Privacy Policy

Our Commitment

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to communicate to you how we manage, collect, deal with, protect and allow access to personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (the APPs). We understand the importance placed on the privacy of your personal information. We will endeavour to make you aware of the contents of this Privacy Policy before or as soon as reasonably practicable after collecting any personal information about you.

This Privacy Policy is available at our website at www.tewantinnoosalions.com.au. The website includes our contact details

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These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

What data we use

We may keep personal information of individuals and businesses with whom we deal, including:

• Suppliers (e.g. food vendors and stallholders)
• Sponsors
• Recipients of assistance from us
• Charities

We will not publish any personal information without the express permission of the person involved. For example, if we wish to publicise assistance we have given to an individual we will only do so with the express permission of the individual concerned. We can, however, publish details of assistance given without such permission, but only if it is worded in such a way that the individual cannot be identified.

We keep Personal Information of our members which can include their name, position, date of birth, current address, email address, telephone numbers, next of kin, bank details, preferred means of contact, hobbies and interests and photos of you. This is held for legitimate reasons and will be shared with Lions Australia and with other members of Tewantin-Noosa Lions Club. All member are under an obligation to not disclose any information from the membership list without the express permission of the relevant member. You can read Lions Australia privacy policy here

What rights you have over your data

You can at any time request a copy of any information we hold on you by contacting the Club Secretary. You can then request that we delete that information. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Why do we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information?

We collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for the following purposes:

• To communicate with our members, participants, sponsors, suppliers and the public about our club’s activities and programs,
• To better understand our membership characteristics and provide services to them
• as is reasonably necessary and convenient for our business functions and activities.

Unless otherwise provided by law, we will not collect, hold, use or disclose sensitive information without your consent.

Complaints

If you would like to make a complaint about the way we collect, use, disclose, store or administer your personal information, or otherwise consider there may be a breach of the Privacy Act or the APPs, you may lodge a complaint under our Complaints Policy.

All complaints will be treated seriously and dealt with promptly. The Complaints Policy is our way of ensuring your privacy concerns are raised and addressed promptly.

Our Complaints Policy is currently under review. In the interim please refer complaints to the Executive Officer by contacting info@lions.org.au.