Privacy policy
Your privacy is protected by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
Stop It Now!, a program of Jesuit Social Services, strives to meet or exceed the requirements of this Act.
We’ve written this Website Privacy Policy (WPP) to inform you about what data we collect on this website and what we do with it.
By continuing to use the Stop It Now! website (www.stopitnow.org.au) you agree to the terms of this WPP, as set out below.
Overview:
Your privacy is protected by Privacy legislation. We will not release information about you to anyone except under the limited exemptions as permitted under these laws.
You are not required to provide personal information to use this service
If you do provide us with personal information it is stored securely
Information you provide is predominantly used for the purpose of providing the service to you.
De-identified information may also be used for program development and research purposes
We collect some browsing data (including using cookies) to help us to improve the user experience
You can contact us if you have any questions about this policy, or any information that you have provided that we may hold.
Your personal information
We recognise the importance of protecting the privacy of all personally identifiable information
Under this WPP, “personal information” has the same meaning as under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
No personally identifiable information will be collected without your consent. In order to remain anonymous it is important for you to ensure that you do not disclose any identifiable information.
If you are to disclose any personal information to our live chat, this will be stored securely.
How we use your personal information
Stop It Now! will only use your personal information submitted through the website for the purpose for which it was submitted. That is, to provide support offered by the program.
De-identified information may be used for other purposes, such as program improvement purposes and research
Security of your personal information
Stop It Now! strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personally identifiable information submitted via this website. Stop It Now! periodically reviews and updates security measures in light of current technologies.
While you send information to us, please bear in mind that Stop It Now! cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information in transit because no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure.
Once Stop It Now! receives your transmission, however, strict security procedures are used to protect it on our systems.
Collection of website browsing information
When visiting this website, Stop It Now! site server makes a record of that visit and logs the information for statistical and administrative purposes. No personal information will be collected. Information collected is purely for the purposes of site administration and will not be used for any other purpose. A third-party service called Google Analytics (GA) is also used to enhance this record.
The browsing data and personal information that is collected using these methods may include:
The date and time of the visit to the site – this assists us when assessing things such as the website’s busy times to ensure maintenance on the site is conducted outside these periods.
Pages accessed– this indicates to Jesuit Social Services which pages or documents are most important to users, and also aids improvements in the site’s structure so that important information is not missed.
Duration of the visit – this helps us establish how interesting and informative Jesuit Social Services site is to its visitors and allows us to differentiate genuine visits from other types of web traffic.
The type of browser, operating system, and screen size used – this informs us about the range of systems and devices that visitors use to visit the site and helps ensure that the site is built to be as functional, readable and visually engaging as possible.
Web cookies
A cookie is a piece of information that an Internet web site sends to your browser when you access information at that site. Cookies are either stored in memory (session cookies) or placed on your hard disk (persistent cookies).
The Stop It Now! website may use both types of cookie, depending on your use of the site.
If logged in, upon closing your browser, the session cookie set by this web site is destroyed, you are automatically logged out, and no Personal Information is maintained which might identify you should you visit our web site at a later date.
Persistent cookies may be used to communicate non-personally identifying data for web analytics purposes. You may opt to decline or block such cookies, using your browser preferences, without it affecting the way the website functions.
Changes to these terms
Stop It Now! will review this WPP periodically and reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify or remove portions of this policy at any time.
This WPP is subject to regular review and you are advised to revisit this policy page periodically to be informed of changes to the policy.
Further information
If you do provide us with personal information you have a right to review any information held about you. If you want access this information, or if you have a complaint concerning your information, or wish to have your information corrected you can also email team@stopitnow.org.au
Information about links on this website
Links to other websites are inserted for convenience and do not constitute endorsement of material at those sites, or any associated organisation, product or service.