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Privacy Policy
Rock Community Care Inc. believes that privacy is an important individual right and is important to its clients. It is committed to ensuring that the personal information provided is handled properly and with all due care. Rock Community Care Inc. complies with the National Privacy Principles and the Privacy Act 1988.
A brief summary of how personal information will be managed is set out in this policy. For further information on the type of personal information collected, held, used and disclosed, contact :
Privacy Officer - (07) 3844 5232
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Personal Information |
Information (including an opinion) is treated as personal information if the subject individual can be identified from that information.
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Collection of Information |
Only necessary personal information is collected. Personal information will be collected directly whenever it is reasonable and practicable to do so. At or before collection, reasonable steps will be taken to ensure that awareness is made of the purpose or purposes of collection and the extent to which that information may be disclosed. Personal information does not have to be given, but if not given further assistance may not be possible. This possibility will be indicated to the client at the time.
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Sensitive Information |
Information that is regarded as sensitive under the Privacy Act 1988 such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs will not be collected unless consent has been given.
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Use & Disclosure |
Personal information will be used or disclosed for the purpose it was given (Primary Purpose). It will be used for other purposes (Secondary Purpose), only if -
- Consent to the purpose is expressed or implied;
- The use/disclosure is related to the main purpose of the collection and the client would reasonably expect it to be so used in such a way; or
- It is required by law or some other compulsion to disclose such information as is permitted in National Privacy Principle 2.
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Quality & Security |
Every reasonable effort will be made to ensure the security of personal information held and that the personal information collected disclosed and used is complete and accurate. The information when no longer needed will be destroyed or de-identified.
Access to personal information or notification of any change to the information should be made to
Privacy Officer - (07) 3844 5232 | 
