[LAST UPDATED: 21 AUGUST 2026]

The following terms and conditions (Terms of Use) apply to your access and use of the websites at publishing.csiro.au and connectsci.au (each a Website) and any products and services made available through those Websites (collectively, Services).

The Services are provided by the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation ABN 41 687 119 230 (CSIRO, we, us, our). In these Terms of Use, “you” or “your” means the individual using the Services and where that access is made in a business or academic context any company or other organisation of which that individual is an employee, agent, officer, staff member, student or other representative.

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before using the Services. On each occasion that you use the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, which may be updated by us from time to time. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, you are not permitted to use the Services.

If you are under 18 years old, you may use the Services only with the consent and involvement of a parent or guardian.

General prohibitions

You must not:

• use the Services to transmit or distribute a virus, trojan, logic bomb, or any other material which is malicious, technologically harmful, in breach of confidence or in any way offensive or obscene;
• hack or attempt to hack into any aspect of the Services;
• use any robot, spider, scraper, data mining tool, data gathering or extraction tool, or other automated means to access the Services without our prior written consent;
• interfere with or harm any other user of the Services;
• take any action which causes or is likely to cause the Services or any access to them to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way;
• use the Services to infringe any person’s proprietary rights (including intellectual property rights);
• use the Services to send any unsolicited advertising or promotional material (spam);
• use the Services for fraudulent purposes or to commit or encourage any criminal offence; or
• use any of our Services if you are the subject of any Australian sanctions.

Your Account

Certain features of the Website and/or content accessed through the Website may require you to have a valid account with CSIRO (Account), and to log into the Website using a username and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account, username and password, and must notify us immediately of any known or suspected misuse of your Account. Except to the extent caused by our breach of these Terms of Use, you are responsible for all activities that occur under your Account regardless of whether the activities are authorised or undertaken by you.

When using your Account you must comply with any terms and conditions under which the Account was provided to you, whether by CSIRO directly, or by a third party such as your employer or educational institution. CSIRO reserves the right to suspend or terminate access to the Website and/or any account if it detects or reasonably believes an account or login details have been or are being misused.

Intellectual property

The intellectual property rights in all software, content and material made available via the Services remain the property of CSIRO or its licensors and may be protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights.

You may take temporary copies of material on the Website as necessary to browse the Website on-screen. Except as permitted by applicable law, any other use of copyright material on the Website is subject to first receiving our consent.

Ordering products

CSIRO offers products for purchase through the Website.

CSIRO accepts payment via most major credit and debit cards. If you have placed an order to purchase Product(s) via the Website, you will receive a message confirming receipt of your order (Confirmation) via email. The Confirmation is an acknowledgement that we have received your order.