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PRIVACY POLICY

– Updated July, 2025
This following document sets forth the Privacy Policy for the Hunter Innovation and Science Hub website, https://hish.org.au.

Hunter Innovation and Science Hub is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service experience. Hunter Innovation and Science Hub is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), which sets out a number of principles concerning the privacy of individuals.

Collection of your personal information
There are many aspects of the site which can be viewed without providing personal information, however, for access to future Hunter Innovation and Science Hub customer support features you are required to submit personally identifiable information. This may include but not limited to a unique username and password, or provide sensitive information in the recovery of your lost password.

Sharing of your personal information
We may occasionally hire other companies to provide services on our behalf, including but not limited to handling customer support enquiries, processing transactions or customer freight shipping. Those companies will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to deliver the service. Hunter Innovation and Science Hub takes reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information.

Use of your personal information
For each visitor to reach the site, we expressively collect the following non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to browser type, version and language, operating system, pages viewed while browsing the Site, page access times and referring website address. This collected information is used solely internally for the purpose of gauging visitor traffic, trends and delivering personalized content to you while you are at this Site.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will use for these new purposes only, data collected from the time of the policy change forward will adhere to our updated practices.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
Hunter Innovation and Science Hub reserves the right to make amendments to this Privacy Policy at any time. If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Site.

Accessing Your Personal Information
You have a right to access your personal information, subject to exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, please let us know. You may be required to put your request in writing for security reasons. Hunter Innovation and Science Hub reserves the right to charge a fee for searching for, and providing access to, your information on a per request basis.
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Contacting us
​Hunter Innovation and Science Hub welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy and would like further information, please contact us by any of the following means during business hours Monday to Friday.
Call: 0418 205 664
E-mail: info@hish.org.au
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Acknowledgement of Country
Hunter Innovation and Science Hub acknowledges Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia including the First Australian peoples and lands of the Hunter Valley region, the Mindaribba, Awabakal, Bahtabah, Biraban, Worrimi, Birripal, Wonnarua, Gringal, Geawegal and Darkinjung. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and  recognise the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities, and acknowledge the contributions and sophistication of First Nations knowledges. We acknowledge the Elders both past and present of this Country, and their stewardship of this Country. We ask permission of those Elders to use this place for a short time. We will not damage nor abuse this place and will remember their custodianship of this place with deep respect.
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  • Events
    • PosterComp
    • Workshops
    • Past Events
  • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Sponsor Us
  • Resources
    • enviroBYTES
    • Poster competition
    • National Science Week and Hunter Science Festival
    • News and Information
  • Hub Members
    • Become a Member
    • Submit an event
    • Apply for funding
  • Contact Us