This website and the associated software is for the exclusive use of Ambulance Tasmania (AT), which is part of the Department of Health, Government of Tasmania. For further information, please contact +61-3-6166-1944 or email volunteer@ambulance.tas.gov.au

Privacy & Personal Information Protection

AT values the privacy of every individual's personal information and is committed to protecting any personal information collected and used in compliance with the obligations provided under the Personal Information Protection Act 2004.

You can access this website and browse many pages within the site without disclosing personal information. If you wish to utilise the online roster section of the website, you will be required to have a username and password and to be a current member of staff with AT. If you do not provide your name, contact and other details or cannot demonstrate to AT's satisfaction that you are an accredited and current volunteer with AT, you will be unable to access or use the online roster part of this website. AT reserves the right to terminate access without notice.

AT does not sell or otherwise provide personal information to third-parties for commercial or other purposes. Every reasonable measure is taken to ensure that your personal information will not be disclosed to others except as required for the day-to-day and obvious operation of the website or if required by law. You are hereby notified that your personal information can be accessed by other current and accredited users of this website including other volunteers and salaried staff of AT who hold administrative or other higher level access privileges. Any such access is managed in strict accordance with AT's privacy, security and confidentiality policies and procedures.

If you send email of SMS messages using this website and the associated software, your email address and/or contact details and the content of your message will be retained by AT. AT may also collect non-personal information in gathering statistical information on how the website is used, or to assist you in navigating through the website.

AT undertakes to destroy personal information where it is no longer required (except where required to be kept in compliance with the Archives Act 1983). All reasonable steps will be undertaken to ensure that personal information is accurate, complete and up to date when it is used or disclosed. You can arrange to check on the currency and accuracy of any of your personal information, or any other matter relating to privacy and this website, by contacting AT by email volunteer@ambulance.tas.gov.au

This personal information protection statement does not extend beyond this website. When linking to other sites from this website, you should read the relevant privacy statement of that site to familiarise yourself with the privacy policy that applies to it.

Copyright Notice

All material published on this website is owned by the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania (through AT) or is used by permission under license and is protected so far as is allowed by the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 (C'th of Australia) ("the Copyright Act"). AT asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this website and all related documentation and other publications.

Apart from any use permitted by the Copyright Act, AT grants users of this site a licence (within the meaning of the Copyright Act) to download, print and otherwise reproduce the information for non-commercial purposes only. For permission to reproduce or use information on this web site beyond this limited licence, permission must be sought from AT or other Copyright owner.

Significant effort has been made to avoid use of copyrighted material on this website. If however you believe you are the owner of the copyright to any of the material shown and you object to its use, please contact AT by email volunteer@ambulance.tas.gov.au.

Conditions of Use

To access or use certain parts of this website, you must be registered as a user. Only current AT staff are permitted as registered users. As a registered user, you must provide accurate, complete and up-to-date personal information, as requested. It is your responsibility to update your registration information by editing your vGate User Profile. If you are an Admin-level user you must not register staff members multiple times or create a User Profile for any person other than a current AT staff member.

You must ensure the security and confidentiality of your user credentials, including any username and/or password assigned to you. You are wholly responsible for all activities which occur under your user credentials. You must notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your user credentials. You must not permit your user credentials to be used by or transferred to any other person. You must not use someone else's user credentials to access vGate.

AT reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of vGate, including if AT believes you are abusing the services in any way, have breached the Conditions of Use, engage in conduct which is not permitted while using this website, or are no longer an active member of AT staff.

Conduct

You must not use vGate in breach of any applicable laws or regulations.

You also must not use vGate (or material obtained from vGate):

• to transmit "junk mail," "chain letters," unsolicited emails, instant messaging, "spam" or similar;
• to impersonate any person or entity;
• to solicit money, passwords or personal information from any person;
• to harm, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise offend others;
• or for any unlawful purpose.

You must also not use vGate to upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available (or attempt to upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available) any material that:

• is not your original work, or which in any way violates or infringes (or could reasonably be expected to violate or infringe) the intellectual property or other rights of another person;
• contains, promotes, or provides information about unlawful activities or conduct; is, or could reasonably be expected to be, defamatory, obscene, offensive, threatening, abusive, pornographic, vulgar, profane, indecent or otherwise unlawful, including material that racially or religiously vilifies, incites violence or hatred, or is likely to offend, insult or humiliate others based on race, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation or any physical or mental disability;
• exploits another person in any manner;
• includes an image or personal information of another person or persons unless you have their consent;
• poses or creates a privacy or security risk to any person;
• you know or suspect (or ought reasonably to have known or suspected) to be false, misleading or deceptive;
• contains hidden content;
• contains viruses, or other computer codes, files or programs designed to interrupt, limit or destroy the functionality of other computer software or hardware;
• advertises, promotes or solicits any goods or services or commercial activities (except where expressly permitted or authorised by AT);
• contains financial, legal, medical or other professional advice;
• interferes with, disrupts, or creates an undue burden on vGate.

You must also not use any robot, spider, or other device or process to retrieve, index, or in any way reproduce, modify or circumvent the navigational structure, security or presentation of vGate.

Except to the extent permitted by law, you must not modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of vGate or cause any other person to do so.

Disclaimer

Ambulance Tasmania, the Department of Health, the Government of Tasmania, the Attorney-General's Department and the Australian Government make no representations about the suitability of any information on or available through this website. The information available on or through this website is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind to the extent permitted by law. Ambulance Tasmania, the Department of Health, the Government of Tasmania, the Attorney-General's Department and the Australian Government hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for particular purpose, title and non-infringement. In no event shall Ambulance Tasmania, the Department of Health, the Government of Tasmania, the Attorney-General's Department or the Australian Government or any of the aforementioned's officers, employees and/or agents be liable in any way whatsoever, whether in negligence or otherwise, for any loss or liability arising out of or in connection with the use of information on or available through this website, and/or reliance on its availability at any time. Nothing on this website should be taken as professional accounting, legal, engineering, or medical advice which should only be obtained from an appropriate practicing professional service provider. Any links to third-party websites that have been included on this website are provided for your convenience only and inclusion should not be taken as any form of recommendation or endorsement. No warranty is given that this website or the information contained herein is free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination, nor that access to the website or any part of it will not suffer from interruption from time to time, without notice. Access to the website and any of the information contained therein may be terminated by AT without justification or notice at any time.

If you have any privacy, copyright or other concerns about this website, please consult with the applicable government agency or community organisation or email volunteer@ambulance.tas.gov.au.