The Yarra River Business Association Inc. (ABN: 64 453 280 508) adheres to the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This policy sets out how we collect and treat your personal information and the choices available to you.
Personal information we collect
Personal information is information that can be used to identify you. YRBA Inc. only collects information about you when you provide it to us. You provide personal information to us in a number of ways, such as if you join us as a financial member, if you subscribe to our electronic newsletter, browse and/or submit content to this website, enter our competitions, or contact us with an enquiry. By providing us with personal information, you consent to the terms of this privacy policy and the types of disclosure covered by this policy.
The personal information we collect may include the following:
- email address
- phone number
- name
- postcode
- organisation
How we use your personal information
We will only collect personal information when it is necessary to do so. The information you provide may be used for purposes including (but not limited to):
- responding to your enquiries,
- collecting payment for a service rendered,
- sending you email newsletters that you have subscribed to,
- contacting you in relation to a competition,
- providing you with promotional opportunities for your business or event,
- conducting surveys or research to improve our services,
- the annual membership acquittal required by our funding partner, the City of Melbourne
Disclosure of personal information
The Yarra River Business Association (Inc) will not disclose your personal information to other agencies and authorities unless required and authorised by law. We will not pass-on or sell your details to another individual or business, nor will we add your details to a mailing list without your consent.
Email marketing
If you subscribe to receive email communications from us and wish to unsubscribe, you can do so by using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. You will not receive any further emails unless you re-subscribe.
Website use
Information sent by your web browser may be automatically collected. This information typically includes your domain name and your user name. Other examples of information collected by our server include the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, operating system and platform, the average time spent on the website, pages viewed, information searched for, access time, websites visited before and other relevant statistics. The amount of information sent depends on the settings you have on your web browser. We may use this information to measure the use of our website and to administer and improve the website. Once aggregated for statistical purposes, you will not be personally identified from this information.
YRBA may store some information on your computer such as cookies when you visit our website. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to the hard drive of a visitor’s computer for record-keeping purposes. This information facilitates your use of our website. You can erase or choose to block this information from your computer if you want to. Erasing or blocking such information may limit the range of features available to you on the website.
Facebook Custom Audience ads
We may use Facebook’s Custom Audiences to deliver advertisements to our subscribers on Facebook. Your personal information is not shared with Facebook; your email address is converted to a unique number that is matched with another unique number within Facebook.
You can opt out of Facebook Audience ads.
Clickstream data
Clickstream data provides useful information about how users access our website, without identifying individuals. We collect the following for statistical and administration purposes:
date and time of your visit your visited pages your operating system your IP address the browser you are using
We will not attempt to identify individuals from the clickstream data unless required by law or to investigate improper activity in relation to this website.
Links to other websites
Our site has links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these websites. Please be aware that YRBA Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices of other such websites.
More information
YRBA Inc. is entitled, at its sole discretion, to amend, add or remove any part of this Privacy Statement at any time, without notice. You should periodically review this Privacy Statement to ensure that you are up to date with any such amendments, additions or removals.
You may obtain further information regarding privacy issues in Australia by visiting the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website at www.privacy.gov.au.
YRBA Inc. will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer needed for any purpose.
You have the right to access personal information we hold about you subject to the restrictions provided by law. If you have any enquiries about our privacy procedures, please contact the Executive Officer at [email protected], with the subject line ‘Privacy’, or send details of your complaints to Y.R.B.A. Inc. P.O. Box 76, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, 8009
1 March, 2021
