Copyright, Disclaimer and Privacy

Copyright

You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation.

Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved.

Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be sent to us by email or post:

Your Home
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
GPO Box 854
CANBERRA ACT 2601

Disclaimer

General

The material on this website may include the views or recommendations of third parties, which do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commonwealth, or indicate its commitment to a particular course of action.

This website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.

While reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the material contained on this website, the Commonwealth recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to their use of this website and that users carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of the material on the website for their purposes.

The Commonwealth does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from or connected to, the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of any material contained on this website or any linked site.

The Your Home website is presented by the Commonwealth for the purpose of disseminating information for the benefit of the public. The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency is responsible for the development and ongoing operation of the Your Home website.

Proprietary product disclaimer

References to various organisations, including commercial organisations and/or particular products in these materials are included for the information of the reader only and should not in any way be construed as an endorsement of any organisation or product by the Commonwealth. Conversely, the fact that a particular organisation or product is not mentioned in this publication should not be taken as any indication of the Commonwealth's opinion of that organisation or product.

Links to external websites

This website contains links to other websites that are external to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.

We make every reasonable effort to maintain links to current and accurate information. Please contact us to report any broken links.

We take reasonable care in linking to websites but we have no direct control of the content of the linked websites, the changes that may occur to the content on those websites, or the security arrangements applying to those websites.

Links to other websites are provided as an information service only and do not constitute an endorsement or a recommendation of any organisation or product. Conversely, omissions should not be construed as non-endorsement.

It is the responsibility of users to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and completeness of information contained on linked external websites.

Neither the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency nor the Commonwealth can accept any responsibility for the content of material that may be encountered.

Privacy

Scope

This notice applies to the Your Home website only. The website is managed by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.

Personal Information

The use of the term "personal information" in this privacy notice means any information from which your identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained.

We collect personal information that you choose to give us, for example your email address.

We do not collect identifiable personal information about you if you only browse this website.

Site visit data

We do not collect identifiable personal information about you if you only browse this website.

Administration of the Your Home website records the site visits and logs the following information for statistical purposes:

user's server address
user's operating system
user's top level domain names, for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk, etc.
date and time of the visit to the site
pages accessed and documents downloaded
previous site visited
type of browser used.

We analyse non-identifiable website traffic data to improve our services. We may use cookies for the purposes of improving your experience of the website. For the most part these cookies are sessional and just contain system-generated values to identify your session.

No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except in the event of an investigation where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the service provider's logs.

Uses

We may use your personal information (e.g. your email address) to contact you for the purposes of discussing your feedback and for related purposes such as requesting your participation in surveys and other market research activities related to Your Home. We may also use and disclose the information for any other legitimate government purpose.

Your choices

You may gain access to personal information about you that we hold. You can have us correct any errors or delete the information we have about you.

You may opt out of any further contact from us.

To protect your privacy and the privacy of others, we may have to gain evidence of your identity before we can give you access to information about you or change it.

Important Information

This web site is bound by the Information Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988. We also follow the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government websites issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

How to contact us

You can contact us about any of your privacy concerns by email or post:

Your Home
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
GPO Box 854
Canberra ACT 2601

Full privacy statement

For more information about the privacy practices of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, see the full privacy statement.

Contact us

Your comments and suggestions for improvements to Your Home are very welcome.

Note that we are unable to answer questions relating to specific technical matters, such as the performance of different building materials or products. Given that building regulations and house design and construction practices vary across Australia we suggest you contact your relevant local or state authority for any specific queries.

We may use your personal information to contact you for the purposes of discussing your feedback and for related purposes such as requesting your participation in surveys and other market research activities. We may also use and disclose the information for any other legitimate government purpose.

Please provide feedback by email or post:

Your Home
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
GPO Box 854
CANBERRA ACT 2601