About this Policy
This privacy policy sets out the information handling practices for the Urban Taskforce Australia (ACN 102 685 174) including our website. We recognise that your personal and sensitive information is important to you and that you are concerned with its collection, use, and disclosure. We are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) which sets clear standards regarding these activities.
We strive to manage personal information in a best practice way while enabling us to better serve our membership and the community.
Personal information means information or an opinion, true or false and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an identified or reasonably identifiable individual.
About The Urban Taskforce Australia
“The Urban Taskforce was established in 1999 as a non-profit organisation representing Australia’s most prominent property developers and equity financiers. We provide a forum for people involved in the development and planning of the urban environment to engage in constructive dialogue with both government and the community.”
The Urban Taskforce champions the financial risk takers in the development market place.
Our Mission is to promote:
- Efficient planning and environment laws
- Quality urban design
- Increased economic activity
- Improved quality of life in urban communities
Collection of personal information
Urban Taskforce collects information to provide services to members and non-members and where it is reasonably necessary to its functions and activities.
Urban Taskforce will include the following statement at all points where personal information is collected: “Urban Taskforce collects and maintains personal and sensitive information in line with our privacy policy. To view the privacy policy please visit the …………”
Urban Taskforce will not adopt, use or disclose government related identifiers such as ABNs and TFNs except in situations permitted under the Act.
Events
We collect and hold information members and non-members provide through applications to attend events and conferences. This includes, if applicable: name and contact details.
This section applies to our website – https://www.urbantaskforce.com.au
We collect a range of information with our website and Urban Taskforce in general. We also use Google Analytics to collect information from the browsers.
Urban Taskforce implements a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of personal information when submitting a request or placing an order.
These security measures include: password protected databases to safeguard your information or SSL (Secure Sockets Layered) technology to ensure that information is fully encrypted and sent across the Internet securely.
Urban Taskforce offers the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via NAB Transact technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway provider’s database. This information is only accessible by those authorised with access rights to such systems, and who are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private information (credit cards etc.) will not be stored on our servers.
The information we collect includes IP address, domain name, date and time of visit, the pages visited and time spent on each page, whether you have visited the site before and what site referred the visitor to the web page. We use this information to evaluate the effectiveness of our website and the level of interest in particular pages or Urban Taskforce campaigns.
Information about how Google handles personal information is available at http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
You can opt out of the collection of information via Google Analytics by downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Our website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or policies of those sites and we suggest that you review their privacy policies.
Cookie/Tracking Technology
The site may use cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the site, and understanding how visitors use the site. Cookies can also help customize the site for visitors. Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology, however, if personally identifiable information has previously been provided, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties.
Distribution of Information
Urban Taskforce may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation. This occurs when:
- permitted or required by law
- trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or,
- investigating fraud which has already taken place. The information is not provided to these companies for marketing purposes.
Mobile applications
When individual members access our mobile applications via their mobile device, our web development firm collects username details in order to authenticate access to member-only content. We do not review or use this information for any purpose beyond authentication with our membership database. We also do not collect or track information about the pages individual members view. App usage statistics (e.g. page views and time on page) are analysed on an aggregate basis only using online analytics made available by our App’s software provider.
Social media
We participate in social media platforms such as LinkedIn groups, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube. If we think it is relevant to the quality of service that Urban Taskforce provides or its objectives, we sometimes record the nature of the topic discussed by a particular individual and their name and follow up with further conversation offline.
Social media services also handle your personal information for their own purposes. These sites have their own privacy policies.
Security of Personal Information
We periodically assess the risks of misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure of personal information and ensure that we have adequate measures, including policies, procedures and technology, to address those risks. For example, we limit staff access to personal information to that which they need to carry out their role.
Urban Taskforce Data Breach Policy
Urban Taskforce has a Data Breach Response Plan to enable us to respond appropriately if we become aware of any unauthorised access to, modification, disclosure, or other misuse or interference with, the personal information we hold.
The Data Breach Response Plan includes notifying affected individuals and the Australian Information Commissioner if the breach is likely to cause a person serious harm. By following the Response Plan we can contain, assess, and respond to data breaches in a timely fashion to help mitigate potential harm to affected persons.
Retention of Information
Subject to proper use and disclosure, all of the personal information about you is held on password protected databases and may also be stored in hard copy in secure storage premises.
Contact about this Policy
We will amend this policy from time to time and notify you of any amendments through our publications and by posting an updated version on our website www.urbantaskforce.com.au
Suggestions about improving this policy are welcome. Please contact us on 02 9238 3969.
