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Privacy Policy

St Peter’s Anglican Church Hornsby – Privacy Policy

For the purposes of simplicity the abbreviation St Peter’s will be understood to mean St Peter’s Anglican Church Hornsby. Planning Center and Easy Jethro are the digital databases referred throughout the policy.

St Peter’s Anglican Church Hornsby, publisher of hornsbyanglican.org.au online, abides by Australia’s National Privacy Principles and is committed to respecting your right to privacy and your right to control the accuracy of your private/sensitive information.

Sensitive information

Sensitive information is information that identifies an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences or practices, criminal record or health information. St Peter’s does not collect sensitive information about you unless you specifically choose to volunteer it to us.

How do we collect your information?

We will only collect personal information by lawful and fair means, and we take steps to safeguard this information. We collect private information about you or your family members if:

  • You attend a St Peter’s event/church service and provide us with your private information.
  • You contribute financially to support the ministry of St Peter’s and beyond.
  • You provide necessary private information for children (under 18 years) who attend an event/church service.
  • Personal information about former members may be retained for a period of time.

How do we protect your information?

We protect your personal detail stored on a digital database, through encryption, firewalls, secure buildings and computer security systems.

  • We never share information about you with any other organisation.
  • We will take all reasonable steps to ensure the personal information we hold about you is relevant, not excessive, accurate, complete and up-to-date. Each time we contact you we will give you an opportunity to correct or update details. Planning Center and Easy Jethro secure data with the latest technology on its servers and has strong password protection on its servers and for users.

How your private information is used and disclosed

Your information is maintained on a digital database (Planning Center and Easy Jethro). If you have a personal login to St Peter’s Planning Center database you will have the ability to control your communication settings.

If we have your email address and you are an attender of St Peter’s we will send our weekly e-newsletters. (You can always opt out of these).

  • You may receive written communication from the church office.
  • You may receive email communication promoting event/church information.

How do you view information we have about you or your family members?

If your private information is held on the St Paul’s digital database (Planning Center and Easy Jethro) you may request access to your personal information. We encourage you to contact our office if you have any concerns about the personal information we hold about you.

How to opt out of your information being stored or receiving communication

You have the right to opt out of individually addressed promotional mailings/emails. If you do not wish to receive further communication from St Peter’s you can:

Write to us at:
The Privacy Officer
207 Peats Ferry Road, Hornsby, NSW, 2077

Email us at  he***@ho*************.au  (You will need to give sufficient information for us to identify you, for example, your name and address.)

Unresolved complaints

If you are not satisfied with our handling of your complaint you can refer it to the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner.

Contact details:

Office of the Privacy Commissioner
GPO Box 5218, SYDNEY NSW 2001, AUSTRALIA.

Privacy Hotline

Please note: Complaints should be made in writing to the Federal Privacy Commissioner at the above address. If you need help to make a complaint, you can phone the hotline for assistance.