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Our Security responsibility

We will endeavour to ensure that:

  • The data you give us will be safe and protected using best practice standards; and
  • Your data will only be used for the purpose that was originally requested for and will not be given to a third party without your express authorisation.

Protecting your computer

The APS Academy will undertake all necessary steps to protect your data in our custody, you as the end user(s) have a responsibility to protect your data by ensuring that your computer(s) has current and updated software, you have a good password management plan to protect your identify and you are aware of the risks associated with using the internet.

More advice about computer security and using the internet safely can be found at the following websites:

Copyright

Presentation of the default license on the website

The website will reproduce the default license as follows:

© Commonwealth of Australia (date of publication)

All material produced by the APS Academy constitutes Commonwealth copyright administered by the APS Academy. The APS Academy reserves the right to set out the terms and conditions for the use of such material.

Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, and those explicitly granted below, all other rights are reserved.

Unless otherwise noted, all material on this website, except the APS Academy logo or badge, the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, and any material protected by a trade mark, is licensed under a Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Australia licence.

Details of the licence are available at: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/

Attributing Commission works

Use of APS Academy material licensed under a Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Australia licence requires you to attribute the work in the manner specified by the APS Academy (but not in any way that suggests that the APS Academy endorses you or your use of the work). Almost any form of words is fine provided that you:

  • provide a reference to the publication and, where practical, the relevant pages
  • make clear whether or not you have changed APS Academy content
  • make clear what permission you are relying on, by including a reference to this page or to a human-readable summary of the Creative Commons BY Attribution 3.0 Australia licence
  • do not suggest that the APS Academy endorses you or your use of our content.

For example, if you have not changed APS Academy content in any way, you might state: ‘Sourced from the APS Academy website [name of publication]. This material is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons BY Attribution 3.0 Australia licence.’

If you have made changes to APS Academy content, it would be more accurate to describe it as ‘based on APS Academy content’ instead of ‘sourced from the APS Academy’.

Website content where alternative Creative Commons licenses apply

In a small number of cases alternative Creative Commons licenses may apply to particular documents on this website. Details will be provided on the relevant pages.

Enquiries

For enquiries concerning reproduction and rights in APS Academy products and services, please contact: apsacademy@apsc.gov.au.

Disclaimer

The APS Academy does not invite reliance upon, nor accept responsibility for, the information on this site. Precautions have been taken to ensure that the information on this site is accurate. However the APS Academy does not warrant or guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from or connected to, the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of any material contained on this web site or on any linked site.

Links to other web sites are inserted for convenience and do not constitute endorsement of material at those sites, or any associated organisation, product or service.

In some cases the material may incorporate or summarise views, standards or recommendations of third parties. Such material is assembled in good faith, but does not necessarily reflect the considered views of the APS Academy, or indicate a commitment to a particular course of action.

While the APS Academy makes every effort to ensure that the material on this website is accurate and up-to-date, you should exercise your own independent skill and judgment before you rely on it. This website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.

We recommend that you use appropriate and up-to-date firewall and anti-virus software to protect your computer systems. If you experience a problem or loss that is caused by the information you send to or via this website, your computer being compromised in some way or by something beyond our control, we cannot take responsibility for causing the problem.

Where connection to a system or website outside our control compromises the objectives of this website, we may sever links to that website or system.

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