Privacy Statement

Good Beginnings Australia respects the privacy of its clients, supporters and others with whom we deal. Good Beginnings Australia complies with the National Privacy Principles.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect information about our supporters necessary to enable us to maintain accurate records about who donates to us; the purpose, if specified, for which donations are made; and so that we may meet our legal obligations, such as providing donors with official receipts for their donations.

Unless you ask us not to we may also use your information to ask for your support and to keep you informed about the wonderful ways in which our donors and supporters help us to make a difference to the lives of children and families.  If you decide to support the work of Good Beginnings, we may ask you for further information that may be used to contact you again about the work of our organisation.  You can ask us at any time not to contact you again.

Good Beginnings will not sell or trade in your personal information without your prior permission. Occasionally we need to disclose personal information to third parties who assist us in providing services or who perform functions on our behalf.

USE OF COOKIES
When you visit our website, or download information from it, the following information is recorded: your internet address, your domain name if applicable, the date and time of your visit, the pages you accessed and documents downloaded, the previous website you have visited and the type of browser you are using.  This information is only used for statistical and website development purposes.

We make limited use of cookies on our website.  We only use cookies to improve the functionality of our website, not to store any of your personal information.  A cookie is a small message given to your web browser by our web server.  The browser stores the message in a text file, and the message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.  If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may be able to change the settings of your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your computer, giving you the choice whether to accept it or not.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Good Beginnings regards the security of your personal information as a priority and takes a number of precautions to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.  Specific security precautions are in place for processing online payments which include the use of encrypted links, dedicated private connections and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.  We remind you, however, that the Internet is not a secure environment and although all care is taken, we cannot guarantee the security of information you provide to us via electronic means.

ACCURACY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Good Beginnings will endeavour to ensure that the personal information we hold is accurate, complete and up-to-date.  If you become aware of any inaccuracy in the personal information we hold about you, we encourage you to contact us so we can update any personal information we hold about you. Our contact details are set out below.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION WE MAINTAIN
Subject to their proper identification, any person about whom we maintain information may have complete access to the information we have about them. To make a request, please contact the Good Beginnings Privacy Officer by calling Good Beginnings on (02) 9211 6767.

INFORMATION ABOUT US
We strive to include complete and up to date information about ourselves on our website. Each year we publish our Annual Report on our website. Hard copies of our Annual Report may be obtained from our office at Level 3, Suite 37 & 38, 8-24 Kippax Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010.

Good Beginnings ABN: 68 090 673 528.

Good Beginnings is endorsed by the Australian Tax Office as a deductible gift recipient and tax-exempt public benevolent institution (PBI).

You can write to the Good Beginnings Privacy Officer at:
PO Box K969 Kippax St Haymarket NSW 1240.