Privacy Policy

The Lisa Fahey Foundation (LFF) respects the privacy of individuals, and takes seriously the trust of individuals in providing it with their personal details.

LFF is bound by the Commonwealth’s Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 which became effective for all private sector Organizations in Australia from 21 December 2001.

The following code of practice is designed to meet the ten National Privacy Principles outlined in the Act controlling the recording of, use of and rights of access to personal information held by the Lisa Fahey Foundation.
This Privacy Policy applies to the www.lisafahey.com.au website and to all business activities of The Lisa Fahey Foundation.

From time to time in may be necessary for us to review and revise our privacy statement.  We reserve the right to change our privacy statement at any time and to notify you by publishing an updated version of the policy on this website.

Code of practice – Lisa Fahey Foundation

  • LFF will only collect personal information from event participants, donors and volunteers that is essential for the purposes for which it is requested. Personal information collected by LFF will be used solely for the primary purpose for which it is collected or for a closely related secondary purpose.
  • Persons receiving direct marketing material will be given the opportunity of not receiving any further information.
  • Every effort will be made to ensure that all personal information is accurate and, as far as practicable, kept up-to-date.
  • All personal information will be held in either files or in computerized databases accessible only to those persons who need to have access to the information.
  • LFF will take all reasonable steps to ensure the integrity of its computerized databases and records.
  • Personal information will be confidentially destroyed or de-identified as soon as it is no longer legally required.
  • Individuals will have the right to access their personal information held by LFF, subject to certain exceptions detailed in the National Privacy Principles.
  • LFF reserves the right to charge an individual a reasonable fee to cover the expense of providing access to personal information.
  • Where possible, LFF will respect a person who wishes to remain anonymous.
  • Personal information will only be transferred overseas at the request of the individual.
  • In general LFF will not collect sensitive information about volunteers or any other persons, other than when assessing applications for financial assistance or undertaking a police clearance for volunteers.
  • All collection and use of sensitive information will involve formal consent from the individual, even if not required by law.

Further inquiries

Any inquiries in relation to this policy or requests for access to personal information should be referred in writing to:

The Chairman, The Lisa Fahey Foundation, PO Box 416, Burnside SA 5066