General disclaimer

The information on this web site is general in nature and cannot be relied upon as legal advice concerning the legislation enforced by the NSW Government. Persons should obtain their own copy of any relevant legislation and seek independent legal or other advice if they believe that they may be affected by the legislation.

The NSW Government disclaims any liability (including for negligence) to any person in respect of: anything; and the consequences of anything, done, or not done, by any such person in whole or partial reliance upon the whole or part of the information on this web site. top

Links to third party web sites

The links to third party web sites are provided for your convenience only. Care has been taken to provide links on this site to web sites that are suitable reference sources.

However, the nature of the Internet prevents the NSW Government from guaranteeing the suitability or accuracy of any material that this site may be linked to. Consequently, the Department:

Does not represent that the material appearing on linked sites is complete, accurate or up-to-date;

Does not necessarily endorse that material;

Does not accept responsibility or liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you might incur as a result of using or relying on that material;

Does not guarantee that any of the linked sites will be available at any particular time.
It is your responsibility to conduct your own investigations and enquiries, and make your own decisions, concerning the information retrieved from linked sites.

If you are offended or upset by any material appearing on a linked site please contact us safewaters@dsr.nsw.gov.au. You may lodge a complaint with the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA). To find out more, visit the ABA web site www.aba.gov.au
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Linking to our web site

The NSW Government welcomes links from your web site to the NSW Government web site. If you plan to create a link, we request that you adopt the following guidelines:

Links to the NSW Government 's site should be to the home page.

Linking to other parts of the site poses some risk, as the page to which you link may move or become unavailable.

The correct name for the site is NSW Government.

The correct web site address (URL) is www.safewaters.nsw.gov.au

Permission is restricted to making a text link without any alteration of the site's contents

You may not use the NSW Government logo or any other material from our site as a banner or icon without our permission.

Permission is not granted to reproduce, frame or reformat the files, pages, images, information and materials from this site on any other site without the permission of the NSW Government

For any other proposed use, other than use as permitted above you must contact the Department for formal permission. The Department reserves the right to prevent linking by giving notice.
You must not:

Unlawfully use any of our material; or

Pass off content from our site as your own. This includes copying or re-using parts of the site or loading our content in a frameset on your site.  All the material on our web site is subject to copyright (see copyright notice).

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Copyright Notice

The text and graphics included on this web site are protected by Crown copyright and may be reproduced only with written permission.

Aside from use as permitted above or otherwise under the copyright Act 1968 (Cth), all rights are reserved.

Material appearing on linked sites may be subject to third party copyright. The State cannot give any permission to use such material and strongly recommends that you refer to the copyright notices on those sites before making use of any such material.

Please mail the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation with any inquiries.

Safewaters Coordinator
Industry Development Unit
NSW Department of Sport and Recreation
Locked Bag 1422
Concord West DC 2138

User Privacy Policy

This web site is maintained by the New South Wales Department of Sport and Recreation ("the Department") with contributions from the NSW Water Safety Taskforce. This Privacy Policy applies to all the publicly accessible pages on this site located at http://www.safewaters.nsw.gov.au. The NSW Government does not have any responsibility for the privacy policies or practices of third party sites linked to our site. If you have any questions about our site, or the application of this Privacy Policy or a request for access to information held please contact the Safewaters Coordinator, Industry Development Unit, NSW Government, PO Box 1422, Concord West DC NSW 2138.

Users of the Safewaters site are entitled to expect that any information as a result of that use will be treated within the terms of the New South Wales government's privacy responsibilities and obligations. The New South Wales government's privacy practices are regulated by the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

What information do we collect?
When you look at the pages on our site, our computers automatically record information that identifies, for each page accessed:

• the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine which has accessed it;
• your top-level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.)
• the address of your server
• the date and time of your visit to the site
• the pages accessed and documents downloaded

Cookies are not used from our site to collect information.

How do we use the information collected?
The information collected during each visit is aggregated with similar logged information and published in reports in order for the Department to identify patterns of usage of the site. This will assist us in improving our site and the services offered on it.

The NSW Government will not disclose or publish information that identifies individual machines, or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without consent or otherwise in accordance with the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

What exceptions are there to this rule?
The NSW Government will collect, use and disclose more extensive information than stated above in the following circumstances:

• unauthorised attempts to access files which are not published Department pages
• unauthorised tampering or interference with files published on the Department's site
• unauthorised attempts to index the contents of the Department's site by other sites
• attempts to intercept messages of other users of the Department's site
• communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify individuals or groups or which give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed and
• attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server, breach the laws of the State of New South Wales or Commonwealth of Australia, or interfere with the enjoyment of the Department's site by other users.

The NSW Government reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the use of this site raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been, committed.

In the event of an investigation, the NSW Government will provide access to data to any law enforcement agency that may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.

Is the information stored securely?
Yes. Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held by us for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is deleted.

What will we do with information provided in Feedback?
The NSW Government provides feedback facilities on our site to allow users to provide input into the future development of the site and to comment on the provision of our services. The provision of personal details on feedback is optional.

Users may provide personal details for the purpose of receiving a reply to their feedback. This information will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided. We will not add your email address or name to any mailing list.

The NSW Government may publish aggregated information about feedback on the site, to the extent that it does not identify or cannot be used to identify individual users.

Who else has access to information within the Department?
The NSW Government captures this information on its own computers. Access to the raw data is restricted to a limited number of officers in the Department for the purpose of analysis and to report on the success of this site in meeting our communication and access objectives.

Will this policy be updated over time?
Due to the developing nature of privacy principles for online communication, this policy may be modified or expanded in light of new developments or issues that may arise from time to time. The amended policy will be posted to this site and will operate from the time it is posted.