Privacy Policy
The Cancer Council ACT Privacy Policy
1. Access to information rights
Privacy of clients is of utmost importance to The Cancer Council ACT. This
includes information or opinions about clients that we collect and record,
which could be used to reasonably identify them.
2. Purpose of information collection
The Cancer Council ACT collects only information necessary for day to day
operation of Council activities. These activities include provision of
information, education, support and retail services and fundraising activities.
Information is collected via standard forms, surveys and online interaction.
3. Who else does the information goes to?
There are no circumstances in which your personal or sensitive information is
passed onto other parties. There are some circumstances where statistical
information is collected via attitudinal surveys. Only statistical information
contained in these documents is recorded and may be passed onto bodies
that fund our programs.
In these instances information that would identify you is protected by our
privacy and security measures and your personal information is destroyed or
goes through a process of de-identification. In any case we do not collect
information of a sensitive nature without your prior informed consent.
4. Privacy Act information
New private sector provisions under the Privacy Act 1988 (the Privacy Act),
regulates the way many private sector organisations collect, use, keep secure
The Cancer Council ACT has developed a privacy policy and procedures
around the Privacy ACT and the ten National Privacy Principles. We strictly
adhere to the National Privacy Principles and the Privacy Act.
5. Contact
Occasionally, The Cancer Council ACT may contact individuals who have
provided their individually identifiable information through the website
in order to:
Conduct surveys and gather feedback to improve our quality of service to you.
Supply news and information.
6. Financial Transactions
In the case of financial transactions conducted online we process standard
credit card information (card type, card number, expiry date) via a secure,
encrypted SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) session. SSL is the standard for secure
web transactions. We maintain records of all financial transactions.
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