Privacy Policy – Busselton CSS

Effective Date

24 December 2025.

Who We Are

This policy applies to the website: busseltoncss.com.au (the “Site). The Site is owned and operated by Busselton Community Safe Space Incorporated (BCSS), a community NFP with registration number 5210 9443 991. BCSS can be contacted at:

info@busseltoncss.com.au
P.O. Box 5290, Busselton, WA 6280.

Purpose

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform users of our Site of:

The personal data we will collect;
Use of collected data;
Who has access to the data collected;
The rights of Site users; and
The Site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the Terms and Conditions of our Site.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

The collection, use, and retention of the data listed in this Privacy Policy..
The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy; and

Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected Automatically

When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:

IP address;
Clicked links; and
Content viewed.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way:

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:

First and last name;
Email address;
Phone number; and
Auto fill data.

This data may be collected using the following methods:

Signing up volunteers and fundraisers;
Downloading free resources;
Booking event tickets; and
Signing up to newsletter.

How We Use Personal Data

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These websites may Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:

Website analytics to improve user experience.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:

To provide news, updates, information, and resources.

Who we share your data with

Employees
We may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

If the law requires it;
If it is required for any legal proceeding; and
To prove or protect our legal rights.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for, and have no control over, their privacy policies and practices.

How long we retain your data

User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved. You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

In order to protect your security, we use a secure third party tool to encrypt and store all of our data on servers in secure facilities. All data is only accessible to our employees and duly appointed Board members. Our employees and duly appointed Board members are bound by strict confidentiality and a breach of this agreement would result in the employee’s termination or the Board member’s dismissal.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact our privacy officer.

How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure

In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

You can unsubscribe from our mailing lists at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” on the bottom of any email; or
You can contact our privacy officer and provide written instruction to remove or update your data.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site to monitor the user experience and inform improvements:

Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits; and
Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints, you can contact our Privacy Officer: info@busseltoncss.com.au