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Australian
Nursing Federation Privacy
Policy In order to carry out the activities of the union, the ANF collects personal information from, or on behalf of our members for the purpose of representing, assisting, advising and providing information and services to members, and in some circumstances former members, and pursuing other employment and related interests. Personal information is also collected for purposes of providing information to subscribers to publications of the ANF. Under the privacy code, personal information includes all information or opinion about an individual and sensitive information is defined as a subset of this. Sensitive information includes information or opinion about an individual's membership of a trade union, sexual preference or practices, criminal records, or personal health information. ANF's policy as to the collection, use, disclosure, security and access to such information is as follows: Collection
More detailed information may be collected where the union is assisting members with individual cases. Personal information is collected either directly from individuals in conference or by telephone, letter, fax, email or where necessary or appropriate, from third parties such as employers, Government agencies, statistical sources etc. The ANF will not collect sensitive information about an individual unless:
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Quality Security The ANF will continue to monitor and review its security arrangements and ensure staff and management are made aware of organisational systems for the processing, storing and transmitting of personal information and the protective security policies associated with this. Disclosure The ANF may use or disclose personal information for a secondary purpose where the secondary purpose is related to the primary purpose of collection (or, if the personal information is sensitive information, directly related to the primary purpose of collection) and the individual concerned would reasonably expect the ANF to use or disclose the information for that secondary purpose. The ANF may also use or disclose personal information about an individual for a secondary purpose if it has been obtained an individual's consent (either express or implied consent). The ANF will not disclose personal information unless the individual concerned has given consent or if disclosure is required by law. No personal information will be disclosed to third parties for the purposes of direct marketing. Personal information such as names and addresses may be used to forward to you information in the form of journals, newsletters or circular letters. If you do not wish to receive such information your name and address will be removed from our mailing list for these purposes. Access If for any reason we refuse to provide you with access we will give you written reasons for such refusal. Where the ANF uses a service provider (eg. a mailing house) and it is necessary to provide information to the service provider concerning you, you will be informed of such disclosure when required by the National Privacy Principles. The ANF have sought from each of its service providers an undertaking in writing that any information provided by the ANF and held by them will be treated consistently with the provisions of the Privacy legislation and the National Privacy Principles. Queries
Concerning Access and Complaints Procedure The
Privacy Officer Your complaint should set out the full details of the nature of the complaint. If your complaint has not been resolved within a reasonable time to your satisfaction you have a right to refer it to the Privacy Commissioner whose address is as follows: The
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