Privacy Statement

Personal information collected by the Foundation for Social and Economic Development Inc. and is protected by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). Personal information is any information or an opinion that identifies you or is reasonably identifiable and includes sensitive and health information.

 

The Foundation complies with the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act in handling personal information collected from clients/beneficiaries, business partners, donors, members of the public and the Foundation's people (including members, volunteers, employees, delegates, candidates for volunteer work and prospective employees).

 

The Foundation has developed a Privacy Policy to protect your privacy. The Policy is available below or in hard copy on request. It contains more information about the Foundation's responsibilities, your rights, the information that may be collected by the Foundation, and how it would be used.

 

The primary purpose for collecting personal information from individuals is to provide services to vulnerable people, including planning, funding, monitoring and evaluating our services. The kind of information we collect will depend on your relationship with the Foundation (e.g. as a client, donor, business partner, employee, volunteer or member, online user of the Foundations website). A collection notice will be given to you setting out these uses at or close to the time we collect any information.

 

Your personal information may be used to:

• provide you with a service,

• report to government or other funding bodies how funding is used,

• process your donation or purchase and provide receipts,

• communicate with you about how your donation is used or about the Foundation's services, causes, events, products and services, which we believe may be of interest to you,

• respond to your feedback or complaints, and

• answer your queries.

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It may also be used for:

• any other specific purpose for which it was requested and which was advised to you in the collection notice, and

• directly related purposes.

• Wherever possible, the Foundation uses information in a de-identified form. Personal information will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent, except where permitted or required under the Privacy Act.

 

All personal information collected from individuals will be securely stored by the Foundation and protected from unauthorised use or access. All reasonable steps will be taken to ensure information is accurate and up-to-date. Our Privacy Policy also provides a process for requesting access to your personal information and making a privacy complaint.

 

If you have any enquiries in relation to privacy or personal information please contact us on admin@fsed.org.au.