Breast Cancer Australia Privacy Policy

Breast Cancer Australia is a non profit organisation established primarily to raise funds to support ongoing national breast cancer research programs, to raise awareness for both prevention measures and early detection of breast cancer, upgrade equipment used at diagnostic levels, treatment and research levels and to provide dignified accommodation for patients and their families during oncology treatment.

Our commitment to Privacy

Breast Cancer Australia understands the importance of protecting each individual's right to privacy. We are bound by, and commit ourselves to, compliance with the provisions relating to privacy and to collection, use and disclosure of personal information set out in;-

1. The Privacy Act 1988
2. The National Privacy Principles set out in Schedule 3 to that Act.

Why we collect personal information and what we use it for.

We have a number of reasons for which we may obtain your personal information, including:

Survey or research work Records of any donations you have made and receipts we have sent To provide information about our services and programs Breast Cancer Australia Details of those who have used our services

How and when we collect personal information

This information may be collected through face-to-face interactions, telephone conversations or through electronic communication. We may have obtained this information via:

Fundraising programs, including events that may have been run by members of the public with proceeds benefiting Use of our services or facilities When you purchase a product or submit a grant application If you take part in a survey or research project Employment opportunities

This information may then be used for a number of reasons, including:

To seek your support for our programs To contact you about similar services or programs in the future To maintain financial records relating to donations To invite you to special events or inform you of our progress and achievements

We won't use your information for any reason beyond that for which we first obtained it unless it's reasonable to expect the information would be used for such a purpose, you agreed that we could use it or it isn't sensitive information and we are using it for our marketing purposes. Should you prefer not to receive any further information from Breast Cancer Australia, please inform us by emailing reception@cancerresearch.org.au or by posting to Level 2, 255 Pulteney Street, Adelaide SA 5000and we will remove you from future contacts.

When personal information is not collected by Breast Cancer Australia

Please note that for instantaneous donations where you have made a small donation and either received a pre-printed receipt immediately or refused a receipt, no information is obtained.

Security - keeping your personal information secure

All personal information is kept secure. Physical data is kept in a secure location to which only authorised Management has access and electronic data is protected by passwords and other access restrictions.

Access to personal information to a third party

We will only provide personal information to a third party when we are required to do so by law, in the interests of your health or safety or with your consent.

Destruction of personal information

Once information is no longer needed, it is all securely destroyed.

Of course, at any time, you are welcome to contact us to find out what information we may have relating to you. If for any reason we're unable to provide you with this, we will let you know why. If you know that any of our information is incorrect, please let us know and we will update our records immediately.

If you have any concerns or queries relating to the personal information that Breast Cancer Australia holds about you, please contact us directly by phoning 1300 850 551, by emailing reception@cancerresearch.org.au or by posting to Level 2, 255 Pulteney Street, Adelaide SA 5000.

Complaints

Any complaint made to the Breast Cancer Australia, or to an officer or employee of the Trust other than the privacy officer, that is related to privacy or to our use of personal information is to be referred forthwith to the privacy officer. Any person dissatisfied with the handling of a complaint by the privacy officer may make a written request to the Board of Breast Cancer Australia to have the handling of the complaint reviewed.

Breast Cancer Australia reserves the right to change or modify the Privacy Policy without notice by posting an amended version online at www.breastcanceraustralia.org

Breast Cancer Australia – Privacy Statement

At Breast Cancer Australia we understand the importance of protecting your privacy and we are committed to complying with the Privacy Act and the National Privacy Principles. A copy of our Privacy Policy is available on request.

As such, Breast Cancer Australia will only collect personal information that is necessary for us to fulfil our functions or activities and will use only lawful and fair means to do this.

At any time, we are happy to enlarge on the reasons we have taken the information and disclose to you any information we may have. Should we be unable to provide you with some or all of the information we hold, we will inform you as to why this has occurred.

At no time will we disclose personal information to any third party except as required by law, nor will we use it for any unreasonable purpose or purpose wholly unrelated to the reason for which we first obtained the information.

Whenever possible, we will attempt to get personal information about a person directly from that person. We will also attempt to ensure that all our information is up to date, complete and accurate.

All personal information is kept confidential. Only approved Management staff have access to personal information and appropriate electronic and physical protection is applied to all personal and sensitive information. Once we no longer require personal information, it is securely destroyed.

Sometimes we may be required to give some personal information about you to other organisations to comply with our legal obligations. Examples of such organisations are our auditors, the Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink or Government accommodation subsidy agents in relevant states.

The Privacy Act gives you rights to access the personal information we hold about you, and you can ask to correct that information if it is inaccurate. More information about your rights are set out in our Privacy Policy.

You can contact Breast Cancer Australia by mail; Privacy Officer, Breast Cancer Australia, Level 2, 255 Pulteney Street Adelaide SA 5000. Or you can call us on 1300 850 551 or by email to reception@cancerresearch.org.au.