We, the Trustees of ACIRT understand the importance of protecting your right to privacy of your personal information. When accessing our Website or interacting with us online the following explains what information we gather from you when you go to our website, how we use that information and how you can contact us for more information.
Effective 21 December 2001, the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 commenced. This Act regulates the way ACIRT and its service providers must handle personal information.
Further, the Act contains 10 National Privacy Principles that regulate how ACIRT must collect, store and protect the quality of personal information.
They also regulate how ACIRT can use or share personal information with other organisations. These National Privacy Principles form part of our operating administration procedures.
What personal information will ACIRT keep on members?
ACIRT collects personal information from members to administer their accounts. Information collected includes C+Bus membership number, name, address, date of birth, telephone number, occupation, name of ACIRT participating employer and number, beneficiary details and tax file number.
The above personal information is collected when members use our website to lodge "membership application forms" or "changes in membership details".
Securing your information
When ACIRT captures your personal information, it is passed through our secure server using 128-bit encryption technology. This scrambles your information to ensure it is protected over the Internet.
Nevertheless, members should be aware that there may be inherent risks associated with transmission of information via the Internet. Members who do not wish to use the Internet can provide their information by non-electronic means.
Collecting of browsing information
When you browse the ACIRT website, our service provider logs the following information for statistical purposes:
- Your server address
- Top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.)
- The date and time of your website visit
- The pages you looked at
- The documents downloaded
- The previous site you visited
- The type of browser you used
ACIRT will not release your personal information unless the law permits it or your permission has been obtained.
The ACIRT website is "cookie free". This means we will not send you any unsolicited information after you accessed our site. We will record your e-mail address if you send us a message, however it will not be added to any mailing list.
Why does ACIRT need your personal information
The personal information collected on members is used to establish an ACIRT member account where redundancy contributions are processed, benefit payments made and correspondence sent. If you choose not to provide certain personal information, it may mean that we tax any benefits at a higher rate, cannot correspond with you or track you if you become a "lost member". We also use third party service providers (Administration, mailing companies, archiving companies) and other organisations like auditors and the Australian Tax Office who receive or have access to certain personal information. With the exception of the Tax Office, contracts are in place to protect your information by these organisations.
You have access to your information
Under the 10 National Privacy Principles, you can access most of the personal information we hold about you and request corrections. To obtain this information, please contact ACIRT to ask them for your personal details. In certain limited circumstances, some or all access may be denied. If this applies to you, ACIRT will explain the reason.