Community Power Agency knows that you care how information about you is used and shared.
This Privacy Policy explains what information of yours will be collected by Community Power Agency when you use our online services, how the information will be used, and how you can control the collection, correction and/or deletion of information.
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources of information.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Community Power Agency (CPA) is an inclusive movement of community energy advocates and supporters, calling for a faster and fairer transition to clean energy.
We collect information about people so as to allow us to communicate with them, introduce them to our organisation, inform them of the work we do and encourage donations so we can continue to embark on our projects.
We do not use the information in any way other than in the furtherance of our connection with you, fundraising or other support for our organisation.
We generally collect the information we need to deliver and improve the services we provide. In the future, this may include processing donations, providing receipts, maintaining accurate details of our donors’ history and sending you information about our work.
We might also use your information for the following purposes:
– for the immediate reason for which you have provided it to us (for example, to enable us to process your request, payment, registration, subscription, etc.)
– to maintain contact with you about our work,
– to report to you about our work,
– to encourage you to learn about what we do, or
– any other purpose directly related to our work and for which you have provided consent (where it is reasonably required by law).
How we collect your information
We collect information from you directly. We collect personal information about supporters, volunteers, employees, contractors and visitors to our events. We collect your information in the following ways:
- face to face contact
- electronically including through our website and online surveys
- during phone calls
Third party services
Community Power Agency Co-operative uses the ActionNetwork platform to organise our community of members, supporters and prospects. You can read more about that company and its features and polices at ActionNetwork.com.
When you visit www.cpagency.org.au, ActionNetwork may send one or more cookies – a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets ActionNetwork help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through www.cpagency.org.au.
A cookie does not collect personal information about you. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser’s directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of www.cpagency.org.au may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled. You can read more about how the ActionNetwork service interacts with and protects your information at actionnetwork.com/privacy.
We use the personal information you submit to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of www.cpagency.org.au / Community Power Agency Co-operative.
By providing Community Power Agency Co-operative your email address (including by “following,” “liking,” linking your account to www.cpagency.org.au, etc., on a third party website or network), you consent to our using the email address to send you Community Power Agency Co-operative-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail.
You also agree that we may send you notifications of activity on www.cpagency.org.au to the email address you give us, in accordance with any applicable privacy settings. We may use your email address to send you other messages, such as newsletters, changes to features of www.cpagency.org.au, or other information.
How we share your personally identifiable information
Community Power Agency Co-operative will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to others.
Community Power Agency Co-operative may share your personally identifiable information with third parties for the purpose of providing www.cpagency.org.au services to you. If we do this, such third parties’ use of your information will be bound by this Privacy Policy. We may store personal information in locations outside the direct control of Community Power Agency Co-operative (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).
Any personal information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to www.cpagency.org.au, such as user content, becomes available to the public, as controlled by any applicable privacy or website customisation settings. If you remove information that you posted to www.cpagency.org.au, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or if other users have copied or saved that information.
Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, Community Power Agency Co-operative will not disclose personal information to any third party unless required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law, comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities; (b) to enforce this policy, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, or to protect the security or integrity of our site; and (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of www.cpagency.org.au, our users or others.
In order for us to find new supporters, like-minded organisations both in Australia and overseas may allow us to contact their mailing list. In return we may in the future allow these organisations to mail our supporters with information we believe may be of interest to you. Please note, these interactions will not result in your information being rented or sold. If however, you prefer not to receive such communications please let us know via info@cpagency.org.au.
We take reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations when handling your personal information.
If you don’t want your personal information disclosed to another organisation, please let us know either at the time we collect your information or any later time.
Sometimes we may be legally required to disclose your information, for example, to government departments.
We may also sometimes share non-personal, non-sensitive and de-identified information with research organisations.
Opting out
If you do not want to receive communication from Community Power Agency Co-operative, you may opt out by emailing info@cpagency.org.au
Following termination or deactivation of your Community Power Agency Co-operative account, Community Power Agency Co-operative may retain your profile information and user content for a reasonable time for archival purposes.
Furthermore, Community Power Agency Co-operative may retain and continue to use indefinitely all information (including user content) contained in your communications to other users or posted to public or semi-public areas of www.cpagency.org.au after termination or deactivation of your account.
Community Power Agency Co-operative reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor the user content you post on www.cpagency.org.au.
We reserve the right to remove any such information or material for any reason or no reason, including without limitation if in our sole opinion such information or material violates, or may violate, any applicable law or to protect or defend our rights or property or those of any third party.
Community Power Agency Co-operative also reserves the right to remove information upon the request of any third party.
Links to other web sites
We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from www.cpagency.org.au, nor the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from www.cpagency.org.au to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on our website, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Changes to our privacy policy
If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on www.cpagency.org.au to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact us at info@cpagency.org.au.