System access
Never share your access details with others and keep your sensitive content safe.
User agreement
Basically, what the user agreement is saying is that by accepting this user agreement
I warrant, accept and undertake the following things. However, you must read and
agree to the actual user agreement in full. It is NOT enough to rely on this description.
- I am the same person who asked for the account
- I am not going to tell anyone my username and password, I am not going to leave
it lying around where someone else could see it, and I am not going to make it really
easy for someone to guess. If I have told someone or been careless with my login
details, their actions while logged in under my account will be treated as if I
had logged in.
- I can suggest who an entry should be shared with but the final decision is up to
the PBC. The PBC could decide to limit access to the entry to fewer users that I
requested, or make it available to more users that I requested.
- I won’t make a database entry available to a person who doesn’t already have access
to it – including by printing or photocopying it. If I want to do that I would need
permission from the PBC. I can get that permission by going and talking to the PBC.
- I won’t make a database entry available to a person who doesn’t already have access
to it– including by emailing or sending it, or discussing it. If I want to do that
I would need permission from the PBC first. I can get that permission by going and
talking to the PBC.
- I am going to be respectful of the access rules of the database, and will not show
or tell people things if that would not be culturally appropriate.
- I do not give permission for any database entries made under my user account to
be incorporated into materials that will be under the control or ownership of any
agency administering or funding a program, such as a government agency. I know that
I can choose to allow that in particular cases, but the PBC would need to agree
too, and their permission would need to be given in writing.
- Whether or not I give permission for a database entry to be incorporated in material
that might come under the control or ownership of a government or other agency,
I assert that any database entry I make must be treated as restricted and confidential.
What that means will depend on how terms like restricted and confidential are defined
in the funding agreement in question. For example, it might mean that the database
entry doesn’t have to be shown to the funding or administering agency such as Government
at all, or that only certain people from the agency can see it.
- If I don’t stick with the terms of this agreement, the PBC may decide that I will
not be allowed to use the database anymore.
- I warrant that when I enter materials to the database I have the right to do that,
taking into account the source of the material and who might own or it or have the
right to control how it is used.
- If someone had some sort of rights over the content of a database entry before I
make the entry (for example, if they owned something physical like a book or photo,
or had an intellectual property right like copyright relating to the content of
an entry), they will still have those same rights after I make the entry).
- In the event that I die or become incapacitated, my user account will be deleted.
Entries that I have made in the database will remain in the database and will be
managed by the database administrator.
- The PBC is the database administrator. The PBC holds the database and its contents
on trust on behalf of all native title holders.
- I may at any time delete entries I have made to the database.
- I may at any time choose to delete my user account. In that case, I may delete entries
I have made. If I do not delete entries, they will remain in the database and will
be managed by the database administrator.
- I indemnify the database administrator against any loss incurred by me as a result
of any act or omission by them.
IMPORTANT: Note the need to keep whatever cultural materials you hold in a safe
place whether or not you choose to upload them into the Cultural Database. This includes any materials that have been copied to the EKY database that remain on your computer.
For example, if you hold original objects, such as photos, you might consider keeping
them in a place that is well secured, safe and dry. It is also important to keep
the original electronic files that were used to upload materials into the Cultural Database in a well secured place. Keeping these materials safe and secure
will help to ensure that the cultural heritage of the community can be safeguarded from
loss or damage, and that the cultural protocols around who can view and access those
materials are respected, whether or not such materials are held in the Cultural
Database.