The Pew Charitable Trusts (‘Pew’) is committed to ensuring that the personal information it holds about individuals is handled appropriately and lawfully. We have prepared this privacy policy to inform you of the personal information we collect and hold about you, and how we use this information. This policy also provides information about your privacy rights as an individual and how to contact us if you have any privacy concerns.
We are subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Nothing in this privacy policy is intended to limit our obligations or permitted handling of personal information under privacy laws. For example, under the Privacy Act, we may rely on certain exemptions including in relation to employee records.
Personal information means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable: (a) whether the information or opinion is true or not; and (b) whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.
The types of personal information Pew collect and handle generally includes:
Some of the information we may collect is considered ‘sensitive information’ under certain privacy laws, for example, your health information. Pew will only collect this information with the relevant individual’s consent or otherwise in accordance with the law.
Where reasonable and appropriate, Pew will collect personal information directly from the individual. However, there are certain situations in which personal information about an individual may be collected from someone else, for example, this might include: interactions and communications with Pew and from third parties including public sources, Pew related companies, vendors, information service providers, and the parties with whom Pew exchanges information.
We also obtain personal data from you when you send or receive electronic communications with us, register to support Pew petitions, sign up to receive newsletters or updates from Pew on its activities, or otherwise voluntarily provide us with personal information.
Pew will only collect personal information that is necessary for its business functions and activities, including to comply with legal or regulatory obligations. If you choose not to provide certain personal information, this may limit or eliminate your ability to receive action alerts or other communications from Pew, as well as your ability to be considered for a position at Pew.
Pew collects, holds, uses and discloses personal information to perform Pew’s functions and activities. This includes:
You may choose not to receive additional information at any time by using the corresponding opt-out procedure or by contacting Pew at the e-mail address privacy@pewtrusts.org.
In some cases, Pew may need to disclose personal information to the government (as required by law), third party vendors (for example, payroll, benefits, health and safety), and legal counsel. We may need to share your information with our service providers, associated organizations and agents for the purposes described above. We may also share your personal information with Pew partner organizations, independent contractors and other entities and individuals who work on Pew campaigns in order to further Pew’s charitable purposes.
The use, collection and disclosure of personal information described above may involve Pew disclosing personal information outside Australia as some of our related companies and suppliers, including technology suppliers, are located in the United States, United Kingdom, countries in the European Economic Area and/or other countries.
If Pew discloses personal information to third parties outside Australia, Pew will comply with cross-border disclosure privacy standards under the Privacy Act, for example, by taking reasonable steps to protect the information being held, used or disclosed by the recipient inconsistently with the Australian Privacy Principles.
To help improve the service we provide through our website, certain information is collected from your browser. This information is collected as statistical information and includes the IP address, browser type, language and access times. This website also uses cookies to track pages visited and information accessed within our website. This information is for statistical reference and site analysis only. For further information on Pew’s use of cookies please see Cookies section of Pew’s Website Privacy Policy.
In many cases, the tools used on our website record information in a way that does not identify you as an individual. In other cases, information may be personal information in which case this privacy policy will apply. For example, we collect personal information if you follow us through social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter or contact us through our site or subscribe to our e-newsletter.
Our website may also use third party website tools from time to time, for example Google Analytics and online survey tools. For more about how Google collects and processes data, please see Google’s privacy policy and their information at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
Pew will take reasonable steps to protect personal information and to safeguard personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. Pew may store personal information that has been collected in hard copy or electronic format, in storage facilities that Pew owns and operates, or that are owned and operated by service providers engaged by Pew.
Pew will take reasonable steps to ensure that any personal information Pew uses or discloses is complete, accurate and up-to-date. Pew will only keep personal information on file for as long as it is necessary to fulfil business needs or legal requirements. When Pew no longer requires the personal information, Pew will destroy or dispose of it in a secure manner.
Subject to some exceptions under privacy laws, you generally have a right to request access to and correction of any personal information which Pew holds about them. Requests for access or correction should be forwarded to the senior vice president, general counsel, legal affairs at privacy@pewtrusts.org.
If your request for access to the personal information is denied, Pew will provide you with reasons why this is the case. If Pew refuses to alter the information, Pew will provide you with reasons why this is the case and include a statement about the disputed facts on your file.
If you have any concerns about how we have handled your personal information, then your complaint should be immediately referred to the senior vice president, general counsel, legal affairs at privacy@pewtrusts.org.
Complaints will be handled impartially and as promptly as possible in the circumstances and will give you an estimated timeframe for when we will respond to your complaint. Only those people who are involved in the investigation of the complaint will have access to personal information in relation to the complaint.
If you believe Pew has not adequately dealt with your complaint, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner whose contact details are available at www.oaic.gov.au.
Pew may review and amend this policy from time to time. We will publish any revised privacy policy on our website.
If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, please don’t hesitate to contact us as follows:
Contact: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Address: 901 E Street NE, Washington, DC 20004, USA
Email: privacy@pewtrusts.org
Phone: +1 (202) 552-2000
The Pew Charitable Trusts ABN 70 248 467 088
Last updated: October 14, 2019