At Brave Foundation we recognise the importance of your privacy. We are committed to respecting and protecting your personal information in accordance with the National Privacy Principles and as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
If information is personal information about you, Brave Foundation will use it only for strictly limited purposes. These are the purpose for which it was given to us, for related purposes where you would reasonably expect us to use it, for our own internal and marketing purposes, or otherwise with your consent.
From time to time we do collect information about you such as your name, contact details, title and other information concerning your applications, enquiries or donations. Brave Foundation may collect this information when you give it to us directly, when you use our services or when you visit our website.
We may use your contact details to send you information about us, including about our fundraising activities. You can be assured that your personal information will only be used to support your relationship with Brave Foundation. If at any time you do not wish us to send you information about the Foundation, please tell us and we will cease to do so.
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information we collect or use is accurate, complete, up-to-date, protected from misuse and accessed only by authorised personnel for permitted purposes.
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy sets out how we handle personal information in order to comply with our privacy obligations.
The primary purpose for collecting information from you is to provide information and resources on women and their families experiencing unplanned pregnancy. This may be necessary in connection with certain Brave Foundation activities and functions. The kind of information Brave Foundation collects will depend on your relationship with us. (Eg: if you are a client, donor, part of our professional directory, collaborator ect).
Your information may be used to
- Provide you with information
- Report to government funding bodies on how funding is being used
- Process your donation and provide receipt
- Respond to your enquiry
In the case of marketing or awareness related matters, Brave Foundation might collect additional information such as your participation at fundraising events, your occupation and company, merchandise order history, donation history and contact details.
Through your use of our website, Brave Foundation may also collect:
standard web server/visitor traffic information regarding overall website traffic patterns. This information may include service provider IP addresses, browser versions, referring websites, the date and time of your visit to our site, duration of visits, the pages viewed and the information downloaded, and total visitor traffic.
How Brave Foundation use your personal information?
Brave Foundation uses your information to better understand your needs (client and professional) and to allow us to provide you and the community with a better quality service of unplanned pregnancy support delivery, whether as a visitor to the Brave Foundation website, a donee, fundraiser, volunteer, healthcare or community organisation or an educational organisation.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research or to provide you with information about our activities that we think would be of particular interest. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such direct marketing or market research contact. We will also follow local requirements, such as allowing you to opt in before receiving unsolicited contact, where applicable.
This information helps us to understand how people use our website and assists us in managing our site to better serve our audience.
Brave Foundation accepts payment of donations via pay pal, where privacy is safeguarded with data encryption.
When do we disclose personal information to third parties?
Brave Foundation will not sell, rent, lease or otherwise disclose your personal information to external persons or bodies. We will only disclose your personal information to third parties where permitted by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), including in the following circumstances:
- Where you consent to the disclosure;
- Where authorised or required by law, such as under our charitable licence conditions; or
- For law enforcement or safety purposes, or operational purposes for which the information was collected.
Obtaining your consent
Brave Foundation will not use or share your personal information in ways unrelated to the ones described above without first informing you and obtaining your consent. As previously stated, Brave Foundation will also provide you the opportunity to let us know if you do not wish to receive unsolicited direct marketing materials from us and we will do everything we can to honour your request.
Your permission is always secured first, should we ever share your information with third parties that are not acting on our behalf and governed by our privacy policy.
How does Brave Foundation protect your personal information?
The Foundation is committed to ensuring the security of your information. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy, protect against loss, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Such measures include:
- Network segregation for sensitive information stored electronically, with access restricted to staff holding appropriate positions;
- Firewalls and login password protocols for all information stored electronically;
- Secure, access-controlled premises; the use of encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data;
- Limited access locations for information stored as hard copy.
Brave Foundation also employs secure methods for the destruction or de-identification of personal information, which is undertaken when permitted by law and where such information is no longer required by us.
Links to third party web sites from our website are provided solely as a resource and referral to you. If you use these links, you will leave the Foundation site. The Foundation has not reviewed all of these third party sites, and does not control and is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of any of these sites.
License to Use Content
Brave Foundation grants you a nonexclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to view, copy, print and distribute content retrieved from the website only for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you do not remove or obscure any copyright notice of the content. You may not use any content available via the website in any manner or for any purpose without the prior written permission from Brave Foundation. All rights reserved to Brave Foundation.
Contacting us
If you have any questions in relation to our Privacy Policy please contact us at:
Privacy Officer
Brave Foundation
PO Box 130
Blackmans Bay
Tas 7052
E-mail:
privacy@bravefoundation.org.au
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