Privacy

The St Vincent de Paul Society is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information and letting you know the type of information we collect and how this information is used. Our Privacy Policy and Procedures and Guidelines are based on the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988, as amended in 2001.

The personal information we collect is:

• what you tell us about yourself orally or by mail, email or fax;
• information from other sources, if necessary, with your consent.

We need this information to be able to help you with our services.

The Society will not use or disclose any information about you without your consent unless legally required to do so. We will take all reasonable steps to:

• keep information we hold about you secure, accurate and up-to-date;
• ensure that our employees and volunteers respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us.

The Society depends on and is grateful for donations. Personal details of donors are not provided to other organisations for marketing purposes. Such details are used only to remind donors in future donation requests.

If you wish to know what personal information is held about you in our records, you may request access by contacting our Privacy Officer, Anne Belcher: (02) 6121 2927 or Email: Anne.Belcher@stvincanb.com.au