Community guidelines

The Towards Zero Collaboration Hub (Hub) is monitored by Transport for NSW. We encourage you to participate in the interactive functionalities and discussion forums. Some of these functionalities are moderated to ensure discussions are relevant and the Hub remains professional, provides value and is meaningful for our users.

Users can include representatives from local councils, government agencies, organisations, associations and businesses who are focused on road safety. Hub registrants are approved for an account using the registration criteria as a guideline.

• The Hub aims to help users initiate and participate in road safety related discussions by sharing or seeking ideas, knowledge and learnings, or identifying collaboration opportunities within NSW.
• The logged-in section of the Hub includes various professional representatives across Australia. It's important to remain professional when contributing to discussions within the Hub.
• There is no direct messaging functionality within the Hub. We encourage you to take conversations outside of the Hub once a collaboration opportunity is identified with other interested users. The Hub intends to be a place where you can connect and identify these opportunities, not an ongoing communication platform.
• Most Hub interactions such comments, replies and submissions will be vetted by Hub moderators prior to publish to review it meets the community guidelines and Terms of Use.
• Providing personal or privacy information or personal or privacy information of another person that may be reasonably identifiable and has not authorised is not condoned when interacting in the Hub.
• Any news, content, comments or submissions that are only accessible by logging into the Hub is prohibited from being shared outside of the Hub by any member for any reason unless authorised by Transport for NSW due to the sensitive nature of the content. If there's a colleague who may be interested in accessing the information, ask them to register for a Hub account.
• We are all in this together to create a welcoming environment. Treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required.
• Hate speech, bullying, and degrading comments regarding topics such as race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated.
• Interactions or agendas that take away from the key focus of the Hub will not be approved.
• Sharing is caring. Contribute and interact with other users so together we can build a positive and engaging community of practice. We encourage you to avoid being a silent follower.
• Consider if your post is reaching the right audience and if the Hub is an appropriate place for your submission to encourage effective discussions and keep content valuable.
• Keep an open mind. You may have an intended user in mind for your initiative, but ideas can be elevated when you consider various perspectives.

Terms of Use

Important legal notice
Please read these Terms carefully. By using Towards Zero Collaboration Hub (“Hub”) you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms then you must not use the Hub.

Purpose
The Hub provides information, news and resources to support your local council, association and business to plan, manage and deliver local road safety initiatives. Hub registration allows approved users to log into their account, providing them an opportunity to access restricted road safety resources tailored to the user group they belong to, share ideas, bring up relevant topics to discuss and collaborate online with like-minded road safety related professionals and advocates.

Personal use only
The Hub is intended for personal use only and can't be used for any commercial purpose or in the wrong context. Only publicly accessible links and resources to the Hub can be shared. Any news, content, comments or submissions that are only accessible by logging into the Hub is prohibited from being shared outside of the Hub by any member for any reason unless authorised by Transport for NSW due to the sensitive nature of the content.

Transport for NSW does not endorse any comments or views made/expressed on the Hub or on external website links shared by us or other members. Transport for NSW does not condone posting of any personal or private information. Transport for NSW also does not condone posting of any personal or private information from which another person may be reasonably identifiable on any chat forums who has not authorised you to. Hub contents may be modified or removed at the discretion of Transport for NSW for any reason.

Images
By uploading an image on the Hub you’re confirming that your image will not infringe copyright conditions and you either have authorisation to use this image or are the image owner. You're also authorising Transport for NSW to publish the image on this platform.

Limitation of liability
Subject to any responsibilities implied by law and which cannot be excluded, Transport for NSW is not liable to you for any losses or expenses arising out of or referable to the Hub howsoever caused. Without limiting the foregoing Transport for NSW is not liable for the unavailability or non-performance of the Hub or your reliance on it. Transport for NSW’s liability for breach of a condition or warranty implied by law which cannot be excluded is limited to the extent possible to the supply of the services again.

Offence to use mobile devices
You must not access the Hub on any kind of device in your vehicle unless your vehicle is parked. It is illegal for a driver to use a mobile phone held in the hand, whether or not the vehicle is moving.

Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009
All information posted on the platform will be subject to the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 as information held by Transport for NSW. This means it may be requested and potentially accessed by persons outside of the platform users unless an overriding public interest against disclosure applies.

Unless the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 is initiated, or unless permission is granted from the original author or owner, conversations and information held within the Hub remain restricted to logged-in users with different levels of user access. Comments made on publicly accessible pages may be visible to public users who do not have a log-in.

Privacy Statement and Personal Information Collection Notice
Transport for NSW is collecting your personal information to manage your logged-in access of the Towards Zero Collaboration Hub (Hub). Providing your information is voluntary, although you cannot become a registered user if you do not provide it.

Some of the information you provide when registering, for example your full name, workplace name, role, and an email may be visible on your profile to other registered users. This is to enable users to initiate effective road safety collaboration opportunities with each other. When submitting anything on the Hub, the details provided once approved will be used to generate content that may be published on the Hub or used to support the intended purpose of the submission identified by Transport for NSW.

Apart from using your details for the Towards Zero Collaboration Hub and Transport for NSW functions, your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties unless you consent or as authorised by law. As a Hub member you will not disclose any other member details to any other parties. User interactions may be tracked to analyse behaviour and insights to keep the Hub valuable for its users, and as part of Transport for NSW’s Privacy and cookies policy.

After registering your interest for a log-in account, your registration details will be reviewed by a Hub moderator before it's approved or declined, using the registration criteria as a guideline. Transport for NSW can grant, modify, or decline a user's access at their discretion. Registration submissions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Users who are identified as not adhering to the Hub terms, community engagement guidelines (below) and/or the Hub joining criteria may receive reduced user access, account suspension or account cancellation. Contact us if you wish to cancel your account.

The email provided in your registration will be used to contact you regarding your Hub account management or to communicate about Hub content alerts.

Your information will be managed in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998. For further information, please see our Privacy Management Plan at www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us/transport-privacy.

Changing these terms
Transport for NSW may change these terms at any time by updating them on the Towards Zero Collaboration Hub. You agree that by doing so Transport for NSW has given you notice. You should check the terms each time before you use the Hub.

General
The laws of New South Wales Australia apply to the Hub and your use of it. You irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia. If any provision of these Terms of Use is invalid under the law of any jurisdiction the provision is enforceable in that jurisdiction to the extent that it is not invalid, whether it is in severable terms or not. You may not rely on the words or conduct of Transport for NSW as a waiver of any right unless the waiver is in writing and signed by Transport for NSW. These Terms of Use as amended from time to time contain the entire agreement between you and Transport for NSW regarding your use of the Hub and supersede any prior agreements between you and Transport for NSW concerning its subject matter. “Includes” and “including” are not words of limitation.