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This policy has been adopted by West
Epping Uniting Church in order to comply with the requirements of
the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act No 155 of 2000. The
policy should be read together with the National Privacy Principles
(NPPs) set out in the Privacy Act.
1. In this policy, a reference to
“Church” means The Uniting Church in
Australia
2. West Epping Uniting Church will comply
with the NPPs. If there is any inconsistency between this policy
and the NPPs, then the NPPs prevail.
3. Subject to paragraph 4, West
Epping Uniting Church will only use personal information for the
primary purpose for which it is collected. In most cases, the
purpose will relate to the spiritual, pastoral, social educational
and administrative functions of West Epping Uniting
Church.
4. Those functions include maintaining
personal information for the purpose of analysing the role of the
Church in society and recording the family histories of its
members. The information may be disclosed to scholars studying the
Church and to relatives of Church
members.
5. West Epping Uniting Church will only use
personal information about an individual for a secondary purpose
(i.e. something beyond the scope of the primary purpose) if that
individual has consented or the use is otherwise permitted by the
NPPs.
6. West Epping Uniting Church will
take reasonable steps to keep personal information secure and will,
subject to the NPPs, comply with any request from a person to
correct or remove his or her information. West Epping Uniting
Church will appoint a Privacy Officer who will be responsible for
storing, correcting and giving people access to personal
information collected about them. West Epping Uniting Church may
charge fees for access to personal
information.
7. Personal information collected by
West Epping Uniting Church may be sensitive information for the
purpose of the NPPs (e.g. information about a person’s religious
beliefs). As a non-profit organisation, West Epping Uniting Church
is permitted to collect sensitive information without a person’s
express consent. However, West Epping Uniting Church will endeavour
to seek consent from a person if sensitive information is sought
for something other than the primary functions of West Epping
Uniting Church described in paragraph 3.
8. The operating procedures (whether or not
they are formalised in a manual) of West Epping Uniting Church will
comply with this policy and the NPPs.
9. West Epping Uniting Church’s Privacy
Officer will be empowered to receive and deal with any complaint
that West Epping Uniting Church has not complied with this policy
or the NPPs.
If you have any questions about this
Policy, please contact the Privacy Officer for West Epping Uniting
Church (Morris Ross) who can be contacted on (02)9868-3574 or
weppinguca@netscape.net. | 