Data and terms

The information displayed on Digital Twin Victoria is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide any commercial, financial, or legal advice and may not be appropriate to your individual needs.

You must exercise your own independent skill, care and judgment with respect to how you use the information displayed on Digital Twin Victoria.

Digital Twin Victoria is not suitable for and must not be used for navigation or precise spatial analysis or for any activities where the use or failure of Digital Twin Victoria could lead to death, personal injury, or environmental damage (such as the operation of nuclear facilities, air traffic control, or life support systems).

You must comply with all applicable laws, regulations and third-party rights when using Digital Twin Victoria including, without limitation, laws regarding the import or export of data or software, privacy and local laws, and any additional terms of use for third party content.

You must not use Digital Twin Victoria to encourage or promote illegal activity or the violation of third-party rights.

In accessing or using the DTV platform, you must:

• not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any portion or feature of the DTV platform;
• comply with all additional licences and terms of use for third party content;
• not infringe any person’s rights, including intellectual property and proprietary rights, rights of confidentiality or contractual rights;
• not upload any material that contains any virus or harmful code, or program that is designed to impair the performance of the DTV Platform or any device accessing the DTV Platform;
• keep your password secure at all times. You must not disclose your password to others;
• not use the DTV platform for navigation or precise spatial analysis, or for any activities where the use or failure of the DTV platform could lead to death, personal injury, or environmental damage; and
• not breach any laws, or encourage or assist the commission of any illegal act.

• Certain restricted sections and functions of the DTV platform can only be accessed by authorised users who are logged into their user account.
• Only you may create, log into and use your user account (all personal information used to create your user account is subject to DTP’s privacy policy (Privacy (dtp.vic.gov.au)).
• You must keep your login details (including your password) secure at all times. You must not disclose your login details to others or use a shared email account to create your user account.
• You are fully responsible for all activities that occur through the use of your user account. Unauthorised use of your user account or sharing of your login details or may lead to restriction or revocation of your access to the DTV platform.
• You must immediately notify DTP if your login details have been compromised or are known by a third party or there has been unauthorised use of your user account. You can do this by using the ‘Give Feedback’ button on the bottom-right corner of the DTV Platform screen. This will send your enquiry to our team.

• Where you download or share copies of or extracts from the DTV platform for use outside of this platform (except automatic local caching), you must ensure that copy or extract is endorsed with the following, together with any statements required by the applicable dataset- and product-specific licences:
  • © State of Victoria (DTP)
  • The State of Victoria and its suppliers do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of this information and any person using or relying upon such information does so on the basis that the State of Victoria shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any errors, faults, defects or omissions in the information.

• In addition to these terms of use, you must comply with the licences and terms of use, referred to in the following paragraphs.
• The DTV platform uses basemaps, geocoders, APIs and other programs owned and operated by third parties. These may be subject to additional terms of use, which can be found here.
• Many datasets supplied through the DTV platform are subject to additional licences or terms of use. These licence terms can be found in the applicable dataset’s metadata and (for restricted datasets) in any separate agreement(s) between you and the dataset custodian. Where a dataset’s licence terms prevail over these terms of use, the dataset’s licence terms will prevail to the extent of any inconsistency.
• If you have any questions about these dataset and product licences or terms of use, you should contact the dataset custodian listed in the relevant metadata or the program owner identified on the relevant webpage.

• Restricted datasets can only be accessed by authorised users who are signed into their user account or (where applicable) the DTP Corporate ID.
• Restricted datasets are indicated using a padlock symbol in the dataset’s metadata.
• You may request access to a restricted dataset by contacting the dataset custodian identified in the metadata for that dataset. If the dataset custodian agrees to grant you access to the restricted dataset, the dataset custodian will notify DTP directly. DTP may then contact you to request any additional information needed to link your user account with the dataset. If the dataset custodian provides your personal information to us, we will treat your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

The DTV Platform allows you to temporarily upload files, including terrain, imagery, vector data and more (“your data”). Uploading your data to the DTV platform will not alter its ownership. Your data is not part of the DTV platform and will not be retained by DTP.

You acknowledge and agree that:

1. You are solely responsible for your data and the consequences of uploading it to the DTV platform. The security and confidentiality of your data is dependent on your device’s security settings.
2. Your data will not be stored in the DTV platform and will be lost when your browser session is terminated.

You warrant that you:

1. own or are otherwise entitled to use and deal with your data.
2. will not upload malicious content, including without limitation malware, into the DTV platform.

• DTP and CSIRO’s Data61 (together, "we") make no representations or warranties, either express or implied, regarding the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, accuracy or completeness of any content or product in connection with the DTV platform. We disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including, without limitation, liability in negligence for errors or omissions) for all expenses, loss, damage and costs that you may incur in connection with your access and use of the DTV platform.
  
