The National Trust of Australia (NSW) of Australia (NSW) is committed to protecting your privacy. Members and any individuals or organisations who visit our website or get in touch with us by any other means should have absolute confidence in our ability to protect personal privacy.

We are publishing this statement to ensure that we clearly demonstrate our commitment to the responsible management of personal information.

The following describes the privacy practices and policies relating to our organisation and will make clear :

• What choices you have regarding the collection, use and distribution of information;
• What information may be gathered about you.
• What we do with the information.
• Whom we may share the information with.
• The kind of security procedures and safeguards which are in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of information under the control of the National Trust of Australia (NSW).
• How you can correct or update any inaccuracies in the information.

We hope that this knowledge will help you to make an informed decision about giving out personal information.

If you feel that the National Trust of Australia (NSW) is not abiding by its stated policy on privacy, you should contact us on (02) 9258 0123.

What information we collect

When you become a member of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) we typically collect the following information from you in order to establish your membership:

• Contact information (name, address, phone, email)
• For joint memberships, joint member contact details may be collected
• Date of Birth*
• Occupation*
• Concession details
• Credit card and direct debit details*

* If you so choose, you do not have to supply information indicated

How information is used

This information is collected to ensure that we can process memberships correctly, provide receipts, send information about the National Trust of Australia (NSW) and get in touch with our members from time to time about subjects of interest to them.

Who owns the information

We are the sole owners of information relating to Membership and/or other information collected on this site or by any other means. The information is never shared or sold to third parties without your express authorisation. The data is held at the National Trust of Australia (NSW) where we employ a world-class security/firewall system. Internal access to computer data and files is secured and the information is not publicly accessible from our website or retrievable via the Internet.Occasionally, we may use external suppliers to assist with mailing information to you. These suppliers are required to sign an agreement to keep your personal information confidential.

Removing or updating data on yourself

Any time you wish to be removed from the database, or if you would like to correct or update your information, you can do so by contacting us on by phone, fax or mail.

Phone: (02) 9258 0123
Fax (02) 9252 1264
Mail to: National Trust of Australia (NSW), Watson Road, Observatory Hill, Sydney, 2001.

Privacy and the Internet

When you visit this web site, our Internet Service Provider automatically records the originating IP details and domain name. If you have used a link from another site to reach our site it also records that link and the original domain name. This information is used to compile statistical information about visitation to our website. However, visits to our website are not resolved to an individual and the recorded data is not used for tracking any individual.

Privacy Queries

If you have any queries regarding the information contained in our privacy policy, please contact our Privacy Officer on 9258 0123

Last updated 16th July, 2002