Privacy Policy.

Introduction

UnionsACT (Trades and Labour Council of the ACT Inc., UACT) is the peak body representing affiliated trade unions in the Canberra region and the interests of over 33,000 working people across the ACT.

UACT is committed to protecting your privacy and providing you with information and services relevant to you. The UACT complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This Privacy Policy (Policy) should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Act and the APPs.

How this Policy applies

This Policy applies to personal information the UACT collects from you:

  • via one of our websites;

  • via social media (including messenger apps);

  • via telephone;

  • via SMS;

  • via email;

  • via fax;

  • in person; and/or

  • in writing.

This Policy also applies to personal information the UACT collects from its affiliated trade unions or any other third party, about you.

UACT websites

UACT websites collect two types of information. The first type is anonymous information. The web server makes a record of your visit a range of information.

The second type of information that UACT websites collect is personal information. Personal information is requested in order to provide personalised and enhanced services that are not available to anonymous users. Cookies may be used on the UACT’s websites.

Our websites may contain links to other websites and social media pages including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of the entities responsible for those websites.

The purposes for which personal information is collected, held, used and disclosed

UACT collects, holds, uses and discloses your personal information (including your email address) to:

  • assist you with industrial relations and employment queries;

  • inform you about industrial, social, community and political campaigns;

  • inform you about your rights at work;

  • inform you about changes to legislation;

  • refer you to an appropriate union;

  • improve our service delivery;

  • manage UACT’s relationship with you;

  • to provide you advertising or marketing information of behalf of UnionsACT or on behalf of a third party;

  • conduct surveys and research;

  • provide educational services and professional development; and/or

  • to subscribe you to the UACT’s email or hard-copy newsletter(s).

The types of information UACT collects includes information such as a persons name, postal/billing address, birthday or age, and telephone number. UACT also collects transactional information (including about donations, orders and purchases from the Shop), and information about a person’s demographics (age, gender, income), interests and attitudes. This information has been collected directly from individuals visiting our site(s), or from 3rd parties (in accordance with the APP), from social media services, or from information sourced from the public domain.

Using your information for direct marketing and sharing

You consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information for the purposes of direct marketing which may include providing you with information about campaigns, events, products or services which may be of interest to you. You consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information for the purpose of sharing with third-party organisations that partner with UACT, which includes but is not limited to affiliated trade unions or the ACTU.

Unsubscribing and opting out

If you no longer wish to receive direct marketing or other communications, you may request at any time to cancel your consent to such communications by communicating in writing to us. We will generally provide a one-click unsubscribe link in bulk emails we send.

You may also request that UACT delete your record in our database. When requested, we will action your request within 7 days, or earlier if required by law.

Please note: our database and other communications systems are highly automated. Consequently, if you choose to re-subscribe, or use our services after unsubscribing or requesting your record be deleted, a new record will be created for you.

Disclosure of your personal information

UACT may disclose your personal information, in connection with or to further the purposes outlined above, to:

  • trade unions affiliated to UnionsACT;

  • related trades halls or labour councils including the Australian Council of Trade Unions;

  • organisations to whom we have a relationship with (including but not limited to information technology providers, print service providers, mail houses, financial institutions such as banks or superannuation funds);

  • otherwise as you have consented; and/or

  • otherwise as required by law.

How UACT holds personal information

Wherever reasonably practicable the UACT holds electronic personal information on data servers that are owned and controlled by UACT in Australia. The data servers are password protected and login secured.

UACT will take reasonable steps to ensure that any third party providers comply with the APPs, or are subject to a law or scheme that is at least substantially similar to the way in which the APPs protect information.

Some services we use may store data on servers held in the United States or other overseas locations.

Variations to the Policy

This Policy may be varied from time to time and an updated version will be posted on UACT’s websites. Please check our websites regularly to ensure that you have the most recent version of the Policy.