Privacy notice

Your personal information, being publisher contact details, together with any other personal information that you include in depositing each publication, such as the names of copyright holders, is being collected by the National Library of Australia to perform its functions under the National Library of Australia Act 1960 and the Copyright Act 1968. This personal information will be used to enable legal deposit communications with publishers and for the purpose of managing the joint digital collection.

The personal information is also collected by and shared with member libraries who will only use your publisher details and any other personal information you provide for the purpose of legal deposit communications with publishers and for the purpose of managing the joint digital collection, or as otherwise agreed or authorised by law or the information privacy principles operating in a relevant jurisdiction. Member libraries will not disclose any personal information for any other purpose without publisher consent, except where required or authorised to do so by an Australian law, or a court/tribunal order or the information privacy principles operating in a relevant jurisdiction.

You may not fulfil your legal obligations if you do not provide your personal information as the National Library may be unable to use the material or contact you regarding the use of the material. The National Library of Australia’s Privacy Policy explains how the personal information you provide in NED can be accessed by you, how you can complain about a privacy breach and how the National Library of Australia will respond to any such complaint.

For Northern Territory publications: Your personal information may be collected by the Northern Territory Library in accordance with the Northern Territory Information Act. Where your personal information is collected by the Northern Territory Library it will be handled in accordance with the Northern Territory Library Digital Services Privacy Policy.