Privacy & Confidentiality

This policy applies to any individual using MADEC’s online and offline platforms.

MADEC respects your right to privacy and is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our participants and website visitors. We adhere to Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988, setting out how we collect and treat your personal information.

Personal information is detail we hold which is identifiable as being about you, and it is collected in fair and lawful ways.

As per  POL_001_003 – Privacy and Confidentiality, MADEC is committed to protecting and upholding the right to privacy and confidentiality for our participants, staff, board members and representatives of stakeholder organisations. 

This policy applies to All MADEC staff, contractors, and board members, informing:

  • How we collect and store personal information necessary to deliver agreed services
  • How we fulfil reporting requirements.

 

MADEC requires board members, staff, and contractors to respect and maintain the privacy and confidentiality of individuals and the organisation’s business generally.

MADEC is consistent and careful in managing: 

  • What is recorded and said about individuals
  • How we store and protect the information 
  • Who can see or hear this information.

 

We may need to disclose personal information to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, warrant, during a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request.

THIRD PARTY

Our site may have links to other websites not owned or controlled by MADEC. These links are for your convenience. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of these websites. MADEC is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. 

We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every website collecting personal identifiable information.

 

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

MADEC is committed to ensuring your information is secure. 

To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place to secure information, protecting from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification, and disclosure.

The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk. We cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may request details of personal information we hold about you in accordance with the
provisions of the Privacy Act 1988

If you would like a copy of the information we hold or believe any information we hold on you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please email us at madec@madec.org.au.

We reserve the right to refuse to provide you with information we hold about you, in certain circumstances set out in the Privacy Act 1988.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Please contact our MADEC if you:

  • Have any enquiries regarding our Privacy Policy
  • Wish to access or correct your personal information
  • Require further detail about how we handle your personal information 
  • Wish to make a complaint about how we have handled your personal information.