About this policy
- MAPP (Melbourne Association of Psychodynamic Psychiatry) is subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
- The MAPP Privacy Policy explains in general terms how our organisation protects the privacy of information in compliance with Australian privacy law.
How MAPP collect your privacy information
In all cases MAPP collects privacy information by lawful and fair means. In most circumstances, we collect your privacy information directly from you. As an example, we may collect privacy information about you when you correspond with us via telephone, facsimile, email or letter or when you contact us in person. Typically, the privacy information we collect about you includes your name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address.
The purpose for which we may collect, hold, use and disclose information
MAPP collects personal information only where reasonably necessary for one or more of the functions and activities connected to providing training or peer support.
How we utilise or discloses your information
Generally, MAPP uses and discloses privacy information only for the primary purpose for which we collect it. We may also use privacy information for a secondary purpose related to the primary purpose for which you would reasonably expect us to use the collected information, unless an exception applies.
We will not disclose privacy information collected by us to third parties for the purpose of allowing them to direct market any products and services to you.
Direct marketing
We may use your personal information to provide you with updates on our organisation unless you request not to receive such communications from us.
Cookies
When you visit our website – www.mapp.org.au, our server attaches a small data file called a “cookie” to your computer’s memory.
Cookies are pieces of information that may be transferred to your computer’s memory when you visit a website for record keeping purposes. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive any cookies from us, you should set your web browser to refuse cookies.
At MAPP, we use cookies to provide us with aggregate (anonymous) information on how people use our website, and to help us to know what they find interesting and useful on our website. We do not link this information to your identity or to any other information provided by you. There is no information identifying you stored inside any cookies.
Collection of anonymous information via our website
As most website owners and operators do, MAPP may track usage patterns on our website on an anonymous aggregate basis. Each time you visit our website a web server makes a record of your visit.
Lodging a complaint
Should you wish to complain about a potential breach of this Privacy Policy or the APPs please contact our committee president using details on our Contact Us Page.