Privacy
We are committed to handling your personal information in accordance with the
relevant laws. Click here to find out about laws that apply in the ACT. RSPCA respect your right
to privacy and we understand that visitors to our Website need to be in control
of their personal information.
The federal
Privacy Act in a slightly amended
version applies to Australian Capital Territory government agencies and is
administered by the Privacy Commissioner on behalf of the ACT Government. The Health Records
(Privacy and Access) Act 1997 (Health Records Act) covers health records
held in the public sector in the ACT and also seeks to apply to acts or
practices in the private sector not covered by the Privacy Act. The Health
Records Act contains privacy principles based on the federal legislation but
modified to suit the requirements of health records. The Human Rights Commission handles health
record privacy complaints.
The ACT has also enacted the Human Rights
Act 2004 which incorporates a right for an individual not to have their
privacy, family, home or correspondence interfered with unlawfully or
arbitrarily.
Relevant Australian Capital Territory laws include:
We also want to present information on the
Website that is tailored to the needs of our visitors. For this reason, we may
ask you to provide personal information when you visit certain areas of our
site. We will use this information to try to ensure that the content and/or
services that we provide are tailored to your current and future needs.
We may collect Website visitors' contact information (such as their e-mail
addresses). This information may be shared with the national and other State and
Territory RSPCAs and may be used:
(1) to send news, information about our activities and services, and general
promotional material which we believe may be useful to you;
(2) to monitor who is accessing the Website or using services offered on the
Website; and
(3) to profile the type of people accessing the Website.
If you do not wish to have your personal information used in this manner or
for any other specific purpose, please advise us by writing to us or sending an email.
If you choose not to provide personal
information, you will still be granted access to most of our Websites. However,
you may not have access to areas that require personal
identification.
The Website may utilise "cookies" which enable us to
monitor traffic patterns and to serve you more efficiently if you revisit the
site. A cookie does not identify you personally but it does identify your
computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie and
this will provide you with an opportunity to either accept or reject it in each
instance.
We may provide your personal information to the national and
other State and Territory RSPCAs. We will not sell or otherwise provide your
personal information to a third party, or make any other use of your personal
information, for any purpose which is not incidental to your use of this
Website. For the removal of doubt, personal information will not be used for any
purpose which a reasonable person in your position would not expect.
If
you request us not to use personal information in a particular manner or at all,
we will adopt all reasonable measures to observe your request but we may still
use or disclose that information if:
(1) we subsequently notify you of
the intended use or disclosure and you do not object to that use or
disclosure;
(2) we believe that the use or disclosure is reasonably
necessary to assist a law enforcement agency or an agency responsible for
government or public security in the performance of their functions; or
(3) we are required by law to disclose the information.
We will preserve the content of any e-mail or other communication you send us
if we believe we have the legal requirement to do so. Your e-mail message
content may be monitored by us for troubleshooting or maintenance purposes or if
any form of e-mail abuse is suspected.
We comply with the National
Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act (Commonwealth) 1988 (Australia). In
accordance with the National Privacy Principles, we will not collect sensitive
information about you (including information about your health, racial or ethnic
origin, political or religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs, membership of
professional or trade associations or unions, sexual practices and criminal
records) unless you have consented to this or unless we believe we are required
by law to do so.
Personal information which we collect (including your contact details) is
kept confidential to the best of our ability. You will appreciate, however, that
we cannot guarantee the security of transmission.
We consider that it is the responsibility of parents to monitor their
children's use of our Website. Nevertheless, it is our policy not to offer to
send any promotional material to persons in that category.
You are entitled to have access to any personal information relating to you
which you have previously supplied to us over this Website. You are entitled to
edit or delete such information unless we are required by law to retain it.
If you wish to comment on or query our privacy policy, or if you wish to make
an inquiry regarding any personal information relating to you which may be in
our possession, you may contact us.
Security of Information
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as
totally secure. Whilst we strive to protect such information, we do not warrant
and cannot ensure the security of any information which you transmit to us.
Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own
risk. Nevertheless, once we receive your transmission, we will take reasonable
steps to preserve the security of such information.
Indemnity Clause
You indemnify us, regardless of any negligence on our part, against all
losses, liabilities, legal costs and other expenses incurred by us arising
directly or indirectly as a result of or in connections with the breach by you
of any provision of these Terms and Conditions or any wilful, unlawful or
negligent act by you in connection with the supply by a Vendor to you of, or use
by you of, any Product.
Miscellaneous
If any provision of the Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid or
unenforceable by a court of law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not
affect the remainder of the Terms and Conditions, which will continue in full
force and effect. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. This agreement
sets out the entire understanding and agreement between RSPCA ACT and you with
respect to the subject matter.
