Privacy & Other Policies
Copyright Notice
Copyright to all material contained on the Australian Aid International Internet site (including data, pages, documents, online graphics, images, web pages, audio and video) is vested in Australian Aid International unless notified in writing to the contrary.
Subject to the following exceptions, no material contained on the Australian Aid International web site may be reproduced by any process, distributed or commercialised without prior written permission from Australian Aid International.
You may download, display, print and reproduce material contained on the Australian Aid International web site in unaltered form only (retaining this copyright notice) for:
- your personal, non-commercial use;
- non-commercial use within your organisation;
- complying with Endorsed Supplier Arrangements
Any permitted reproduction made must acknowledge Australian Aid International as the source of the reproduced material and include a copy of this Copyright Notice.
Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all other rights are reserved.
Linking to this site
You may link to the Australian Aid International web site at your full expense and responsibility. You must not:
- alter any of the web site's contents; or
- frame or reformat the files, pages, images, information and materials from this web site on any other web site.
Australian Aid International reserves the right to prevent linking by giving notice.
Disclaimer
This Internet site is presented by Australian Aid International for the purpose of disseminating information for the benefit of the public. Australian Aid International monitors the quality of the information available on this internet site and updates the information regularly. Australian Aid International does not however guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from or connected to, the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of any material contained on this Internet site or on any linked site.
Australian Aid International recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to their use of this Internet site and that users carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of the material on the Internet site for their purposes.
Refunds
Australian Aid International provides no refunds on donations or gifts other than required by law.
Privacy Policy
AAI is a non-profit company limited by guarantee which operates the AAI Overseas Relief Fund. This fund has Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status with the Australian Tax Office.
Protecting Your Privacy
AAI is committed to protecting your privacy in every way possible including complying with Australian and Victorian privacy laws in relation to collecting, using, disclosing, securing and allowing access to your personal information.
Your identity is kept confidential and the information you provide is only used for the purposes outlined below. We aim to provide a safe, secure and informative experience for you on this website.
Personal information held by AAI may include:
1. Contact information (e.g. name, address, phone and email address). Your contact information may be used to process donations, provide receipts, and send you information about AAI. By letting us know, you can choose not to receive further correspondence from us.
2. Donor number. Each donor is allocated a number to assist AAI in the processing of donation and contact information with our records.
3. Financial information, e.g. donations history, is used to process donations, issue receipts and answer queries from donors.
Cookies
Our site uses cookies for online donations to identify users. This allows us to deliver a more efficient and personalised service. Information is retained via the cookies that alleviates the need for repeated entry of details.
Change of Details/Cancellation
To update personal information or request no further email contact, you can choose one of the following:
1. Email a request to our Donor Relations Department admin@aai.org.au or call: +613 8319 0907
2. Mail a request to the following postal address:
Australian Aid International
PO Box 6086
St Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
Australia
When contacting us to change your details, please include the following:
- contact details (i.e. name, postal address, telephone number); and
- AAI donor number (if you have one)
Secure Financial Transactions
When you make a donation or order from our on-line catalogue, we use National Australia Bank Transact Payment Services to securely transmit financial transactions to the National Australia Bank in real time. Due to the use of this technology, your credit card number is never stored on our server or in any place on the Internet.
AAI complies with Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards in relation to the receipt and handling of credit card data. Further details of these standards can be viewed at: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/index.shtml
Notwithstanding our detailed security measures, we are unable to warrant that unauthorised access to data cannot occur.
How Your Donation Is Used
AAI is committed to following your preference in how you want your donation used. However, if more funds than required are received for a particular project, program or item, AAI will use the surplus funds in another project or program within its general emergency response programs.
Website Feedback
If you have any questions or feedback on AAI, its website or this privacy statement you can:
1. Send an email to our Donor Relations Department admin@aai.org.au
2. Call : +613 8319 0907; or
3. Send us a letter to the following address:
Australian Aid International
PO Box 6086
St Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
Australia
Complaints HandlingIf for any reason you are not happy with your dealings with AAI you can lodge a complaint with us by:
Call : +613 8319 0907Email: admin@aai.org.au
Mail: AAI, PO Box 6086 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
If you are concerned that AAI may not be complying with the ACFID Code of Conduct then a complaint can be lodged with ACFID directly via the ACFID Website