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Privacy Policy

Homward Bound is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.

We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) and the ten National Privacy Principles (NPPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.

A copy of the APPs may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.aoic.gov.au.

 

What is ‘personal information’ and why do we collect it?

Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses, phone and facsimile numbers.

This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including interviews, correspondence, by telephone and facsimile, by email, via our website www.homewardboundprojects.com.au, from your website, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.

We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to our clients and marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing.

When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.

 

Sensitive information

Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.

Sensitive information will be used by me only:

  • For the primary purpose for which it was obtained
  • For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose
  • With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.

 

Third parties

Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such cases we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.

 

Disclosure of personal information

Homeward Bound may disclose Personal Information to third parties, such as contractors, agents and service providers, to assist us with our activities and the provision of  our services. In doing so, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by obligations of confidentiality and privacy in order to protect your Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Act.

Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:

  • Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and
  • Where required or authorised by law.

 

Security of personal information

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.

 

Access to your personal information

You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.

Homeward Bound will not charge any fee for your access request but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.

In order to protect your Personal Information, we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information. Homeward Bound will respond to a request for Personal Information as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

Maintaining the quality of your personal information

It is an important to me that your Personal Information is up to date. we will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update my records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

 

Cookies

For statistical purposes, Homeward Bound may collect information through the use of ‘cookies’ on website activity (including the number of users who visit our website, date and time of your visit to the website, the pages accessed and any information downloaded, navigation patterns, the country and systems through which users have accessed the website).

Cookies are data that a website transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can facilitate a user’s ongoing access to and use of a website and may be necessary to access features such as online transactions.

While Homeward Bound takes great care to protect your personal information on my website and use state-of-the-art data transmission encryption, unfortunately no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, Homeward Bound cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you send to me or receive from me online. This is particularly true for information you send to Homeward Bound via email. We have no way of protecting that information until it reaches us. Once we receive your transmission, we use our best efforts to ensure its security in my possession.

Our website may contain links or plug-ins to third party websites. The use of your information by those third party websites is not within the control of Homeward Bound and we cannot accept responsibility for the conduct of those companies.

 

Homeward Bound’s responsibilities under EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the EU or UK you have certain rights and protections under the EU and UK GDPR regarding the processing of your Personal Data.

Homeward Bound collects, uses and stores your Personal Data to enable us to provide you with goods or services and information about them. We rely on the following lawful means of processing your Personal Data:

  • Where it is necessary to fulfil a contract with you. This includes where Homeward Bound collects your Personal Data to enable us to send you our goods or provide you with our services
  • Where you have given us valid consent to use your Personal Data. We will rely on that consent and only use the Personal Data for the specific purpose for which you have given consent. This includes where we email newsletters or send mobile phone notifications
  • We may also process your Personal Data where it is to further our legitimate interests which could include usage statistics, analytics and internal analysis so we can improve my services to you

 

Your rights as an EU or UK resident

If you are a resident of the EU or UK, you have various rights including the:

  • Right to be informed
  • Right of access
  • Right to rectification
  • Right to object
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to erasure or to be forgotten
  • Right to data portability and
  • Right not to be subject to automated processing.

If you want to access your Personal Data or ask for the information to be corrected, please contact Homeward Bound. In some circumstances, you also have a right to object to or ask that we restrict certain processing activities or delete your Personal Data. If you would like to limit or request deletion of your Personal Data or exercise any other rights you can do so by contacting us.

 

Withdrawing your consent

You can withdraw your consent to our collection or processing of your Personal Data. You can do so by contacting us or by opting out of email newsletter communications by following the instructions in those emails or by clicking unsubscribe. If you withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Data, you may not have access to our services and we might not be able to provide you with my services. In some circumstances, where we have a legal basis to do so, we may continue to process your information after you have withdrawn consent. For example, if it is necessary to comply with an independent legal obligation or if it is necessary to do so to protect my legitimate interest in keeping our services secure.

 

Our compliance

Homeward Bound complies with the GDPR protection directives set out by the EU and UK regarding the collection, use and retention of Personal Data from EU member countries and the UK. All Personal Data stored on my platform is treated as confidential. It is stored securely and is only accessed by authorised personnel. Our collection is limited in relation to what is necessary, for the purpose for which the Personal Data is processed, and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purpose for which the Personal Data was collected. We implement and maintain appropriate technical, security and organisational measures to protect Personal Data against unauthorised or unlawful processing or use, and against accidental loss, destruction, damage, theft or disclosure. We ensure the encryption and pseudonymisation of Personal Data and we have adequate cybersecurity measures in place.

 

Your acknowledgement

By providing Homeward Bound with your Personal Data, you consent to us disclosing it to third parties who reside outside the EU or UK. We will ensure that those third parties are GDPR compliant.

If you feel that your data has not been handled correctly or you are unhappy with our response to any requests you have made to us regarding the use of your Personal Data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Australian Privacy Commissioner through their website.

 

Policy updates

This policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.

 

Privacy policy complaints and enquiries

If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at:

     Post:
     P64 Brougham Street
     Eltham VIC 3095
     AUSTRALIA

     Telephone:  +61 3 7020 2119

Both Personal Information and Personal Data have the same meaning in the context of this Privacy Policy.

Updated: 30 May 2023