Privacy Policy
Safeguarding Your Information
At Affordable Tax & Accounting, we endeavour to ensure all data collected from all our clients in Rockhampton is accurate and well-maintained. We have a strict privacy policy in place that deals with the security of all information requested from our clients, to ensure maximum protection of all personal and financial details.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our clients and prospective clients who utilise our services. Our current privacy policy has been adapted to fully comply with the National Privacy Principles contained within the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000.
At Affordable Tax Returns, we want to ensure all our clients that we will only collect information from you that is necessary. Please note that this Privacy Statement may be updated from time to time.
The following is an excerpt taken from the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 to further define our commitment to the proper handling of your personal information, and your rights regarding the same. For further information on our services, and our policies and procedures, speak with us today.
National Privacy Principles
As part of the current National Privacy Principles, our data collection system fully adheres to the following guidelines from the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000. The following, provided by the Federal Register of Legislation, ensures all our clients:
3 Data quality
An organisation must take reasonable steps to make sure that the personal information it collects, uses or discloses is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
4 Data security
4.1 An organisation must take reasonable steps to protect the personal information it holds from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
4.2 An organisation must take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer needed for any purpose for which the information may be used or disclosed under National Privacy Principle 2.
5 Openness
5.1 An organisation must set out in a document clearly expressed policies on its management of personal information. The organisation must make the document available to anyone who asks for it.
5.2 On request by a person, an organisation must take reasonable steps to let the person know, generally, what sort of personal information it holds, for what purposes, and how it collects, holds, uses and discloses that information.
Regarding sensitive information, we adhere to the following:
10 Sensitive information
10.1 An organisation must not collect sensitive information about an individual unless:
(a) the individual has consented; or
(b) the collection is required by law; or
(c) the collection is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the life or health of any individual, where the individual whom the information concerns:
(i) is physically or legally incapable of giving consent to the collection; or
(ii) physically cannot communicate consent to the collection; or
(d) if the information is collected in the course of the activities of a non-profit organisation—the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) the information relates solely to the members of the organisation or to individuals who have regular contact with it in connection with its activities;
(ii) at or before the time of collecting the information, the organisation undertakes to the individual whom the information concerns that the organisation will not disclose the information without the individual’s consent; or
(e) the collection is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal or equitable claim.
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2004A00748
For further information on our policies and procedures, speak with us today.
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