Privacy Policy

As a result of new Federal privacy legislation, designed to protect personal information, coming into effect from December 21 2001, the Club is adopting a Privacy Policy to ensure confidentiality is maintained and your privacy is respected.

Appropriate action is being taken to use every effort to ensure reasonable security is applied to storage of member records. Any service provider to the Club will be required to acknowledge the confidentiality of the information, and undertake to comply with the rights of members to privacy.

Any members can, if they wish, check their personal information on the records of the Club and advise the Club of any inaccuracy.

In the absence of any contrary authority, the Committee will assume that the Privacy Policy Statement of Yarra Yarra Golf Club has been accepted by the membership.

The General Committee of Yarra Yarra Golf Club is committed to the protection of personal information of members. The Club is subject to the national Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act. The National Privacy Principles govern the way the Club will collect, use, disclose and secure information about members. They also permit the member to access the information the Club holds about that member in order to correct or update it. The Committee requires this information to run the business of the Club.

• The Club may collect and hold information such as the members' name, age, address, contact details, gender, employment, next of kin and other information relevant to Club membership.
  
• Information collected will be used principally for the purpose of managing the affairs of the Club and helping members maximise the benefits of membership. This may include providing members with information about services and facilities at the Club including events, functions and other Club activities. Any sensitive information, such as health information, or the use of electric carts on the golf course, may be collected as required to comply with the rules of the Club .
  
• The Club has, and will continue to have, data quality procedures in place to check that personal information about members is accurate, complete and up to date and will aim to ensure that information is held securely at all times.
  
• Members have a right to access any personal information held by the Club on request, unless one of the exceptions under the legislation will apply.
  
• If a member establishes that information held is not accurate, complete or up to date, then reasonable steps will be taken to correct the information.
  
• The General Manager of the Club will be the designated person to manage the Privacy Policy.

If members have any complaints or concerns about privacy matters, they should contact the General Manager. The Club aims to investigate and respond to any complaints within 30 days, although some cases may take longer. It is understood members will be able to contact the Privacy Commissioner in regard to any matter.

1. Resolved that the information be collected by the Club, in connection with its Club membership, will be used principally for the purpose of managing the affairs of the Club and helping the members maximise their enjoyment of the Club. This may include providing members with information about various Club services and activities.
   
2. Resolved that the attached Privacy Policy be approved and that the General Manager be authorised to approve any adjustment to the Policy to comply with privacy requirements on behalf of the Club including, but not limited to, collection of statements for member benefit.
   
3. The General Manager be the designated person to manage the Privacy Policy.