PARRAMATTA MISSION WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
We appreciate that privacy is important to you and Parramatta Mission is committed to handling your personal information (including health and other sensitive information) in accordance with applicable privacy laws, including the Australian Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Personal information is information or opinion that identifies a person or from which a person can reasonably be identified. It includes information such as your name, address, date of birth, contact details and emergency contacts.
SUPPORTERS OF PARRAMATTA MISSION
When you make a donation, register for an event or make inquiries about our activities, we may collect your personal information including your donation history, areas of interest to you and payment information including your credit card details.
We collect this information to send you receipts as well as surveys, newsletters and information about research, education and fundraising events and activities. We may use your personal information to contact you to seek financial support for other activities we undertake in promoting the work we do. Typically, Parramatta Mission may send you appeal letters throughout the year as well as issues of our newsletter. You may choose what you receive at any time. If you do not wish us to use personal information to send you this information please contact us by using our contact details below or unsubscribing to mail or emails.
No information given to Parramatta Mission is shared, sold or given to others.
PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS AND CONTRACTORS
We may collect personal information when canvassing recruitment of staff or volunteers. Generally speaking, we collect personal information that you supply to us as part of this process for the purpose of assessing your application. We will collect information about you from third parties, such as your referees, as part of your assessment of your suitability for a position. In providing contact details for your referees, you are considered to have given your consent to our collecting personal information from your referees that may assist us with assessing your application. Similarly, we may confirm details about your past positions with previously employers (eg to confirm your duration of employment). We may also collect health information directly related to your ability to perform the inherent requirements of the position, with your consent.
If we are considering offering you a position, Parramatta Mission may collect additional personal information about you such as your date of birth, tax file number, emergency contact details, ABN (if relevant), bank account and superannuation information, visa, passport and licence details (if relevant) and details relating to your police check.
With your consent, we may retain your details on file to enable us to contact you if you have been previously unsuccessful and an appropriate position becomes available.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to employee records held by Parramatta Mission relating to employees or former employees.
OTHER INDIVIDUALS
Parramatta Mission may collect personal information about individuals who we deal with on a commercial basis such as suppliers, contractors and individuals in organisations to which we provide goods and services or from which we acquire goods and services. We may collect personal information about you including your name, position, contact details, licence or registration number, ABN, bank detail and other information relevant to the capacity in which you are dealing with Parramatta Mission. We generally collect this information to enable us to contact and deal with you and to enable us to fulfil any obligation or undertaking relevant to your relationship with our organisation.
VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE
People can generally visit our website without revealing who they are or providing any personal information. Parramatta Mission will not collect any personal information about visitors to our website, except when visitors take steps to provide personal information to us, for example, when submitting an enquiry. Information provided through our website will be collected, held, used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you provide us with personal information through our website, we may log your usage to assist us to make our website more accessible and valuable to our clients and future website visitors.
The internet is not always a secure method of transmitting information. Whilst Parramatta Mission takes reasonable steps to ensure that information it receives is maintained securely, it cannot ensure that communications conducted via the internet will be secure.
NOTIFIABLE DATA BREACHES
If Parramatta Mission determines that personal information has been accessed without permission, acquired, used or disclosed in a manner which compromises the security of the personal information, Parramatta Mission will assess the risk to affected parties.
If Parramatta Mission determine that a breach causes serious harm to an individual, Parramatta Mission will notify all affected parties (including the individuals to whom the data pertains and the Australian Information Commissioner). The notification will provide recommendations about the steps individuals should take in response to the breach.
COMPLAINTS
If you are not satisfied with our handling of your personal information or you believe we have breached our privacy obligations, you can complain in writing to the contact listed below.
If you are not satisfied with our handling of or response to your complaint you may also make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by telephone 1300 363 992. Full contact details of the Australian Information Commissioner can be found online.
CONTACTING PARRAMATTA MISSION
The contact details for Parramatta Mission are:
Parramatta Mission Privacy Officer
Parramatta Mission
Locked Bag 5360 Parramatta NSW 2124
T: 02 9891 2277
E: wecare@parramattamission.org.au
This policy was updated in August 2024. We amend this Privacy Policy from time to time and we recommend that you visit our website regularly to keep up to date with any changes.