Privacy
Breakthrough Victoria Pty Ltd ACN 647 784 772 (Breakthrough Victoria) values and is committed to protecting your privacy. We handle your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) and other applicable legislation (Privacy Laws).
This Privacy Statement applies to information collected through the Breakthrough Victoria website www.breakthroughvictoria.com . For information about our broader collection, use, and disclosure of personal information, please email contact@breakthroughvictoria.com .
We may update this privacy statement from time to time. Any changes to this Privacy Statement will be published on this website.
What information do we collect?
There are three main ways that we may collect personal information from you:
REQUESTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
In most circumstances, you will know if we are collecting personal information from you because you will be requested to provide it. For instance, if you submit a form to contact us through the website, we will ask you to provide your name and email address.
AUTOMATIC COLLECTION THROUGH THE WEBSITE
Some personal information is automatically collected as a result of your visit to our website. This information is collected using software techniques such as web server log file analysis, cookies and web beacons.
AUTOMATIC COLLECTION BY THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE VENDORS
We use some third-party software that collects information about your interaction with our website.
When you visit our website, your web browser automatically sends certain information to these software providers.
This statement covers each of these instances of personal information collection in more detail below.
Requests to provide information
We may collect personal information that you choose to give us, or which may be required to access a particular service. This includes information collected via online forms, events and training registration, or when subscribing to receive newsletters.
The information you provide by completing an online form on this website is collected by the Breakthrough Victoria content management system (CMS) and may be stored on third-party infrastructure. Breakthrough Victoria has a process in place to delete this data from the CMS on a regular basis when it is no longer needed.
Automatic collection through the website
USE OF COOKIES
We use first-party cookies and JavaScript code to collect information about visitors to this website. We use these to track how our visitors interact with this website, including where they came from, what they did on the site and whether they completed any transactions on the site.
If you don‘t want to have cookies placed on your computer, you can disable them using your web browser. You will need to customise each web browser you use to turn off cookie tracking.
If you opt out of using cookies, you will still have access to all the information and resources provided by this website, though some features may not work as expected.
Automatic collection by third-party software vendors
This website uses several online tools to measure website use, which are provided by third-party software vendors. We use these tools to help us make our site better.
We use software by third parties, including:
For further information on how these third-party software vendors handle your personal information, please review their privacy policies. Personal information may be provided to third parties when accessing this website. Information that may be shared to third parties includes:
- network location and IP address
- the date and time of your visit to our website
- the types of web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari) and operating system (e.g. Windows 10, Mac OS X etc.) you are using
- Flash version, JavaScript support, screen resolution and screen colour processing ability
- Referring site details (such as the URL that you came through to arrive at our website)
- Page visited and the time spent on each page
- Documents downloaded and search terms used
- The forms accessed on our website
- Unique device identifier
- Cookies and data about which page you visited
- Device information, hardware model, operating system information, app version, app usage, debugging information, browser information
- Geo location information (if enabled by user)
- May assign a unique user identifier
The information we disclose to some of our third-party vendors may travel outside Victoria. We take steps to ensure that when your personal information travels, privacy protections travel with it.
Third party software vendors may alter how they collect and handle personal information at any time.
Use and disclosure
USE OF WEB ANALYTICS DATA
We use web analytics data for statistical purposes, such as to analyse, measure, and report on data about our website traffic and visits. This information helps us understand general user trends at an aggregate level, and improve our website, content, and user experience.
We may also use this information for security audits to protect against threats from hackers or other security purposes.
We do not use this information to identify you or match it with any other personal information that we may collect from you, unless required to do so as part of an internal investigation or for a law enforcement-related purpose, in accordance with Privacy Laws.
DISCLOSURE OF WEB ANALYTICS DATA
Apart from the third-party tools described in this Privacy Statement, we do not disclose your site visit data to any other third parties without your consent, unless we are required or authorised to do so by law. In the event of an investigation into suspected unlawful or improper activity, a law enforcement or government agency may use its legal authority to inspect our web server‘s records (e.g. in relation to hacking or abusive messages).
