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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By accessing and using this website (“Site”) established by NSW Ministry of Health, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

General disclaimer

This Site contains information, data, documents, pages and images ("the Information") prepared by NSW Ministry of Health for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales ("the State of New South Wales"). The Information is protected by Crown copyright.

Whilst the Information contained in this Site has been presented with all due care, the State of New South Wales does not warrant or represent that the Information is free from errors or omissions.

The Information is made available on the understanding that the State of New South Wales and its employees and agents shall have no liability (including liability by reason of negligence) to the users for any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred or arising by reason of any person using or relying on the information and whether caused by reason of any error, negligent act, omission or misrepresentation in the Information or otherwise.

The use of this Site is for information purposes and is not to be taken as a substitute for seeking appropriate medical advice. It is recommended you seek assistance from a health care professional when interpreting these materials and applying them to your individual circumstances. If you have any concerns about your health, consult your General Practitioner.

Exercise disclaimer

Participants should ensure they have received medical advice in respect to their individual health circumstances. If participants have been inactive for a while, have heart disease, close relatives with heart disease, or have other major health problems, they should check with their doctor before following any exercise program.

Accuracy of information

All advice and information on this Site is given in good faith and is based on sources considered to be reliable and accurate. Whilst the Information is considered to be true and correct at the date of publication, changes in circumstances subsequent to publication may impact on the accuracy of the Information. The Information may change without notice and the State of New South Wales is not in any way liable for the accuracy of any information printed and stored or in any way interpreted and used by a user.

Links to third-party sites

The Information contained in this Site includes information derived from various third parties which does not necessarily reflect any policies, procedures, standards or guidelines of the State of New South Wales.

The State of New South Wales takes no responsibility for the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of any information included in the Information provided by third parties nor for the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of links or references to information sources (including Internet Sites) outside of the NSW Ministry of Health.

Links to other Internet Sites are not under the control of the State of New South Wales and are provided for information only. Care has been taken in providing these links as reference resources. However, due to the rapidly changing nature of the Internet content, it is the responsibility of the users to undertake their own investigations, decisions, enquiries about the information retrieved from other Internet Sites. Provision of these links does not imply any endorsement, non-endorsement, support or commercial gain by the State of New South Wales.

Copyright notice

General Copyright Statement

Copyright in the Information which appears on the NSW Active and Healthy website is subject to the operation of the Copyright Act 1968, vested in the Crown in the right of the State of New South Wales.

Privacy of information

The NSW Active Ageing team are committed to safeguarding the privacy of people who access and use this Site, who join our subscriber list, or who register as a participant in the Stepping On or Healthy and Active for Life programs. The NSW Active Ageing programs have implemented measures to comply with its obligations under the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW) and the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW). Under these laws, you have the right to know the information that we collect about you, the purpose for which the information is collected, how the information is used and to whom, if anyone, the information may be disclosed.

Information will be used to assist the Centre of Population Health with performance monitoring and evaluation of the programs. This includes linking data from the programs to former data from previous and future programs to monitor the impact of participating.

Privacy of people who register for the NSW Active Ageing programs (Stepping On and Healthy and Active for Life)

If you register for the NSW Active Ageing programs, your privacy is protected as follows:

We collect, use, handle and disclose your personal information (including health information) as necessary to assess your suitability for the NSW Active Ageing programs and to enable you to take part in the programs. Towards this end, we may (upon obtaining your consent) disclose your personal information (including health information) to third parties including general practitioners and other participants.
All your personal information is confidential. Information such as your name will not be made public.
Your completed registration form allows you to participate in the nominated program and will be shared with the Centre for Population Health and the Local Health District who will manage the data from the Participant Registration Form.
Your information will be used to assist with performance monitoring and evaluation of the different programs. This may include linking your data from this program to your data from previous and future programs to monitor the impact of participating.
Program data will be used to:

Report on the program outcomes
Review how the program is being run
Improve future programs
Research and publish findings on the program regarding older adult health. If published, individual participants will not be able to be identified.

Personal information will be held as confidential information in compliance with privacy legislation. Personal information such as name and phone number will not be published or given to any other person(s)/organisation and will be used solely for the purpose to inform about the program and to collect data for participants in the program.

NSW Health engages external companies to house and process data including personal information. These companies are subject to strict contractual and statutory requirements with respect to maintaining the privacy of that information in line with privacy legislation.

Your email address and other information

NSW Ministry of Health will record your email address if you send the NSW Active Ageing team a message by email; join our subscriber list; or you are registered as a participant in an Active Ageing program. Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. NSW Ministry of Health will not use or disclose your email address for any other purpose, without your prior consent.

Your record of visitation to the website

When you visit this site, our computers make a record of your visit and log the following information:

the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine which has accessed it
the user's server address.
the user's top level domain name (for example, .com, .edu, .au, etc.).
the date and time of access to the site.
pages accessed and documents downloaded.
the previous site visited.
type of browser used.

This information is collected for the purpose of gathering information about how the Site is used and to help administer and improve the Site. This information is analysed to maintain Site efficiency. We will not identify individuals who access our website or their browsing activities unless legally compelled to do so, such as in the event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the log files that record the history of access to this website. The NSW Ministry of Health will not disclose or publish information that identifies individual machines or the IP address of the machine which has accessed the website, or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without consent or otherwise in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998. Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held by the NSW Ministry of Health for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is deleted.

Third parties and linked websites

Third parties employed by us in connection with this website are employed under strict contractual provisions including confidentiality undertakings. This website contains links to other sites. NSW Ministry of Health is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties nor are they responsible for the material contained in a website that is linked to this site.

Security

The NSW Active Ageing team applies a range of security controls to protect its website from unauthorised access. However, users should be aware that as the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or defects.

NSW Ministry of Health accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this web site or its use. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the user's computer system, software or data.

Cookies

This site contains cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is sent back to your computer's hard drive from a host website. They record your preferences in relation to your use of a site and provide us with other information about your enquiry that allows us to recognise you in the future. The benefit is that the computer remembers your details so that you do not need to re-enter personal data each time you fill out a form.

You may wish to set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to allow it on to your hard drive. However, if you decide to not accept our cookies, you may be asked to resubmit information each time you visit a specific page. Further to this, some of our web pages may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain information.

The cookies on our site do not read the information on your hard drive or make your computer perform any unauthorised actions.

Further Information

If you have any questions, concerns or require further information relating to privacy and the NSW Active Ageing programs, please email: MOH-ActiveAgeing@health.nsw.gov.au

Alternatively, you may contact us by phone on (02) 9391 9000 or by writing to us at:
NSW Active Ageing Team
NSW Centre for Population Health
Locked Bag 2030
St Leonards NSW 1590