Privacy Policy Our commitment The Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative (BDAC) endeavours to uphold thehighest standards in relation to privacy and confidentiality. If you would like furtherinformation, please seek a copy of our Privacy Policy from our website or your worker. What personal information we collect and how BDAC respects that personal information shared by you or collected about you belongsto you. We will collect personal information directly from you where possible and onlyuse your personal information for what is reasonably necessary for us to perform ourrole. Why we collect personal information The primary or main reason we collect and use your personal information is to develop atailored plan to support individual circumstances. How we use personal information We usually share information with: • Internal program leaders at BDAC to support allocation and appropriate servicedelivery.• Partner agencies or individuals as part of your usual care.To provide quality service into the future we may use information (which generally doesnot include identifiable personal information) to:• Provide statistical information to our funding bodies;• Conduct client satisfaction surveys;• Conduct evaluations of our programs;• Participate in initiatives for continuous improvement. Limitation to consent If there is a serious threat to your life, health, safety or welfare or to that of anotherindividual (including public safety), we are authorised by law to contact the appropriateauthority. If personal information is not provided You may choose to withdraw consent at any time or choose not to provide certaininformation. This may affect the level of service we are able to provide or may mean weare not able to provide some services at all, we will discuss potential impacts with youdepending on the situation. Access to personal information Please refer to our privacy policy which provides details about how you may requestformal access to or correction of your personal information. Contact us If you have any queries, comments or complaints about our personal informationhandling, please refer to our Privacy Policy or the Feedback Procedure of this bookletfor how to contact us Please find a copy of BDAC's Privacy Policy below Privacy Policy