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Privacy Statement

You must read this notice before using this web site

The Professional Standards’ Board of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys (PSB) is subject to the Privacy Act 1988 which requires that we comply with the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) set out in that Act.  The IPPs govern how the PSB collects, uses, stores and discloses personal information and how individuals can access records held by the PSB containing their personal information.

If your application for registration as a patent or trade marks attorney is approved by the Designated Manager, your name and contact details, including an address, will be published in the Lists of Registered Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys on this website.  Please provide a post office box or other valid Australian address if you do not want your home address published.  You may choose to not appear, or to have only limited details published, in the Lists on this website.  Please contact the Secretariat to discuss your options.

See also the Privacy Notice on the Publications  page.

If you decide to lodge a complaint about a registered patent or trade marks attorney, ensure you read the Complaints page to learn about the handling of personal information in that process.

The personal information handling practices of the PSB are detailed in the Personal Information Digest report submitted annually by IP Australia to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Website Privacy Statement

Clickstream data

Clickstreams are the paths a user takes when navigating a web page or the internet in general.

When you visit the PSB website our Internet Service Provider (ISP) makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes - the user's server address, the user's top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc), the date and time of visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited, and the type of browser used.

We examine this information to determine the traffic through the server as well as access levels to specific pages. In order to deliver better services, we also perform statistical analysis to establish priorities and allocate resources. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the ISP’s logs. The statistics and log files may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time an in any way necessary to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the information supplied by the PSB

E-mail addresses

We will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. We will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose and will not disclose it without your consent. Electronic mail submitted to the PSB is handled and saved according to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988.

Links to external websites

The PSB website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of other websites. The PSB encourages you to examine each website’s Privacy Policy.