Information presented on www.researchcrowd.org.au (“our site”) is governed by the Terms and Conditions outlined on this page. By accessing our site and/or using any of our content, we understand that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

Visitors to Our Site

ResearchCrowd collects personal information about service users and others that visit our site. We collect this information to conduct our business, and only when it is necessary for, or directly related to, such purposes. We collect identifying information including name, address/contact information, and demographic data. We reserve the right to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics on our site to measure interest in and use of the various areas of our site, and to inform relevant parties of such information, where applicable. We take all reasonable steps to ensure the personal information we collect is accurate, up to date and complete. You are entitled to view the information we hold about you and reasonable requests for access will be responded to as quickly as possible.

ResearchCrowd does not accept any responsibility with regard to computer virus and/or performance errors that you may experience from accessing our site. But, we do our best to protect you. Your information will be password protected, secured by a firewall and anti-virus software to ensure, so far as practicable, that they are not accessed by unauthorised parties. For site security purposes, we use SiteGround’s SG Site Scanner powered by Sucuri. Regular scans are performed to detect for malware and domain blacklisting and other possible security breaches. 

Copyright

Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved. Any reproduction permitted in accordance with the Copyright Act must give appropriate acknowledgement to ResearchCrowd. When sharing our information, you agree to include the same acknowledgment requirement in any sub-licenses that you grant, along with the requirement that any further sub-licensees do the same.

Be aware that some content you access may be owned by third parties. It is your responsibility to verify this ownership and secure the appropriate permissions prior to using content.  

ResearchCrowd makes every effort to ensure the accuracy or completeness of the information. We update information without notice. Under no circumstances shall ResearchCrowd be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered from the content on the ResearchCrowd Website.

Name and Logo

You may claim affiliation with ResearchCrowd where permission has been granted and/or ResearchCrowd has provided you with research services. To receive graphic files of the ResearchCrowd logo, please send your request to contact@researchcrowd.org.au.

In keeping with protocols around ownership, cultural integrity, intellectual property, and to promote our work, ResearchCrowd reserves the right to feature the logo of organisations with whom we have worked on our site and/or in information and promotional materials.  

Cultural Sensitivity

Please understand that our  website contains images, voices and names of persons who have passed away.

Also, our site uses the terms “Indigenous” and “First Nations” interchangeably and collectively to refer to “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander”. We acknowledge that these collective terms subsume the rich diversity and multiplicity of community groups, with their own unique ways of knowing, being and doing, tribes, clans, languages, cultures and traditions. We use these terms in keeping with widespread understanding, where quoted, for clarity of expression, and when making comparisons with non-Indigenous people.

Our site is underpinned by the values published in the Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research (“The AIATSIS Code 2020”) and our own spirit for culturally respectful practices in online communications.

More Information

ResearchCrowd makes every effort to act in good faith in all of its dealings, including the information if makes available on our site. If you recognise information that you consider breaches copyright and cultural sensitivity, or upsets you, please email us at contact@researchcrowd.org.au.

We will not use your email address for any other purpose, and will not disclose it without your consent.