Presbyterian Church of Victoria
Safe Church Privacy Policy 1. Introduction The Presbyterian Church of Victoria is an unincorporated associa�on. The church collects data from users of church services, and from persons and businesses that provide services to the church and its organisa�ons. The data collected by the church includes informa�on which can iden�fy you as a person such as your name, your address and other details about you. This informa�on is referred to in Australian Government legisla�on as ‘personally iden�fiable informa�on’. The church may also collect sensi�ve informa�on about or related to you from �me to �me. Sensi�ve informa�on includes informa�on which may not personally iden�fy you but is related to a person’s: • health • financial status • racial or ethnic origin • poli�cal opinions • membership of a poli�cal associa�on • religious beliefs or affilia�ons • philosophical beliefs • membership of a professional or trade associa�on • membership of a trade union • sexual preferences or prac�ces • criminal record. The collec�on and management of personally iden�fiable and sensi�ve informa�on is regulated in Australia and other countries. The church will take every reasonable measure to protect your informa�on. The church’s approach to your privacy conforms to the Australian Privacy Principles extracted from the Privacy Act 1988 (as amended in 2012), which provides guidance about the collec�on of personal informa�on, how it should be used and disclosed and its storage and security. The church is commi�ed to protec�ng your privacy and any personally iden�fiable and sensi�ve data you supply to us. This Privacy Policy sets out: • how and why we collect data including personally iden�fiable and sensi�ve data • what we do with data we collect • how we manage collected data • with whom we share that data If you have any ques�ons about this policy please contact us as set out at the end of this document. 2. Scope of this Privacy Policy As required by government registra�on or accredita�on obliga�ons, certain organisa�ons and ac�vi�es operated by the church, such as church affiliated schools and aged care facili�es, have separate privacy policies in place. This Privacy Policy for the church will apply to the collec�on of data by the church where no other church privacy policy applies. 3. Collection and use of personal information The church will use collected data including personally iden�fiable and sensi�ve informa�on in furtherance of the mission and ac�vi�es of the church. The church will include some of the informa�on it collects in the church’s permanent archival records.