CAN I OPT OUT OF THE COLLECTION OF WEB ANALYTICS DATA?
You cannot opt out of the automatic collection of information that is used for analytical purposes, however you may choose to disable cookies or delete any individual cookie. If you choose to disable cookies, the website may not function fully and your ability to browse, read, and download information contained on our website may be impaired. However, you may still access our services by contacting our office via other methods such as telephone, email, or mail.
You can enable a “Do Not Track” setting on your browser to help protect your privacy. When Do Not Track is tuned on, your browser will send a Do Not Track request to the sites you visit, and to the third parties whose content is hosted on those sites. However, many websites will still collect and use your browsing data regardless of the Do Not Track Request. This depends on individual sites‘ privacy practices. Sending a Do Not Track request does not guarantee privacy protection.
Instructions on how to enable the Do Not Track setting:
You can also opt out of tracking and website analytics using a Google browser plugin .
Social media
We use Twitter and LinkedIn to communicate with the public about our work. We may collect any personal information that you provide us via the @BreakthroughVic on Twitter or LinkedIn, for the purposes of engaging and consulting with the public. Any personal information we collect via Twitter or LinkedIn will be handled appropriately and in line with this privacy statement.
Twitter or LinkedIn may also collect your personal information for its own purposes. When you agree to Twitter and LinkedIn‘s terms of service and privacy policy, you agree to your information being transferred outside Victoria. To protect your privacy and the privacy of others, please do not post any personal information (including phone numbers and email addresses) in your comment, tweet, reply or post. Additionally, please do not share personal information about others via social media.
We have social media sharing links on this website. These are located on the right-hand side of a webpage under the heading ‘Share this’. By clicking these links you are given the option to share the webpage as a post on your social media account (Twitter or LinkedIn). These social media networks may collect your personal information for their own purposes.
Links to non-Breakthrough Victoria websites
This privacy statement does not apply to any external websites that are linked on the Breakthrough Victoria website.
The icon we provide to let you know when you are leaving to visit an external website is displayed below. This is what an external link looks like.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. When you visit other websites, we recommend you read the privacy statements or policies of these websites before providing personal information.
Where Breakthrough Victoria offers links to other sites, Breakthrough Victoria is not affiliated with those sites and has no control over, and is not responsible for, their content, privacy practices or other policies. Third-party sites should contain their own privacy notices, and those third parties be responsible for their own privacy practices.
Security of your personal information
Under the Privacy Laws, we have a responsibility to protect your personal information. We take reasonable steps to make sure that your personal information is protected from misuse, loss, and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. Access to systems, applications, and the information that we collect is limited to authorised staff members only.
Further, any personal information that we collect and use for identifying user trends (for example, IP address) is aggregated and anonymised when generating reports.
Access and correction
You may request access to, or correction of, documents that contain your personal information which are in our possession. For information on how to make a request for access or correction, please contact us via the details below.
Disclaimer
The content of this website is provided for information purposes only. No claim is made as to the accuracy or authenticity of the content of the website.
Information, data and advice on this website is provided on the basis that site users undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content. Breakthrough Victoria, as owner of this site, makes no representations, either expressed or implied, as to the suitability of anything on this website for any particular purpose.
We do not sponsor or endorse any material on websites linked from or to this website, including any social media websites that may be linked in any way to this website.
We do not accept any liability to any person:
- for the information, data or advice (or the use of such information, data or advice) which is provided on this website or incorporated into it by reference
- for any interference with or damage to a user‘s computer, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this website or its use
If you use automatic language translation services in connection with this site you do so at your own risk. We make no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy or usefulness of any translation of the information on this website.
Copyright
Unless indicated to the contrary, Breakthrough Victoria owns all copyright subsisting in the information, text, materials, graphics, software, names, logos and trademarks (the Content) contained on this website. You may reproduce in whole or in part the Content only if:
- The reproduction is not for public or commercial purposes; and
- You keep all Content intact and in the same form as presented on this website (including all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices).
In some cases, a third-party may hold copyright in material presented on this website. Their permission may be required to use the material.