Sunnyfield Member's Auxiliary Privacy Policy

This is a first draft of our Privacy Policy

It is important, in order to maintain the family values that started and built Sunnyfield over 60 or so years, that members stay in touch with other members and their families.

The Sunnyfield Auxiliary keeps details of names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of many members (ideally all members) and users of Sunnyfield’s services. Most of this information is already in the public domain.

The Auxiliary also wishes to also add limited information about the disabled people supported by Sunnyfield so the Auxiliary is able to better understand the types of disability and numbers of people involved. For example, how many families still have disabled family members still living at home; if and when will they require accommodation, supervisory care or trustee assistance? Are there other subsets of disability that have common groups of unmet special needs?

The Privacy Act requires personal information shall be protected such that:
* the personal information is protected by such security safeguards as it is reasonable in the circumstances to take, against loss, against unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure, and against other misuse
* everything reasonably within the power of the record-keeper is done to prevent unauthorised use or disclosure of information contained in the record
* any person is able find out whether any records contain personal information about them, and if so, the nature of that information; the main purposes for which it is used; and the steps that a person should take if they want to obtain access to it
* appropriate and reasonable corrections, deletions and additions are made, to ensure that the record:
- is accurate; and
- is, having regard to the purpose for which the information was collected or is to be used and to any purpose that is directly related to that purpose, relevant, up to date, complete and not misleading.

Any efforts to collect and store any and all information will be maintained in strict accordance with the above Privacy Policy commitments.

Any member may request that the Auxiliary does not store any non public domain information. Members or users who do not wish to be contacted can inform the Auxiliary; their requirements will be noted and their wishes complied with.

This Policy is based on Guidelines issued in February 1998 by the Privacy Commissioner: “Plain English Guidelines to Information Privacy” providing advice “about storage and security of personal information, and access to and correction of personal information”. Copyright (c) Commonwealth of Australia 1994. Acknowledgment is made to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney, October 1994.