  
• The information displayed on the DTV platform is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide any commercial, financial, or legal advice and may not be appropriate to your individual needs. You must exercise your own independent skill, care and judgment with respect to how you use the information displayed on the DTV platform.
• We accept no responsibility or liability for the condition or content of any information or services which may appear on any linked websites.

• The DTV platform and its contents is subject to copyright owned by DTP or a third party.
• The provision of intellectual property or other material (including trademarks, logos, datasets, metadata and images) through the DTV platform does not alter its ownership.

• Use of the DTV Portal and these terms of use are governed by the laws of the State of Victoria. You and DTP submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Victoria and waive any right to object to any proceedings being brought in those courts.
• DTP's rights under these terms of use may only be waived by it in writing. Any failure to exercise or enforce any rights or any provision of these terms of use will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
• If any provision of these terms of use is held void, unenforceable or unlawful, it must be read down, if possible, so as to be valid and enforceable, and if that is not possible that provision or part of a provision will be severed, and the rest of these terms of use will continue to have full force and effect.
• Headings in these terms of use are for convenience only and have no effect in limiting or extending the language of the provisions to which they refer.
• The singular includes the plural and vice versa.
• If you have any questions about these terms of use you can contact DTP by using the ‘Give Feedback’ button on the bottom-right corner of the DTV Platform screen. This will send your enquiry to our team.

DTP collects a range of information from individuals who use Digital Twin Victoria.

There are 2 main ways that DTP may collect personal information from you:

• Requests to provide information, and
• Automatic collection by third-party software vendors.

If DTP asks you to provide information a privacy “Collection Statement” displayed with the request will tell you:

• what information is being collected
• why the information is being collected
• who the information will be disclosed to
• any law that requires us to collect the information
• the consequences of not providing the information (if any)
• and how to go about seeing the information you have provided about yourself and changing it if it is incorrect.

DTP uses Google Analytics to track how visitors use Digital Twin Victoria.

This information is provided by Google LLC (“Google”) to DTP and Data61, who together manage Digital Twin Victoria.

For further information on how Google collects and handles your personal information, please visit https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

To opt-out of Google Analytics analysis, please visit Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Personal information may be provided to Google Analytics when accessing Digital Twin Victoria. Information that may be shared includes:

• the HTTP request of the user
• browser/system information
• network location and IP address
• the date and time of your visit to Digital Twin Victoria
• the types of web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari) and operating system (e.g. Windows 10, Mac OS X etc.) you are using
• referring site details (such as the URL that you came through to arrive at Digital Twin Victoria)
• pages visited and the time spent on each page
• the forms accessed on Digital Twin Victoria
• personal identifiable information
• unique device identifier
• cookies and data about which page you visited
• device information, hardware model, operating system information, app version, app usage, debugging information, browser information Geo-location information (if enabled by user).

Google Analytics may alter what information it collects, and how it collects and handles personal information at any time.

Use of web analytics data

DTP does not use web analytics data to identify you or match it with any other personal information that DTP may collect from you, unless required to do so as part of an internal investigation or for a law enforcement-related purpose in accordance with the PDP Act.

DTP uses this information data for statistical purposes, such as to analyse, measure, and report on data about DTV platform traffic and visits.

This information helps DTP understand general user trends at an aggregate level and improve the DTV platform and user experience.

DTP may also use this information for security audits to protect against threats from hackers or for other security purposes.

Disclosure of web analytics data

Apart from the third-party software vendors described in this Privacy Statement and in any privacy “Collection Statements”, DTP does not disclose your site visit data to any other third parties without your consent, unless DTP is required or authorised to do so by law.

Links to external websites

This privacy statement does not apply to any external websites that are linked on the DTV platform.

DTP is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. When you visit other websites, DTP recommends you read the privacy statements or policies of these websites before providing personal information.

Security of your personal information

Under the PDP Act, DTP has a responsibility to protect your personal information. DTP takes reasonable steps to make sure that your personal information is protected from misuse, loss, and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure.

Access to systems, applications, and the information that DTP collect is limited to authorised personnel only.

Further, any personal information that DTP collects and uses for identifying user trends (for example, IP address) is aggregated and anonymised when generating reports.

Access and correction

You may request access to, or correction of, your personal information which is in DTP's possession.

For information on how to make a request for access or correction, please contact us using the ‘Give Feedback’ button on the bottom-right corner of the DTV Platform screen. This will send your enquiry to our team.

In some cases, requests for access or correction will be handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic).