Background
The Privacy Act 1988 (“the Act") in 2001extended to Not for profit organizations including ACC World Relief (“ACCWR”) ABN 26077 365 434. The act requires that private sector organisations like ACCWR must comply with requirements of the act. National Privacy Principles have been established and set minimum standards in relation to the collection, holding, use, disclosure, management, access, correction and disposal of personal Information about natural persons.
Commitment
It is the intention of ACCWR to not only comply with our requirements under the law, but with integrity, and to the best of our ability, comply with the spirit and intent of the legislation. ACCWR are committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal information collected about all regular users or visitors to our site. This Privacy statement explains how any personal information collected about you online will be handled by us. From time to time we may amend the information provided on this website. Consequently you are encouraged to visit our website and review this privacy statement on a regular basis. By visiting our website you are accepting the practices described in this privacy statement and our “Online terms of use”
Personal Information
'Personal Information' means information or an opinion about an individual whose identity is apparent or can reasonably be ascertained from the information. The type of Personal Information ACCWR collects about you online depends very much on how you use the website. For example, we will collect personal information about you if you submit your details on any of the mechanisms contained in the website, make payments online, register for any publications or apply for any courses or request information to be sent to you. Information will also be collected if you communicate to us via e-mail. Generally speaking, the purpose of the collection and the minimum information that you must provide us, will be conveyed to you at the time of collection.
Scope
This Privacy Statement applies to this website. However, it is subject to any specific provisions about privacy that may be contained in particular sections of the website. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Privacy Statement and any other specific provisions, the specific provisions will prevail.
Collection of information that is not personal information.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that a website transfers to your browser for identification purposes. ACCWR may send cookies to your computer while you are accessing our website.
Cookies may used on the ACCWR website:
• to reduce the need for users to re-enter any identification and or passwords during visits to the website;
• for internal review and statistical information; and
• to identify you in your progress through the course of any application processes, online modules or training.
You have the ability to switch off the cookies in your browser, you should do this if you do not want anyone to use them.
ACCWR will not give third parties the ability to assign cookies to users of the ACCWR website.
If this policy ever changes we will amend this privacy statement accordingly and will put a new update notice by way of the revision date, on our home page showing that a change to the privacy statement has occurred. We will also highlight the changes to the statement to clearly advise users of the type of information that such cookies collect, as well as the use to which such information will be put.
Browser details
A user's browser details may be collected by ACCWR for statistical purposes only, this does not include any personal details.
Use and disclosure of Personal Information.
ACCWR may use and disclose personal Information collected about you on this site:
• for the purposes outlined at the time of collection;
• for purposes directly related to those purposes outlined at the time of collection;
• for our direct marketing purposes;
• to keep you informed of new information, prayer requests, activities and resources;
• when ACCWR are required to,or authorised by or under law to disclose any information;
• when reasonably necessary to protect or enforce ACCWR’s legal rights or interests or to defend any claims made against us, by any person; OR when otherwise permitted by the Act.
If you do not wish to receive any unsolicited information or marketing , please inform our Services Coordinator, otherwise we will treat the personal information collected about you through this website in the strictest confidence. We will not sell, trade, rent or give away that personal information without your written consent.
Ad servers
We do not partner with or have any relationships with ad server companies.
Data Security
Security
We use industry standard encryption technologies (such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology) when transferring and receiving data through ACCWR online. SSL is compatible with Netscape, Internet Explorer, AOL, Web TV and most other browsers. If your browser is not equipped with SSL, or if you are at all concerned about sending information such as credit card details over the internet, we encourage you to make contact with our office to make alternative arrangements. We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Our personnel and web site contractors are trained to treat personal information with the utmost confidentiality. You can help by ensuring that you log out of our website when you have finished using it. If you become aware of any security breach, please let us know as soon as possible. Although ACCWR take reasonable steps to protect personal information, we cannot fully guarantee that our website is “hacker-proof”. When Personal Information is no longer required, reasonable steps are taken to destroy or permanently de-identify the information.
Access and correction
If you would like to access or correct any personal information collected about you, please contact us. ACCWR will generally allow you to access such information (although it may be on a cost recovery basis). If you believe that any personal information collected about you through this website is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, you may request correction of that information by contacting us.
Contact details and complaints
If you feel that this privacy statement is not being followed,
Or for other information, please contact our services department:
ACC World Relief
P.O. Box 254
Mitcham Vic 3132
AUSTRALIA
Date: 1st July 2006