Terms of Use

 Introduction

The Victorian Government Data Directory (www.data.vic.gov.au) is your online access point to Victorian Government public sector information.   This website is operated on behalf of the government of the State of Victoria, Australia by Department of Business and Innovation.

In these Terms of Use the words "we", "us" and "our" refer to the government of the State of Victoria and the words "you" and "your" refer to the person using this website. If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us by our Contact form.

Application of these terms of use

 Any person who uses this website (by any means including any robot, spider, other automatic device or agent, or any manual process) is deemed to have accepted the Terms of Use.  These Terms of Use will apply in addition to any other terms that specifically apply to a particular part or page of this website. But if those other terms are inconsistent with these Terms of Use, those other terms will prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

We may amend these Terms of Use at any time. The update information (appearing at the bottom of this page) indicates the date on which these Terms of Use were last amended.

Links to and from this website

You may create a link to this website provided that the link: (a) does not, in any way (including, but not limited to, framing), misrepresent us or this website or any information it contains; and (b) is not misleading in any way.

This website may contain hyperlinks to pages contained on external government and non-government websites (third party websites). Unless otherwise indicated, we:

  • do not endorse or authorise the content of any third party website;
  • are not affiliated or associated with the owner or operator of any third party website; and
  • assume no responsibility or liability for the condition or content of any third party website or for the operation or function of any service or facility offered on any third party website

Data and systems integrity

You acknowledge that we will not be responsible for any corruption or failed transmission of any information attributable to your computer system or to the system or any act or omission of your Internet Service Provider.

You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this website.

You acknowledge that access to this website: (a) may not be continuous or uninterrupted at all times; and (b) may be interfered with by factors or circumstances outside of our control.

General

These Terms of Use are governed by, and is to be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia. You agree that the courts of the State of Victoria, Australia have non-exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any matter arising from these Terms of Use or this website.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable that provision may be:

  • read down to the extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable; or
  • severed and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use enforced.

The inclusion of any email addresses on this website is not consent to receiving unsolicited commercial electronic messages or SPAM. 

Code of Conduct

The data at this site is provided to Victoria’s IT innovators to develop applications which will make Victoria a better place, providing more or improved tools for the general public based on public sector datasets. Let us know when something’s wrong – point out any inconsistencies in the data you find, make suggestions about how to improve the service, request new data sources to be added, and tell us about what you have built.

We are here to help you, as part of this being a trusted space in which we work together, there are some basic rules.

You should:

  • refer back to and cite the origin or source of the data when using it;

  • refer back to the specific license conditions for the data;

  • clearly state where possible about which data is derived from official sources, which is from other sources, and which data is from any calculation within or outside of  your app.

You must not:

  • make an application that pretends to be an official government service;

  • present the data in a misleading or incorrect manner or to misrepresent or change the data;

  • use this site for party political purposes;

  • use these materials in or to support a criminal or illicit activity;

  • use these materials on an application to inflame or make comments that are racist, sexist or homophobic, or which promote or incite violence and illegal activity.