This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information collected by Quatara Consulting Pty Ltd on this website.

Personal information doesn't mean all information

The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) says that personal information relates to someone who can be reasonably identified. If the information doesn't say who you are, it probably won't be personal information. In that case, this policy does not apply.

Notion Digital Forensics collects this information

The kind of personal information that NDF collects from you will depend on how you use the website. The personal information which NDF collects and holds about you may include:

  • Any information you put into a form on the NDF website.

  • Your Internet Protocol number (but in almost all cases NDF cannot reasonably identify you from this information).

  • Although Notion Digital Forensics cannot identify you in most cases (unless you fill in a form on the NDF site), Google might be able to. NDF provides information to Google, and Google is known to have identified some individuals. NDF cannot see personally identifiable information, and Google will not provide it to NDF.

The process of collection

  • NDF may collect personal information from you whenever you input such information into the website.

  • NDF also collects cookies from your computer which enable NDF to tell when you use the website and also to help customise your website experience. As a general rule, however, it is not possible to identify you personally from NDF's use of cookies.

  • Google may have their cookie on the NDF site, which may enable them to identify you. They don't tell NDF who you are.

Why NDF does it

  • The purpose for which NDF collects personal information is to provide you with the best service experience possible on the website.

  • Only authorised Notion Digital Forensics staff have access to personal information collected (ie form data).

  • It is NDF's policy to be co-operative with all Australian legal authorities. NDF may be asked (or ordered) to provide personal information to an authority with suitable legal standing (eg an Australian court of law). If it's an order, NDF has no choice but to comply. If it's an invitation or discovery request, NDF may comply based on NDF's opinion on the law and/or the advice of NDF's lawyers. You should bear this in mind when providing information via a form on this website.

  • In theory, NDF's hosting provider could access NDF's server and see this information. NDF does not know if they do this, or why they would do this. NDF has heard no stories that they have done this for other customers, unless ordered to do so by a suitable legal authority.

  • Your personal information may also be exposed from time to time to maintenance and support personnel acting in the normal course of their duties, either staff of Notion Digital Forensics, or of NDF's hosting provider.

  • By using the NDF website, you consent to the receipt of direct marketing material. NDF will only use your personal information for this purpose if such information has been collected directly from you, and if it is material of a type which you would reasonably expect to receive. NDF does not use sensitive personal information in direct marketing activity. NDF's direct marketing material will include a simple means by which you can request not to receive further communications of this nature.

  • As noted above, NDF provides data to Google via their cookie. In return, Google provides NDF with summarised, anonymised information about how people use the NDF site, how they find it, what search keywords they used to find it and other data. Google does not provide personal data — all information provided to NDF is anonymised. Specifically, NDF uses software that a large number of other sites use, which is Google Analytics and Google Adwords. For more information, please ask Google.

Access and correction

Australian Privacy Principle 12 permits you to see personal information NDF holds about you in certain circumstances, and Australian Privacy Principle 13 allows you to correct inaccurate personal information subject to certain exceptions. If you would like to obtain such access, please contact the privacy officer via NDF's contact form, by phone, or by regular mail. For regular mail contacts, please allow a few weeks, and check with NDF if you do not hear back.

Complaint procedure

If you have a complaint relating to how NDF manages the privacy of your personal information, please contact NDF the same way as for "Access and Correction". All complaints will be considered by the Privacy Officer and NDF may seek further information from you to clarify your concerns. If NDF agrees that your complaint is well founded, NDF will, in consultation with you, take appropriate steps to rectify the problem. If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome, you may refer the matter to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Overseas transfer

Your personal information will not be disclosed by NDF to recipients outside Australia unless you expressly request this. As noted above, Google may receive information via their cookie on the NDF site, and they may be able to identify you personally with it. This is common practice. Google may transfer this information outside of Australia or to its trusted business partners.