Brisbane
Junior Rugby Union
Brisbane Junior Rugby Union ABN 64 553 608 447 (the Association) appreciate
that privacy is very important to people. The Association has adopted this
Privacy Policy as we recognise the right of our players, members and guests
to keep their personal information private. This Privacy Policy covers the
Association 's treatment of personally identifiable information that we
collect or hold. Like many other organisations, the Association must comply
with the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act when
dealing with personal information.
1 The information we collect
The Association will collect general information about you, such as your
name, address, contact details and other Clubs you belong to when you apply
for membership with your club or this Association. This information is
required under the Registered Clubs Acts. We may also collect this and other
types of personal information, such as your membership number, during the
course of dealing with you, for example when you wish to obtain goods or
services from the Association and when you participate in contests and
promotions or return feedback forms.
Where practicable, the purpose for which we collect personal information
will be made clear at the time of collection. If you do not provide us with
certain information we may be unable to accept your application as a player
or membership or provide you with access to participate in our competition.
Users can generally visit the Association website without revealing who they
are or other personal information. The Association will not collect any
personal information about visitors to the website except when they
knowingly provide it.
2 How we use your information
The Association will use the personal information we collect for the purpose
disclosed at the time of collection, or otherwise as set out in this Privacy
Policy. We will not use your personal information for any other purpose
without first seeking your consent, unless authorised or required by law.
Generally we will only use and disclose your personal information as
follows:
(a) to establish and maintain your membership to the Association,
including displaying in the club and in some cases disclosing your name and
address (as required by law) and providing you with newsletters, quarterly
magazines, annual reports and other information necessary to allow you to
play an active role in the Association, such as information about candidates
standing for election to the board of the Association;
(b) Report the State and National bodies (QRU & ARU) to ensure you
membership to those bodies for the purpose of insurance and other necessary
resources.
(c) to provide the products or services you have requested from the
Association;
(d) to answer your inquiry;
(e) to register you for events, promotions or competitions;
(f) in accordance with the Constitution of the Association;
(g) to assist us to make the Association's
sites, services and products more valuable to our players, members
and guests
(h) for
direct marketing of products or services and to keep you informed of new
developments we believe may be of interest to you. If we contact you in this
way without obtaining your prior consent, we will provide you with the
opportunity to decline any further marketing communications;
(i) to third parties where we have retained those third parties to
assist us to operate the Association and provide the products or services
you have requested, such as marketing consultants and promotions companies,
catering and event coordinators, businesses operating from our premises,
website hosts and IT consultants, and our professional advisers such as
management consultants, lawyers and accountants; and
(j) to different parts of the Brisbane Junior Rugby Union to enable the
development and marketing of other game, products and services and to
improve our customer service in general.
3 Access to your information
You can request access to the personal information that the Association
holds about you by contacting the Association's Privacy Officer as set out
below. We will provide you with access to your personal information unless
we are legally authorised to refuse your request. We may charge a reasonable
amount for providing access.
If you wish to change personal information that is out of date or inaccurate
at any time, please contact your Club or Log On through you Club website
using you provided Username and Password. After notice from you, your Club
will take reasonable steps to correct any of your information which is
inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. If you wish to have your personal
information deleted please let us know and we will delete that information
wherever practicable.
We may refuse
your request to access, amend or delete your personal information in certain
circumstances. If we do refuse your request, we will provide you with a
reason for our decision and, in the case of amendment, we will note with
your personal information that you have disputed its accuracy.
4 Security
The Association will take reasonable steps to keep secure any personal
information which we hold and to keep this information accurate and up to
date. Personal information is stored in a secure server or secure files.
The Internet is not a secure method of transmitting information.
Accordingly, the Association cannot accept responsibility for the security
of information you send to or receive from us over the Internet or for any
unauthorised access or use of that information.
5 Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Association may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting
the amended version in the Association or on our website at http://www.bjru.com.au.
We suggest that you visit our website regularly to keep up to date with any
changes.
6 Contacting us
If you would like any further information, or have any queries, problems or
complaints relating to the Association 's Privacy Policy or our information
handling practices in general, please contact our Secretary by e-mailing
info@bjru.com.au, calling 07 3824 3386 or writing to PO Box 1105, Capalaba.
QLD 4157.