Australian Exhibitions and Conferences will deliver the 2010 State of Design Festival on behalf of the Victorian Government. Design Victoria is a key stakeholder in the State of Design Festival. State of Design, through Australian Exhibitions and Conferences and Design Victoria respect and treat personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act/Information Privacy Act (Vic). Personal or financial information provided for registration of State of Design will only be used by State of Design staff for the purposes for which it was collected. For the full Australian Exhibitions & Conferences and Design Victoria privacy policies, please visit www.aec.net.au and www.designvic.com/Privacy.aspx

How any personal or financial information provided via the State of Design Festival website may be used:

Personal or financial information provided via the State of Design Festival website will only be used by State of Design Festival staff for the purposes for which it was collected.

These uses include:

• Responding to events, conferences and award enquiries
• Conducting administration processes associated with events, forums and workshop registrations and participation
• Providing services including the State of Design e-newsletter
• De-identified market research to support development of services and promotion of the Victorian design industry

Such information is stored securely, retained for no longer than is necessary or required by law (e.g. archiving legislation), and then disposed of lawfully and securely. We will ensure that any personal information will not be disclosed to other parties except if required by law or other regulation.

Email privacy and security:

When you send an email to the State of Design Festival (that is, to an address that ends with ‘@stateofdesign.com.au’), your email address and any personal information you provide may be kept for the purpose of dealing with the enquiry. You may request to have your personal details removed at any time if you do not want any more information or if the enquiry is concluded.

Technical identifying information collected from your visits to the State of Design Festival website:

A cookie is a file or information used by the State of Design Festival web servers for statistical, recording, and other business purposes such as: the user’s server address, the user’s domain name, IP address, the date and time of the visit, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited and the type of browser used. This information is not disclosed, sold, or made available to other organisations.

This information is kept only temporarily and is stored securely. An important use is to track and identify inappropriate usage and hence provide a more secure online environment. Any disclosure for reporting purposes is done in ways that do not allow an individual user to be identified. In addition, the State of Design does not acquire this sort of information from other organisations. Users can ‘disable cookies’ on their web browser.

What security is in place when you leave personal or financial information?

A technically secure environment is in place for when personal or financial information is collected through the State of Design Festival website, to ensure that it cannot be accessed by other users or organisations. The network that hosts the State of Design Festival website has highly sophisticated security and publishing systems in place. Technically this includes:

• Fire walling
• Password-login
• Intrusion detection
• Virus protection
• Port filtering

Warning! Leaving personal information in chat rooms, web boards and bulletin boards:

The State of Design Festival cannot take responsibility for access to and use of personal information which you disclose in bulletin boards, chat rooms, web boards, e-communities, or on the State of Design Festival website. All such communication services require users to login; however, in line with safe internet use practice, you should generally not disclose any personal information in such forums.

Links from the State of Design Festival website to other web sites

The State of Design Festival website contains links to other websites. The State of Design Festival is not, and cannot be, responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of these web sites. A link to another web site does not imply a State of Design Festival association with, or endorsement of, that website.

For more information contact info@stateofdesign.com.au