1. Personal information collected when you use this website
The Privacy Act (Cth) 1988 defines Personal Information to be "information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion."

While you visit this website, we may collect different kinds of Personal Information from you in a variety of ways.

(a) Clickstream Data
When you visit this website our server makes a record of your visit and logs the following Personal Information: - your server address - your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .net, .edu, etc) - the time and date of your visit to the web site - the pages and documents you have accessed or viewed - the type of browser you are using

(b) Emails
The Personal Information collected by Drillsearch Energy Limited when you send us an email, will include your email address and may also include some of your Personal Information. In all cases and at all times, this Personal Information will only be used for the stated purpose for which it was provided.

Drillsearch Energy Limited records your email address and Personal Information in the following instances:

- When you follow the email link on the "CONTACT US" page
- When you follow the email link on the page footer

(c) Our use of cookies
Drillsearch Energy Limited does not use cookies in its publicly accessible website (http://www.drillsearch.com.au)

2. Purpose and use of Personal Information we collect from you
The Personal Information we collect from you is collected for the following purposes:

- enhancement to the website to the user's needs; and
- communication, statistics, research and development.
- No attempt will be made to identify individual users or their browsing activities other than as disclosed in this privacy policy or as required by law.

The Personal Information collected on this website will not be disclosed to a third party except where authorised by you or required by law.

3. Publication of your Personal Information
We will only publish Personal Information on this website if it has been collected for this purpose with your knowledge, or if you have otherwise consented to the disclosure.

When giving such consent you should be aware that Personal Information published on this website is accessible to millions of users from all over the world, that it will be indexed by search engines and that it may be copied and used by any web user. This means that, once the Personal Information is published on this website, we will have no control over its subsequent use and disclosure.

All Personal Information collected by the Drillsearch Energy Limited is protected by the Privacy Act (Cth) 1988 and any subsequent Federal legislation. Information on the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 can be found on the Federal Privacy Commissioner's web site

4. When to check this privacy policy
We may make changes to this privacy policy from time to time, so you should check it each time you visit this web site.

5. How to contact us
If at any time you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website or dealings with this website, please contact us at admin@drillsearch.com.au.

This privacy policy was last updated on 12 September 2008.