P.O. Box 310 Neerim South 3831                                          

 

 

The Victorian Cherry Association Inc. recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of personal information collected from you. Personal information is information or an opinion relating to you which can be used to identify you or by which your identity can be reasonably identified. We respect each grower's right to personal privacy, to that end, we collect and use information only as disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

 

The information we collect is never shared with other organizations for commercial purposes, unless otherwise stated on the form. In any case, you will have the choice of whether or not to disclose any information to a third party when submitting your details.

 

The types of personal information that we collect will depend on the circumstances of collection. We usually collect personal information such as your name, address, telephone number and at times details of your commercial operations.  Personal information is generally collected during the course of our relationship with you.  We may collect personal information about you when you deal with us through personal contact. There may be occasions when we collect information about you from a third party, for example from an associate who provides such information to us or from a database provided to us.

 

We use the personal information that we collect to provide our services to you, to fulfill administrative functions associated with these services, for example billing, to enter into contracts with you and/or third parties. When we collect your personal information we will give you the option of advising us that you do not want us or any third party to use the information for any disclosed secondary purpose. You may also at any later date notify us of your preference on this issue by contacting our privacy officer.

 

Unless otherwise stated, we may disclose your personal information to third parties who assist us in providing services or who perform functions on our behalf. We or they may use your personal information to assist in supplying and improving products and services made available to you and also providing you with goods, services or promotions which may interest you and bringing these to your attention.

 

We will on request provide you with access to the personal information we hold about you in accordance with the National Privacy Principles. We may recover our reasonable costs from you in supplying you with access to this information. If we decline to give you access in certain circumstances we will provide you with reasons for this. To request access, please contact our privacy officer.

 

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, up to date and complete whenever we collect or use it. You may contact us at any time to update your personal information or to tell us that the information is inaccurate or incomplete.

 

We will take all reasonable precautions to safeguard your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We use a variety of security measures including restricting physical access to our offices and secure databases.