and disclose your personal information as required to:
- respond to your enquiries;
- provide you with any Services you have requested, purchased or subscribed to;
- assist in managing your Account; and
- monitor how the Website is being used to improve it and ensure it meets user needs.
If you are an author, editor or referee, we will collect and record your contact details and areas of interest in order to effectively deliver our services. Your details may be shared with one of our trusted service providers in order to facilitate the submission, integrity checks, peer review and production process for your manuscript, or complete a delivery or enquiry (for example a digital product, newsletter, courier or postal service).
We will only collect personal information that we reasonably require to achieve these purposes.
The content, reviews, and correspondence you supply in order to carry out your publishing activities will be kept securely. In the event that serious research misconduct is suspected by an editor, details may be passed to a third party without seeking permission.
By using the Website, you consent to our use of cookies. A cookie is a text string that is included with HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests and responses. Cookies are used to maintain state information as you navigate different pages on a website or return to the website at a later time. Cookies cannot be used to execute code (run programs) or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are either stored in memory (session cookies) or placed on your hard disk (persistent cookies). CSIRO does not use persistent cookies. CSIRO may share your personal information with third party service providers as necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information was collected. This may include disclosure of your personal information to service providers located in the United States or other countries. CSIRO uses all reasonable efforts to ensure that such third parties comply with Australian privacy laws. Despite our best efforts to ensure that our trusted service providers will comply with the Australian Privacy Principles, you should be aware that if your personal information is disclosed overseas, it may not be subject to the requirements and protections of the Australian Privacy Principles. By continuing to use this Website, it will be taken that you consent to this. CSIRO will not publish your personal information without your consent, and will only disclose your personal information to third parties for the purposes, and in the circumstances, set out in this document, or where we are authorised or required by law to do so. For example, CSIRO reserves the right to disclose any information concerning the use of this Website or any Account as necessary to comply with any applicable law or lawful request of enforcement authorities, government, or CSIRO’s responsible minister.
You are allowed to unsubscribe, update your details, or remove yourself from our mailing lists. You may request that we delete any personal information we hold about you, but please be aware that legislation around the retention of Commonwealth records may restrict our ability to delete such information. If you have concerns, questions or complaints, you may contact CSIRO’s privacy team at privacy@csiro.au.