Australian Labor values the protection of your privacy and follows the Privacy Act 1988 and current Australian best practice guidelines to ensure your privacy is protected.
What information?
Generally, the information collected by Australian Labor is provided by you in the registration process. This normally includes your name, address and any preferences chosen by you in creating your profile. This information helps us customise your online experience to your best needs. We do not store credit card information. We will not share your information with anyone else except where legally required, such as for donations to Australian Labor and petitions to the Australian Parliament.
As part of registering as a Labor Connect member you acknowledge that your comments will be published with your name and suburb. We do not allow anonymous comments. Labor Connect is moderated, and any comments that are defamatory or otherwise inappropriate will be removed. See the Comment Moderation Policy.
Registered participants are reminded not to disclose other personal information when contributing to forums and blogs. Participants acknowledge that Australian Labor cannot control the use of information you post publicly on this site.
When organising a petition Australian Labor will collect information required by the petition. From time to time Australian Labor will also conduct surveys designed to improve your website experience. The information collected in these surveys in non-identifying. Australian Labor also collects other non-indentifying information relating to website usage by visitors to the website via cookies in order to improve your website experience. This information includes time, date, IP address, browser and other general website usage information.
How?
Mostly we collect information that you provide through registration processes, petitions or surveys from a variety of sources including the Labor Connect Community and mailing list.
Cookies are used to collect non-identifying information.
Why?
Information is collected to improve, personalise and customise your website experience. Information is also used to communicate with you about material you have opted to receive.
In addition, Australian Labor has specific obligations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to disclose donations. When a donation is made we will record the necessary information but do not store credit card information. See the section under Donations.
Subscriptions
All Australian Labor Internet mailing lists use a double-opt-in process which requires a request and confirmation of the request for an e-mail address to be added to a mailing list. All e-mails and newsletters sent via automated mailing lists will clearly identify Australian Labor or its representative as the sender and will include a suitable method for unsubscribing.
Disclosure of information
Personal information provided to Australian Labor and information collected by Australian Labor will not be disclosed to any other third party except where legally required.
In the case of credit card transactions, the IP address of the visitor may be recorded, however this information will not be used or disclosed except where legally required.
Donations
Donations up to $1,500 to registered political parties may be tax deductible. Donations of over $10,500 are subject to disclosure under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. This is the reason we require your personal details when making a donation.
Copyright
This work is copyright. Permission is given for non-profit electronic viewing and distribution. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, this material may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission providing the material is not altered in any way and due acknowledgement is given. Any person wishing to distribute this material should seek also advice on their legal obligations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
Credits
Many of the images of sitting parliamentarians used on this site are courtesy of AUSPIC and may not be used without AUSPIC’s consent.
Some of the electorate and electoral information, particularly during election periods, is made available courtesy of the Australian Electoral Commission. Copyright ©, Australian Electoral Commission, 1998-2004. All rights reserved.
Federal electorate maps have been made available courtesy of the Australian Electoral Commission. The maps and federal electoral boundaries shown on the electorate maps are Copyright ©, Australian Electoral Commission, 1998-2004. All rights reserved.
Feedback
If you've got something to say, Australian Labor would like to know about it. We would encourage you to join the Labor Connect community and participate in our discussions. In addition, you can provide feedback directly to Labor's parliamentary team by using the e-mail address on each of their pages.
You are generally able to update your details through our website, however please contact the National Secretariat if you wish to access or change any details in accordance with the Privacy Act.
The contact details for Australian Labor are:
Australian Labor National Secretariat
PO BOX 6222
KINGSTON ACT 2604
Phone: 02 6120 0800
Fax: 02 6120 0801
Email: [email protected]
www: http://www.alp.org.au/