Privacy
Under the Privacy Act 1988 (as amended) Australian Volunteers
International is obliged to comply with requirements effective from
21 December 2001. The following policy statement provides an
overview of how we are meeting these privacy compliance
obligations.
Policy Statement
Protecting your privacy is important to Australian Volunteers
International. Whenever we collect and otherwise deal with your
personal information, we are governed by the National Privacy
Principles (NPPs) which are contained in the Privacy Act 1988.
Therefore, whenever collecting and dealing with information such as
your name, address, email address or phone number and any sensitive
information such as health information, we will be bound by the
NPPs. Whenever we collect personal information from you, we will
make every reasonable attempt to inform you of why we are
collecting your information, to whom we will disclose that
information and the purposes for which we intend to use that
information. In general, the purposes for which we collect your
personal information include:
- to process an application to become a participant in our
program
- to facilitate your placement in an appropriate position
- to liaise with overseas employers and government departments to
facilitate your placement
- to assist you with services whilst you are placed in our
program
- to provide feedback and follow-up on your placement
- to obtain feedback from you about your experiences
- to process a donation, sponsorship or other financial
support
- to process your membership to our website
- to allow us to review and improve our program
- to keep you informed of AVI developments and future
placement opportunities
To ensure that these purposes are fulfilled, the information
will be stored, processed and handled in a manner that complies
with the NPPs. To place you in our program, it will be necessary,
where relevant, to pass on some of the information that you provide
to appropriate third parties such as overseas government
departments, Australian indigenous or overseas employers, health
service providers, our insurer and auditors, the Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Agency for
International Development (AusAID). Where it is necessary for us to
collect sensitive information from you such as information about
your health, we shall only disclose this information after
receiving your consent to do so.
At all times, we will take great care to ensure that your
personal information is protected and treated confidentially and in
accordance with the Privacy Act. If you believe that we have not
dealt with your personal information in a manner that complies with
the Privacy Act or if you wish to access personal information that
we hold about you, please write to or email the AVI Privacy
Compliance Officer at the following address requesting a form on
which to document the matter which you wish to discuss or the
information that you would like to access.
All correspondence should be directed to:
Privacy Compliance Officer
Australian Volunteers International
PO Box 350
Fitzroy VIC 3065
Email: privacy@australianvolunteers.com