Privacy Policy

This document sets forth the Privacy Policy for the Rural Youth Network website, www.ryn.org.au.

www.ryn.org.au is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service experience. www.ryn.org.au is bound by the Privacy Act 1988, which sets out a number of principles concerning the privacy of individuals. 

Collection of your personal information
There are many aspects of the site which can be viewed without providing personal information, however, for access to future ryn.org.au customer support features you are required to submit personally identifiable information. This may include but is not limited to a unique username and password, or sensitive information in the recovery of your lost password. 

For each visitor to reach the site, we also expressively collect the following non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to browser type, version and language, operating system, pages viewed while browsing the Site, page access times and referring website address.

Sharing of your personal information
We may occasionally hire other companies (third parties) to provide services on our behalf, including but not limited to handling customer support enquiries, processing transactions or customer freight shipping. Those companies will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to deliver the service.

Some of these third parties to which we disclose personal information may be located overseas, including in the United States. These third parties may not be subject to Australian privacy laws. However, we will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that those organisations comply with applicable privacy laws.

Use of your personal information
We will only use or disclose your personal information:

  • For the purpose for which it was collected (or a related purpose that you would reasonably expect).
  • For any other purpose for which you’ve given your consent.
  • Otherwise where we are permitted or required to do so by law.

We will use your non-personal information for the purpose of gauging visitor traffic, trends and delivering personalised content to you while you are using  www.ryn.org.au. We will not sell your personal information to third parties without your consent.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will use for these new purposes only data collected from the time of the policy change, which thereafter will adhere to our updated practices. 

Direct Marketing
If you consent to receiving direct marketing communications from us, we may contact you through email. If you don’t want us to contact you for these purposes, you can let us know at any time by either logging in to www.ryn.org.au and updating your email communication preferences, or clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of any of our email marketing communications.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
www.ryn.org.au  reserves the right to make amendments to this Privacy Policy at any time. If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Site. Depending on the nature of the change, we may also announce it by email (if we have your email address). You can also obtain a copy of the most current version of this Privacy Policy by either emailing or writing to Youthrive Victoria using the contact details set out below. 

Accessing your personal information
You have a right to access your personal information, know what information we have and correct any inaccuracies (subject to exceptions allowed by law). If you would like to do so, please let us know. You may be required to put your request in writing for security reasons. www.ryn.org.au  reserves the right to charge a fee for searching for, and providing access to, your information on a per request basis.

Contacting Us
The Rural Youth Network, www.ryn.org.au welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, would like further information, or would like to make a complaint, please contact us by any of the following means during business hours Monday to Friday.
Call: 03 6281 8303
E-mail: info@youthrivevic.org.au
Post:    
      Attn: Dr Maryann Brown (RE: Website Privacy Policy)
       To: Youthrive Victoria
               85a Albert Street, Creswick
               Victoria, 3363        
               Australia 

If you’re not satisfied with how we’ve handled your complaint, you can lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). The OAIC has the power to investigate the matter and make a determination. For more information please visit the OAIC’s website. From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will use for these new purposes only data collected from the time of the policy change, which thereafter will adhere to our updated practices.   reserves the right to make amendments to this Privacy Policy at any time. If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Site. Depending on the nature of the change, we may also announce it by email (if we have your email address). You can also obtain a copy of the most current version of this Privacy Policy by either emailing or writing to Youthrive Victoria using the contact details set out below.