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Gymnastics
Australia is committed to providing you with the highest levels
of membership service. This includes protecting your privacy. From
21st December 2001, we will be bound by the new sections of the
Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988, which sets out a number of principles
concerning the protection of individual's personal information.
The
aim of these new laws is to ensure that organisations handle personal
information responsibly and provide a consistent approach to its
collection, use and disclosure. These new laws also give the individual
new rights such as access to their personal information and the
ability to correct it, if needed.
Our
Privacy Statement contains the following important information the
Privacy Act requires us to communicate to all of our customers,
regarding the use of your personal information:
WHAT
IS PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information is information about an individual who
can be identified, or whose identity could be reasonably ascertained,
from the information.
HOW
WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
To deliver and enhance the services offered by Gymnastics Australia,
certain personal information is collected. Gymnastics Australia
collects personal information from you that you volunteer when:
- You
register to become an affiliated club
- You
register to become an affiliated gymnast
- You
register to become an affiliated technical member
- You
enter a Gymnastics Australia event or participation program
- You
participate in a Gymnastics Australia course
- You
purchase merchandise from us
- You
request information from us
- You
provide information to one of our staff
- You
participated in one of our surveys
HOW
WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will only collect information that is necessary for us to carry
out our primary purpose of providing services relating to: membership,
education, events and merchandise.
Your personal information may be used in order to:
- Provide
the services you require
- Internal
accounting and administration
- Regulatory
reporting and compliance
- Helping
us to identify and inform you about other products or services
that may be of benefit to you.
If
we send you any information about services or products you do not
require, or you do not want us to disclose personal information
to any other organisation (including related organisations) you
can advise us accordingly by writing to our Membership Officer.
If you do not advise us otherwise, you confirm agreement on your
own behalf and/or on behalf of others you represent.
If
you choose not to provide personal information, we may not be able
to provide you with the services you require, or the level of service
on which we pride ourselves.
WHEN
WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We disclose personal information to other organisations that we
believe is necessary to assist in providing our services. The organisations
to which we disclose information include:
- Outsourced
service providers who manage the services we provide to you, including:
- Insurers
- Sport
Education Section (ASC)
- Our
professional advisors, including our accountants, auditors
and lawyers
Government and regulatory authorities and other organisations,
as required or authorised by law
We
limit the use and disclosure of any personal information provided
by us to such organisations for the specific purpose for which we
supplied it.
When
you provide us with personal information about other individuals,
we rely on you to have made them aware that you will or may provide
their information to us, the purposes we use it for, the types of
third parties we disclose it to and how they can access it. This
is extremely important for Club owners providing the personal information
of their members
STORAGE
AND SUPPLY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Gymnastics Australia stores personal information on a computer database.
Your personal information may be held in both paper file and computer
file form. We have implemented measures of a reasonable nature to
ensure that all personal information about you is securely stored
from misuse, loss and unauthorised handling.
ACCURACY
OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We take reasonable steps to ensure that whenever we collect, use
or disclose personal information that it is accurate, complete and
up to date.
ACCESS
TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have a right to access your personal information, subject to
some exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, you
can gain access to you personal information by contacting our Membership
Officer or by writing to Gymnastics Australia. Alternatively, you
may also advise us at any time about possible breaches of privacy,
or inaccurate, incomplete personal information, that may have changed.
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- PDF Version of the Privacy Statement (87KB)
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