Australian Constructors association (“ACA”, “we”, “us”, “our”) respects the privacy of personal information which we hold and is committed to managing personal information in an open and transparent way. The way we manage your Personal Information is governed by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the “Act”) and the Australian Privacy Principles (“APPs”) established under the Act. This Privacy Policy tells you how we manage the Personal Information that we collect, hold, use and disclose.
We may amend, vary or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available here.
“Personal Information” means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.
We collect personal and other information to produce statistics, undertake research, project workforce and skills needs, and to help manage and perform our role as the trustee of the Fund.
We may directly and indirectly collect and hold the following types of personal information about you:
We collect your Personal Information directly from you using the booking form for Site Tours.
We will collect your Personal Information for purposes for which we are authorised to collect, including to:
If you do not provide your Personal Information, we may be unable to do one or more of the above.
We may disclose your Personal Information with your consent and or only as permitted by the Further Education and Training Act 2014 (Qld) and the Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Services Leave) Act 1991 (Qld) to:
any person to the extent necessary, in our view in order to carry out any instruction you give to us.
Your consent to the disclosure of your Personal Information may be given explicitly (in writing or verbally) or implicitly (for example, if you complete the site tour booking form). If at any time you receive material that you did not request, or if you do not want to receive material from us in the future, please contact us using the methods outlined below.
To effectively conduct our business with you, it is important that the Personal Information we hold about you is complete, accurate and current. At any time while we hold your Personal Information, we may ask you to tell us of any changes to your Personal Information.
Alternatively, you can contact us at any time using the methods outlined below to update your Personal Information.
You may ask to obtain access to your Personal Information by contacting us using the contact details below. There may be a fee charged for providing access to your Personal Information.
Your Personal Information will be stored in secure electronic databases. We take reasonable precautions to safeguard your Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Although, we take these reasonable steps, you should be aware that the internet is an insecure medium and users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the interest. Information submitted unencrypted via email or web forms may be at risk of being intercepted, read or modified.
When your Personal Information is no longer required, we will destroy or delete it from our systems in a secure manner. However, we may be required by law to retain certain information for a set period of time. Once this period of time expires, we will destroy or delete this information in a secure manner.
Our internal network and databases are protected from unauthorised access using firewall and other technologies. To improve security of Personal Information, some electronic forms that collect Personal Information have been secured under the HTTPS protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), a standard Web communication protocol that encrypts and decrypts a message for online transmission.
We seek to keep up to date with available security and encryption technology so as to maintain the effectiveness of our security systems. However, no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure and accordingly, and we cannot warrant or ensure the security of any information you provide to us over the Internet. Please note that you transmit information at your own risk.
When you visit our website, we may collect general information about your visit. This information may include your server address, the date and time of your visit, the pages you accessed and the type of Internet browser you use.
We use this information in an anonymous, aggregated form, for statistical purposes to assist us improve the quality of our website.
Our websites use Google Analytics, web analytic services provided by Google Inc (United States). Information about your use of our websites (including your IP address) is transmitted and stored on servers (Google, United States). Google uses this information to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. These services have their own privacy policies, which you can access on their websites.
If you have a query about this Privacy Policy, wish to lodge a request for access to or updating of your Personal Information, or if you have a complaint about the way we have handled your Personal Information, you can contact us at itspossible@constructors.com.au.
Last updated January 2025
