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Privacy Notice

For the purpose of this Privacy Notice, The Salvation Army means The Salvation Army (being the unincorporated religious and charitable association), The Salvation Army (New South Wales) Property Trust, The Salvation Army (Queensland) Property Trust and any organisations or bodies corporate owned or operated by any of the bodies above.

The Salvation Army, a not-for-profit organisation, is committed to upholding the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Our Privacy Officer is responsible for ensuring that our privacy policies are adhered to and our detailed privacy policy can be accessed online, or by contacting our Privacy Officer on 1800 961 088. Our privacy policy includes information about how you may access and update the personal or sensitive information we hold about you and details of how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with your complaint. You have the option of not identifying yourself or using a pseudonym when dealing with us in relation to a particular matter, unless we believe it is impracticable to do so in the circumstances. If you wish to deal with us in this manner, you must tell us in writing so that we can consider if your request is practicable.

The Salvation Army collects your personal and sensitive information that we believe is reasonably necessary to facilitate and manage your employment relationship and/or volunteer arrangement with The Salvation Army. By providing us with this sensitive information you consent to our use or disclosure of your information for a secondary purpose directly related to the primary purpose. Unless permitted by law, we will not use this information for any other purpose without your consent. The information we collect includes the information you provide to us in this document, any additional information you provide to our staff verbally or otherwise and any information we may need to collect about you from third parties on your behalf (if applicable). You may request access to the information we hold about you at any time by contacting our Privacy Officer. By not collecting this information we may be unable to facilitate and manage your employment relationship and/or volunteer arrangement with The Salvation Army.

In order to carry out these tasks and activities, we may need to disclose this information to organisations and individuals that carry out functions on behalf of The Salvation Army and other external organisations. These organisations and individuals may include government agencies and public sector bodies, health care and medical service providers, workers compensation and other insurance providers, recruitment agencies and individuals or businesses we contact for reference check purposes.

In order to carry out these tasks and activities, you consent to our collecting of sensitive and personal information about you from recruitment agencies, law enforcement agencies for criminal checks and working with children checks, educational institutions to verify qualifications and from individuals or businesses we contact for reference check purposes. The collection of this sensitive and personal information is may be required by the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) and the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth), child protection legislation and/or court orders.

The Salvation Army is an international movement with a presence in over 120 countries. While every effort is made to keep personal information we hold in Australia only, in order to carry out these tasks and activities, we may need to disclosure your personal information to overseas recipients such as individuals and businesses we contact for reference check purposes and liaising with government agencies and public sector bodies for the purpose of assisting with a 457 Visa application (if applicable).

Please contact our Privacy Officer if you have a query or complaint.

National Privacy Officer
The Salvation Army
95-99 Railway Rd Blackburn, VIC 3130
Email: privacy@aus.salvationarmy.org
Telephone: 1800 961 088 between 9.00am & 4.30pm Monday – Friday

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The Salvation Army Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet and work and pay our respect to Elders past, present and future.

We value and include people of all cultures, languages, abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and intersex status. We are committed to providing programs that are fully inclusive. We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of people of all ages, particularly children.

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