Privacy Policy

 

 

Melbourne City Romp 2012

Privacy Statement

 

 

Our commitment to you

 

 

Limelight Sports and the Burnet Institute are committed to protecting your privacy.  In the course of carrying out our functions, we collect personal information as defined by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).  We are committed to complying with the obligations of the Privacy Act and with the National Privacy Principles contained in that Act in the course of all our activities that involve the collection, use, disclosure and handling of personal information. 

 

This privacy statement embodies the privacy policy of Limelight Sports for the purposes of the Melbourne City Romp.

 

Please note that we may review and update this statement from time to time to allow for any changes to our operations, and to ensure this statement remains relevant in light of new laws and technology.  All personal information that we hold will be subject to our most recent privacy statement.. 

 

What information is collected?

 

Limelight Sports and the Burnet Institute will only collect personal information where that information is necessary for one or more of our functions or activities.  The purposes for which we collect information include:

 

·             communicating with our supporters;

·             receiving donations;

·             facilitating your participation in the Melbourne City Romp;

·             obtaining your consent to indemnify us for your participation in the Melbourne City Romp; and

·             Internal management.

 

 

Personal information about you that we may collect includes:

 

·             contact information (name, address, email);

·             date of birth;

·             mobile number; and

·             credit card numbers.

 

Please note that unless you choose otherwise, you do not have to provide any personal information to us.  However, if you choose not to provide information requested by us, we may not be able to communicate with you, receive your donations, or be able to allow your participation in activities organised by us.

 

How information is collected

 

Limelight Sports and the Burnet Institute will only collect personal information by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.  We collect personal information from you in various ways, including:

 

·             when you register your details with us;

·             when you update your details;

·             when you provide a product or service to Limelight Sports;

·             when you complete a survey or questionnaire, or participate in activities organised by us; and

·             when you communicate with Limelight Sports by email, telephone or in writing (e.g. communicating with customer service or providing feedback to us).

 

Where it is reasonable and practicable to do so, we will only collect personal information about you directly from you.  However, we may sometimes collect personal information from a third party, for example your contact information may be provided to us by a third party if that third party is registering a group as participants in an activity organised by us. 

 

How information is used

 

Information about you is collected to ensure that we can:

 

·             process donations;

·             process payments for entries;

·             provide receipts;

·             send information about Melbourne City Romp to you; and

·             get in touch with participants

 

In addition to these primary purposes for which the information is collected, your personal information may also be used for secondary purposes that are related to these primary purposes.

 

Your personal information may also be used by Limelight Sports and the Burnet Institute for the purpose of marketing our business functions and activities to you.  You may advise us if you do not wish to receive marketing offers or materials. 

 

Disclosure

 

Limelight Sports and the Burnet Institute will not share your personal information, including any sensitive information, unless you consent to such disclosure or as is permitted under the Privacy Act.  Limelight Sports uses external suppliers to help with mailing information to you.  These suppliers are required to sign an agreement to keep your personal information confidential.  We may also disclose your personal information to credit providers and credit reporting and fraud checking organisations where we are legally required to do so.

 

Your personal information will not be transferred outside Australia unless you consent to such a transfer and Limelight Sports is satisfied that, in the handling of your personal information, the recipient of the information will uphold principles of a same standard as the National Privacy Principles.

 

Website links

 

The Melbourne City Romp website contains links to other sites.  Other sites may also have links to our site.  In either case, we are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or business practices of any website or company except our own. 

 

 

Data security

 

Limelight Sports takes reasonable steps to protect the personal information it holds from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.  The various means by which we protect your information include firewalls, secure servers and encryption of credit card transactions. We will also take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information that we no longer need for any purpose for which it was collected.

 

 

Giving you control: Updating and access to personal information

 

You have the right to request access to the personal information Limelight Sports holds about you.  However, there may be a fee charged to you to cover the costs of meeting your request.

 

We aim to ensure that all personal information held by us is accurate, complete and up-to-date.  Please advise us if you become aware that any information that we hold about you is for some reason in inaccurate.

 

If you want to change any information that you have previously given us or if you want to opt out of future communications, or you would like to access the information we hold about you, you can:

 

·             email a request to our Privacy Officer, nicola.drummy@limelightsports.com

·             call us on +61 3 8414 8244; or

·             mail a request to the following postal address:

               

Limelight Sports                                                                               

Privacy Issues

PO BOX 290

South Melbourne VIC  3205

Australia

 

 

 

 

 

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