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Privacy
Under the Privacy Act 1988 (as amended) the Volunteering for International Development from Australia (VIDA) Program is obliged to comply with the requirements in this act, effective from 21 December 2001. Whenever we collect and otherwise deal with your personal information, we are governed by the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) which are contained in the Privacy Act 1988. Therefore, whenever collecting and dealing with information such as your name, address, email address or phone number and any sensitive information such as health information, we will be bound by the NPPs. Whenever we collect personal information from you, we will make every reasonable attempt to inform you of why we are collecting your information, to whom we will disclose that information and the purposes for which we intend to use that information.
In general, the purposes for which we collect your personal information include:
• to process an application to become a participant in the VIDA Program
• to facilitate your placement in an appropriate assignment
• to liaise with Host Organisations and government departments
• to facilitate your assignment
• to assist you with services whilst you are placed in the VIDA Program
• to provide feedback and follow-up on your assignment
• to obtain feedback from you about your experiences
• to allow us to review and improve our program
• to keep you informed of VIDA developments
To ensure that these purposes are fulfilled, the information will be stored, processed and handled in a manner that complies with the NPPs. To place you in our program, it will be necessary, where relevant, to pass on some of the information that you provide to appropriate third parties such as overseas government departments, Host Organisations, health service providers, our insurer and auditors, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). Where it is necessary for us to collect sensitive information from you such as information about your health, we shall only disclose this information after receiving your consent to do so.
At all times, we will take great care to ensure that your personal information is protected and treated confidentially and in accordance with the Privacy Act. If you believe that we have not dealt with your personal information in a manner that complies with the Privacy Act or if you wish to access personal information that we hold about you, please write to the Director at the following address:
The Program Director
VIDA Program
c/o Austraining International
Level1, 41 Dequetteville Terrace
Kent Town SA 5067
AUSTRALIA
In general, the purposes for which we collect your personal information include:
• to process an application to become a participant in the VIDA Program
• to facilitate your placement in an appropriate assignment
• to liaise with Host Organisations and government departments
• to facilitate your assignment
• to assist you with services whilst you are placed in the VIDA Program
• to provide feedback and follow-up on your assignment
• to obtain feedback from you about your experiences
• to allow us to review and improve our program
• to keep you informed of VIDA developments
To ensure that these purposes are fulfilled, the information will be stored, processed and handled in a manner that complies with the NPPs. To place you in our program, it will be necessary, where relevant, to pass on some of the information that you provide to appropriate third parties such as overseas government departments, Host Organisations, health service providers, our insurer and auditors, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). Where it is necessary for us to collect sensitive information from you such as information about your health, we shall only disclose this information after receiving your consent to do so.
At all times, we will take great care to ensure that your personal information is protected and treated confidentially and in accordance with the Privacy Act. If you believe that we have not dealt with your personal information in a manner that complies with the Privacy Act or if you wish to access personal information that we hold about you, please write to the Director at the following address:
The Program Director
VIDA Program
c/o Austraining International
Level1, 41 Dequetteville Terrace
Kent Town SA 5067
AUSTRALIA