Privacy Statement

The Police Association of New South Wales is an organisation of employees registered under the Industrial Relations Act 1996. The Association takes privacy issues very seriously and we are committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information.

What does the Association do?

Association staff and officials are involved in a wide range of activities including:

Representing members in workplace and industry wide negotiations with employers and employer organisations
Providing information to members about their employment and related rights and obligations
Lobbying State and Federal Government and other relevant bodies about matters of concern to members and proposals to address these concern
Conducting research and other activities in order to enable the Association to effectively carry out these functions

Providing members and their families with access to a range of benefits and
services.

What information do we collect and maintain?

We collect personal information from members including the name, address, workplace location, date of birth, beneficiary, contact details, promotion/transfer history, and Association Education participation and committee membership. More detailed information is collected where the Association is assisting members with individual cases.

Why do we collect the information?

We collect and maintain this information in order to:

Contact members about matters relating to their Association membership
Ensure that services and programmes are relevant to the needs of members, including by carrying out surveys and other research
Meet statutory requirements under the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and other relevant legislation
To monitor information that is provided to members
To help us to manage disputes and negotiations

Disclosure of your personal information

During the course of assisting an individual member with a particular issue we may
need to discuss the matter with;

An Association supervisor / manager for the purpose of seeking advice
A legal representative for the purpose of seeking advice or support
People within the NSW Police ONLY WITH the consent of the individual member who has brought the matter to the Association
External agencies ONLY WITH the consent of the individual member who has brought the matter to the Association

Any other person ONLY WITH the consent of the individual member who
has brought the matter to the Association

For the purposes of training provided that no person or incident can be identified in any way.
If we believe on reasonable grounds that disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious imminent threat to life or health of the individual concerned or another person
Or when the disclosure is required or authorised by or under the law.

As with most organisations we sometimes rely upon third party providers (solicitors, mail houses etc) to help us to provide specialised services to our members. These parties act on our behalf. Whilst your personal information may be provided to these third parties to enable them to perform their agreed activities, they are bound by confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements and in the case of professional providers bound by their individual regulatory bodies and/or codes of practices, and are prohibited from using the information for any other purpose. Please note we will not pass information to third parties without a memberiÌs consent, other than in particular cases of contracted-out services, such as use of mail houses, or where we are required by law. We will also have a commitment to secure storage of and control of access to personal information that we maintain.

Contacting us about access and correction of your personal information

If you wish to contact the Association in relation to this privacy statement or any other privacy issues contact should be made with the Manager Administrative Services at the Association Office.

Telephone (02) 9265 6777, Facsimile (02) 9265-6789
Website www.pansw.org.au
Email enquiries@pansw.org.au

We aim to ensure that your personal information is accurate, up to date and complete. Please contact us if you; would like to seek access to, or revise your personal information or feel that the information we currently have on record is incorrect or incomplete or if you do not wish to receive information from the Association by mail, emails or other means or if you believe that the privacy of your personal information had been interfered with.

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