The Share web site is operated by the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania. 

Share acknowledges and respects the privacy of individuals.  We support and endorse the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 and will comply with these principles whenever personal information as defined by the Act is collected by us. 

The personal information you provide will remain private and will only be used for the purposes outlined here.  The SHARE Community Appeal will not share, sell, lend or rent your personal information to be used by outside parties without your explicit permission. 

Your confidential use of this site cannot be guaranteed by Share.  Share will not be responsible for any harm that you or any person may suffer as a result of a breach of confidentiality in respect to your use of this site or any information transmitted to or by this site.

If you have any queries about our privacy statement you can contact us by:

• Sending us an e-mail

• Calling us on 1800 060 543 during business hours (9-5pm EST); or

• Mail to Share, 130 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000

What information will be collected from the website?

When you look at this web site, our server or our Internet Service Provider makes a record of your visit and may log the following information for statistical purposes:

• Your server address (which includes your top level domanin name – e.g com,gov,org);

• The date and time of your visit to the site;

• The pages you accessed and documents downloaded;

• The previous site you have visited;

• The type of browser you are using. 

Use of information collected

We will only record the details which you proffer if you send us a message.Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and it will not be added to a mailing list or used for any other purpose without your consent.

This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet.

Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.

Access to personal information

Wherever possible, and if it is lawful, we will let you see the information we hold about you and correct it if it is wrong. Please make your request in writing and mail it to Share, 130 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000 or email us.  We will only respond to a request if your postal address is specified.

How we handle e-mails

We will preserve the content of any e-mail that you send us if we believe that we have a legal requirement to do so. Any personal information contained in your e-mail, including your e-mail address, will be used or disclosed in ways set out in this privacy statement. E-mail is an insecure communications medium: it should not be used for confidential correspondence.

Outside links

This site contains hypertext links to other web sites. Share is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. Linked web sites are responsible for their own privacy practices, and we recommend that you read the privacy policy of such sites to familiarise yourself with their respective privacy practices.

September 2008