Board EOI Privacy Statement

Health Consumers’ Council (WA) Inc. is collecting your personal information to assess your suitability for appointment as a Full Member or Subsidiary Officer of the HCC Board.  While considering and processing your expression of interest and, if applicable, finalising your appointment as a casual board member, HCC will typically discuss or disclose the information you have provided with or to the following people:

• The Executive Director

• The two people whom you have given as referees

• Members of the Nominations & Governance Committee

• Members of the Board other than the members of the Nominations & Governance Committee

• The Australian Charities & Not-for-profit Commission (casual board members only)

• Ordinary members of the Association attending the Annual General meeting at which you are proposed for election to full membership of the Board (casual board members only).

How to access your personal information

If you would like to see or receive a copy of the personal information that HCC has about you, please contact the Executive Director on 08 9221 3422 or via the contact details above. The Executive will respond to your request within 30 days. Please note that if HCC is unable to provide you with access to your personal information, we will advise you why this is so within 30 days of the receipt of your request.   To make changes to your personal information If you have been advised that your EOI has been retained on file pending a suitable vacancy for either a Full Member or Subsidiary Officer of the Board, please make sure that you advise the Executive Director of any changes (address, contact details, change in profession or occupation etc.) to the information you have provided. The Executive Director can be contacted on 08 9221 3422 or suzanna.robertson@hconc.org.au

To make a complaint to HCC

If you feel that we are in breach of any of the Australian Privacy Principles or you have a complaint about how we have collected, managed, used or disclosed your personal information, please contact us via the ‘contact us’ page at our website or phone:  08 9221 3422 Email: info@hconc.org.au Mail: The Health Consumers’ Council, PO Box 923, Mount Lawley, 6929

We will acknowledge receipt of your complaint and either the Executive Director or the Privacy Officer will contact you to try and resolve the matter. All complaints are handled in strict confidence and related documentation is accessible by only individuals involved in managing your complaint.

Appeal to a higher authority

If you do not receive a response to your complaint within 30 days or you are not satisfied with the response you received, you can take your complaint in writing to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). You can do this by:  Post: GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001 Fax: 02 9284 9666 Email: enquiries@oaic.gov.au Online: www.oaic.gov.au/individuals/how-do-i-make-a-privacy-complaint