We are bound by the National Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act).

[Where appropriate, we will handle personal information relying on the following exemptions contained within the Privacy Act: the related bodies corporate exemption and the employee records exemption]

The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia provides Christian missionary care in remote areas of Australia, together with medical care and religious instruction in schools.

We usually collect personal information such as a person’s name, age, contact details, occupation, church details and financial information to provide receipts for donations and maintain communication with our supporters but we may collect other personal information as well. We use this information to acknowledge donations from our supporters and communicate with them the needs of the Society and the news from our Field Staff. When we collect sensitive information (as defined in the Privacy Act) we will collect it with your consent, unless the law allows us to collect it without your consent.

We may share your personal information amongst bodies associated in some way with the Bush Church Aid Society of Australia. We will handle personal information to the standard set out in our Privacy Policy.

The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia may disclose your personal information to third party service providers such as mailing houses or contractors from time to time to help us to provide our services. If we do this, we generally require those parties to protect your personal information in the same way we do.

We use a variety of physical and electronic security measures including restricting physical access to our office and the use of firewalls and secure databases to keep personal information held on IT systems secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.

Generally, you have a right to access personal information we hold about you. If we deny your request in some circumstances we will tell you why. Please contact our Privacy Compliance Officer (Robyn Williams at the National Office) at Level 7/37 York Street, Sydney (robyn@bushchurchaid.com.au)  to ask for access to your personal information, if you have a complaint about the way we handle your personal information, or if you would like more information about our approach to privacy.