1. Introduction / Purpose

The Australian & New Zealand Children’s Haematology/Oncology Group (ABN 78 550 982 409 )

respects your privacy when handling your personal information. We are fully committed to protecting your privacy and we will only collect, hold, use, disclose and otherwise handle your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the “Act”).

This policy sets out how we collect, use, manage and store personal information in accordance with the Act. If you deal with us, access our website or provide us with information, you agree to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Act.

2. Personal information we collect

ANZCHOG collects personal information such as name, email address, place of work, job title and images supplied to us for the purpose of creating an account within the eCommunity.

This information is necessary to create a profile so that ANZCHOG can ensure appropriate responsibility is taken for the content created on the platform, and to allow us to communicate effectively for issues related to the platform.

Users provide this information of their own accord and must agree to the site Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy before creating an account. Users may delete their account at any time, at which point their personal information will be removed from all systems related to the ANZCHOG eCommunity.

3. Collecting information from visits to our website

We may also collect information based on how you use our website, including through ‘cookies’, web beacons and other similar technologies.

Cookies are small text files that are transferred to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser to enable our systems to recognise your browser and record nonpersonal information such as the date, time or duration of your visit and the pages accessed, for website administration, statistical and maintenance purposes (“Cookie Information”).

We use cookies to provide you with a more consistent experience across our services. No attempt is made by us to use Cookie Information to personally identify you. However, if Cookie Information is linked with personal information as set out above, this Cookie Information becomes personal information and will be treated in the same manner as the personal information to which it has been linked.

You can remove or reject cookies by adjusting the settings on your web browser. Please note that some parts of our website may not function fully for users that disable cookies.

We also obtain information where it is supplied voluntarily, through online registration or email.

If we receive personal information that we have not requested and determine that the personal information received is not reasonably necessary to provide our services, we will take all lawful and reasonable steps (if any) to de-identify or destroy that personal information.

4. Protection of information

We will take all reasonable steps to protect all personal information from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.

Any personal information that we gather is kept in confidence and is not publicly accessible. Our staff are authorised to access personal information based only on their need to deal with the information for the reason that it was obtained.

5. How we use your information

We respect your privacy. We never sell, trade, or loan information to any other organisation.

We will use information for follow-up contact including newsletters and eCommunity member notifications.

You have the right to access and correct your personal information held by us. If you believe your personal information is not up to date, or wish to access, correct or delete any personal information, please contact our office.

6. How to contact us

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about our collection, use or disclosure of personal information please contact our eCommunity administrator:

Phone: +613 8572 2683

Mobile: +61 419 899 815

Email: kylie.may@hudson.org.au
Postal: Australian and New Zealand Children’s Haematology/Oncology Group (ANZCHOG)

Hudson Institute

27-31 Wright St, Clayton 3168