OM Australia Website Privacy Policy

This policy pertains to the collection and protection of personal information held by OM Australia. It pertains to all Personnel and Financial information and any associated personal information held by OM Australia on behalf of our employees as well as our financial donors' addresses and other details held in our databases.

Definitions

• "Employee": any current OM worker.
• "Partner": All other individuals or groups about whom OM Australia stores information (this includes Donors, Churches, etc).

Types of information that may be collected

"Personal information" includes the following:

Name, address, telephone number, credit card number or bank account details, donation record, health record (including mental) information, church affiliation, pastors' address or phone number, spiritual background (testimony), previous life history: any personal information which is collected and stored by OM Australia as part of our normal operating procedures.

"Aggregate information":

In some cases we also remove personal identifiers from data you provide to us and maintain it in aggregate form. We may combine this data with other information to produce anonymous, aggregated statistical information (e.g. number of visitors, originating domain name of the Internet Service Provider), which helps us in improving our products and services.

"Automatically collected information":

We automatically receive certain types of information whenever you interact with us on our sites and in some e-mails we may send each other. Automatic technologies we use may include, for example, Web server logs/IP addresses, cookies and Web beacons.

• Web Server Logs/IP Addresses. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. All computer identification on the Internet is conducted with IP addresses, which allow computers and servers to recognise and communicate with each other. OM Australia collects IP addresses via Google Analytics In order to conduct site analysis and Web site performance review.
• Cookies. A cookie is a piece of information that is placed automatically on your computer?s hard drive when you access certain Web sites. The cookie uniquely identifies your browser to the server. Cookies allow us to store information on the server to help make the Web experience better for you and to conduct site analysis and Web site performance review. Most Web browsers are set up to accept cookies, although you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Note, however, that some portions of our sites may not work properly if you refuse cookies.
• Web Beacons. On certain Web pages or e-mails, OM Australia may utilize a common Internet technology called a "Web beacon" (also known as an "action tag" or "clear GIF technology.") Web beacons help analyze the effectiveness of Web sites by measuring, for example, the number of visitors to a site or how many visitors clicked on key elements of a site.

Web beacons, cookies and other tracking technologies do not automatically obtain personally identifiable information about you. Only if you voluntarily submit personally identifiable information, such as by registering or sending e-mails, can these automatic tracking technologies be used to provide further information about your use of the Web sites and/or interactive e-mails to improve their usefulness to you.

Ten Principles

1. Statement of Intent

While using our websites, you may be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services offered. Such services may include newsletters and competitions, live chats and message boards, and personalised services such as funding updates. By entering your details as requested, OM Australia will be able to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. Our services are designed to give you the information that you want to receive. OM Australia will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current internet best practice.

2. Collection of Information

Only personal information pertinent to the work of OM Australia will be collected. This will be done only with your consent.

3. Use and Disclosure

Personal information will never be used for a second purpose (i.e. a purpose other than the one for which it was collected) without your consent. For example, we won't use a database of contact addresses for a secondary purpose (e.g. to produce a mailing list to promote another cause such as a non-OM magazine).

4. Data Quality

Data will be kept accurate, complete and up-to-date. We'll endeavour to make any changes within 24 hours of you notifying us of the change.

5. Data Security

Reasonable steps will be taken to protect personal information from unauthorised access and use. When personal information is no longer required, it will be destroyed or permanently de-identified.

Credit card details accepted on our secure web site are transferred to the bank on industry-standard secure connections, then immediately destroyed. We do not store the credit card details of our on-line donors.

6. Openness

Policies for the management of personal information are available to the public on request. If requested, OM Australia will disclose what sort of personal information it holds, for what purposes, and how it collects, holds, uses and discloses that information. OM Australia may charge a fee for providing this information.

7. Access and Correction

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information which OM Australia holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. We may charge a fee for information requests. Please address requests to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

8. Identifiers

OM Australia does not use government identifiers, such as tax file numbers, as its own identifiers for individuals. We use our own coding system to identify partners including donors.

9. Transborder Data Flows

OM Australia does transfer personal data across national borders but this is solely within our organisation and only when it reasonably believes the information will be given a similar level of protection.

Online giving services are provided to OM Australia in partnership with OM International (privacy policy). OM International archives donation information (not including credit card data) for 18 months in order to comply with banking and credit card handling requirements. This information is available only to personnel involved in financial operations and is not shared with any other part of OM internationally without explicit consent of donors.

10. Sensitive Information

With the exception of OM Applicants during the normal course of application to join OM, OM Australia does not collect sensitive information from a Partner, such as race or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, sexual preferences, criminal record or health information.