Privacy statement

The National Native Title Tribunal takes the issue of privacy seriously, and seeks to adhere to the best practice 'Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Web Sites' developed by the Australian Privacy Commissioner.

What type of information is collected?

When you view this web site, the Tribunal records information about your visit for statistical purposes including:
  • your network address (as is normal and necessary when a user interacts with a web site and server so that the server can address the reply to the correct machine)
  • browser-type and operating system
  • click-stream data on the nature of your visit to the site including: date, time and length of the visit; the path taken to the site (e.g. through a search engine or link from another site)
  • pages accessed, route taken through the site, searches performed and documents downloaded.

How is this information used?

The Tribunal uses this data for the purposes:
  • web site and system administration, including monitoring to prevent security breaches
  • evaluation, research and development
  • processing requests or feedback.

How secure is the Tribunal's web site?

There is always a risk when using the internet as a transmission medium, that any information you send may be accessed and viewed by others. If this is of concern to you, you may wish to telephone the Tribunal on freecall 1800 640 501 to discuss other options. You may also write to the Tribunal at:


National Native Title Tribunal
GPO Box 9973 in your capital city.

Generally the data collected is stored in transmission logs, and archived for a period of seven years.

Tribunal staff and contractors who operate the web site, or have access to any user information related to it, are subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth).

How secure is my personal information?

If you provide personal information to the Tribunal by completing an online survey, providing your email address, ordering a product, or requesting information, the Tribunal:
  • will not collect any unnecessary information or information without your informed knowledge and consent (the Tribunal's web site does not use cookies)
  • will not distribute the information externally without your informed knowledge and consent
  • will take all reasonable means to secure your information against loss, unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure, and against other misuses
  • will not allow access to your information by external parties unless required by law, such as in the investigation of a criminal offence, and in compliance with a search warrant or subpoena.
Any information you submit to the Tribunal will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. This site contains links to other sites. The National Native Title Tribunal is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any linked web sites.

The Tribunal welcomes feedback from our users in relation to the site's design and practices, and to this privacy statement. Questions and feedback should be addressed to publicaffairs@nntt.gov.au
or to:

Manager Public Affairs
National Native Title Tribunal
GPO Box 9973
PERTH WA 6848

For information about protecting your privacy on the internet see the Australian Privacy Commissioner's web site.

For definitions of specific native title words and terms see the Glossary.