Gold Coast Rural Fire Brigade Group  - Privacy Policy

Introduction The Gold Coast Rural Fire brigade Group website (“the Site”) is owned and operated by the Gold Coast Rural Fire Brigade Group (ABN 48 857 297 912) ("GCRFBG"). This Privacy Statement sets out GCRFBG's policies relating to the collection and use of your personal information whilst you use this Site. 1. Your Privacy GCRFBG is committed to protecting user privacy. We understand that visitors and users of this website are concerned about their privacy, and the confidentiality and security of any information that is provided. 2. Membership GCRFBG has implemented a members-only function on the Site designed to offer members of GCRFBG Brigades additional resources. 3. Collection of personal information There are two ways GCRFBG collects information: If you do not log in as a member Whenever you visit our Site, our servers automatically record information for statistical purposes about your usage of the Site such as the time of the visit, its duration and the pages which you visit. The information we collect about you remains anonymous. We do not collect Personal Information about you. We do not link the anonymous information to any other personal information. Therefore if you have not identified yourself on the Site, such as by registering for Membership or logging on as a member, we will not link a record of your usage of our Site to you personally. If you log in as a member Once you have registered on-line as an online member of GCRFBG we collect personal information about you in order to provide you with the appropriate resources. When you first register, we collect information from you directly and also from time to time thereafter if you provide us additional information. Once you have logged on as a member, we keep a record of how you use the Site. This helps us to build a profile of what resources are most useful. Any further collection of your personal information other than that explained above will only occur with consent from you. GCRFBG only collects information from your use of our Site. We do not collect information about you from other organizations or from websites outside the Site that you may visit. You may access your member's profile at any time, and determine what information is visible to other members - this information is intended for emergency resource management and group administration. This information is not visible or available to non-members. 4. Use of cookies Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's browser. This Site does not use cookies. 5. Using and disclosing your personal information GCRFBG acknowledges that information it collects on members may be Sensitive Information as defined in the Privacy Act 1988. GCRFBG will not use or disclose any personal information about you with the without your consent unless: It is necessary to prevent serious or imminent threat to an individual's life, health or safety or a serious threat to public health or public safety; GCRFBG reasonably believes that unlawful activity has been or is being engaged in and use of your Personal Information is necessary and part of GCRFBG's investigation or in reporting its concerns to relevant authority; It is authorised by or under the law. Exception statement: For administration of group resources and emergency management purposes, your name and contact phone number will be visible to other members of GCRFBG. 6. "SPAM" (promotional email) GCRFBG has developed this Site to enable members to have access to the information services and resources supplied by GCRFBG. Keeping members informed about issues relating to GCRFBG is done via e-mail. If you do not wish to receive information or notifications from GCRFBG then you may remove your e-mail address in your member profile. 7. Storage and security of your personal information GCRFBG will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information held about you, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. Your information is stored on secure servers using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which is the industry standard for secure online transactions. You can also play an important role in keeping your personal information secure, by maintaining the confidentiality of your password. Please notify us immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account by any other Internet user or any other breach of security. 8. Correction of personal information GCRFBG You may correct Personal Information held on the members profile page at any time by logging on to your membership profile and updating or correcting your Personal Information stored there. Any other Personal Information stored on the GCRFBG database may be corrected only by notifying our Group Administration Officer, and notifying GCRFBG of the information you require corrected. GCRFBG will update and correct your Personal Information on the terms specified in our Privacy Policy. 9. Links to other websites GCRFBG provides links to websites outside of the Site. These linked Sites are not under the control of GCRFBG, and we cannot accept responsibility for the conduct of companies linked to our website. Before disclosing your personal information on any other website, we advise you to examine the terms and conditions of using their websites. 10. What to do if you have a problem or question If you have any queries relating to our Privacy Policy, or you have a problem or complaint, please contact the Group Administration Officer. For more information about privacy issues in Australia and protecting your privacy, visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website.