Who we are
Regional Circularity Co-operative Limited (ABN 81 776 977 850) (RCC, us or we) is committed to protecting your privacy and to complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This Privacy Policy outlines how RCC may collect your personal information and how we will use, record and protect that information.
What personal information do we collect?
RCC only collects personal information which is reasonably necessary for one or more of its functions or activities. For example, we may collect your personal information in order to provide you with services or to include you in an activity of RCC. We may also collect your personal information to protect against fraud or theft and to comply with our obligations under the law. If you are a member of RCC or a participant in an RCC event or program, you may need to provide RCC with personal information in connection with that relationship or activity.
Personal information may include your name, address, telephone number, email address and membership details.
From time to time, you may be able to deal with us anonymously or by pseudonym, but in some instances if you don’t provide us with certain personal information, we may not be able to provide you with the products or services you want.
How we collect personal information?
The personal information we collect is, in most cases, directly provided by you when you register your details with us or give us the information, when you place a call, email or otherwise contact us, when you participate in an event program or activity, participate in services we provide or provide goods or services to us.
When you visit our website, it will automatically send you a “cookie”. A cookie is a piece of text sent from a web server to your computer and is used to identify you only by a random number. This information does not personally identify you, but it does tell us that your computer has visited our site and what areas of the site have been browsed. You can decline cookies by adjusting the “accept cookies” setting in your browser, however this may affect the functionality of the website.
Where we collect personal information from third parties, we will only do so if it is unreasonable or impracticable to collect the personal information directly from you and we will take reasonable steps to inform you if and when we do.
How is your personal information used?
When you do provide us with personal information, we will not use or disclose it other than for:
- the purpose for which it was provided;
- a related purpose that you would reasonably expect us to use the information for;
- a purpose required or authorised by law or a court/tribunal order; or
- a purpose that you have expressly consented to.
For example, we may use your personal information to contact you to provide you with the information and/or products and services you have requested or to enable you to participate in programs or events we have organised. We may also store and process that information in connection with our funding or grants applications and programs and to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services. We may also use your personal information to protect against fraud or theft and to comply with our obligations under the law.
If you are a member of RCC, you agree that the personal information you provide can be used for any purpose associated with RCC’s business, including the promotion of RCC’s activities and industry or governmental funding or projects in which RCC participates.
If we use your personal information for direct marketing purposes, all of the electronic communications we send to you will include an opt-out facility (such as an unsubscribe link in an email) which enables you to opt out of receiving any future direct marketing correspondence. Direct marketing messages may be sent by email, SMS or post.
If you do not wish to receive marketing information , you can use the opt-out facility or contact our Privacy Officer using the contact details below. Please note that if you opt-out, we may still send you non-promotional messages, such as transactional messages regarding your membership.
Who we may share your personal information with?
The information provided by you online may be disclosed to government departments, statutory corporations or bodies, industry organisations and other participants in projects, grants or funding proposals that RCC may participates in. The information may also be disclosed to our agents, contractors or third party service providers who provide administrative, telecommunications, computer or other services to us in connection with the operation of our activities and this website.
We may also provide third parties with aggregate, de-identified information about visitors to or users of our website.
On occasion, we may disclose personal information to overseas recipients. These overseas recipients are likely to be located in the country or countries in which you are located.
By providing your personal information to RCC, you consent to the disclosure of such information to overseas recipients. Please note that once consent is provided, APP 8.1 will not apply to that disclosure so that, if an overseas recipient handles the personal information in a manner which breaches the APPs, RCC will not be accountable under the Privacy Act for the breach nor will you be able to seek redress under the Privacy Act.
Data security
We maintain strict standards and procedures to prevent unauthorised access to your personal information and ensure correct use of information. We will take such steps as reasonable to protect your personal information from unauthorised access or use, misuse, loss, modification or unauthorised disclosure.
Personal information will be de-identified or destroyed when no longer required by us.
Access and correction of details
You can access and update personal information RCC holds about you by contacting us via the method provided below during normal business hours. We will allow you access unless we consider that there is a sound reason under the APPs or other relevant law to withhold that information. If we refuse to provide you with access or correct the personal information held about you by us, we will provide in writing reasons for such refusal. If we refuse to comply with your request to correct the personal information we hold about you, you are entitled to ask us to associate with the information a statement that the information is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, and we will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to do so.
Third party websites
Any links to other websites on our website are for your convenience and information. When you access a third party’s website through our website, please understand that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of that site. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of each site you visit. Any information you provide to third party websites will be governed by the terms of the websites’ privacy policies. We have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content, actions or policies of third party websites
Change to this Privacy Policy
RCC may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will publish any changes on this page.
Contact us
If you have questions or complaints regarding the way in which RCC has handled your personal information, or if you wish to access or update your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer by:
- emailing us at info@begacircularvalley.com.au; or
- writing to us at the address below
Privacy Officer
Regional Circularity Co-operative Limited
PO Box 123
Bega NSW 2550
Once we have received your enquiry, our Privacy Officer will respond to you within a reasonable time. If, after receiving our response, you still consider that your privacy complaint has not been resolved, you may then, for example, take your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Further information
For more information about privacy issues in Australia and protecting your privacy, visit the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: http://oaic.gov.au/.
Last updated: May 2022