Privacy Policy

RSPCA's Privacy Commitment

At the RSPCA WA Inc, we are committed to protecting the privacy of the information that you give us. This document explains how we collect, use and disclose your personal information.

Your personal information

The RSPCA collects and records the details of its members, its donors and supporters. The information collected and recorded is limited to the names, titles, addresses, other contact details, and information about your financial transactions with the organisation. These details are stored on our membership register, and on our mailing database so that we are able to keep you informed of what is happening at the RSPCA, and for the purpose of raising funds to operate the organization.

The RSPCA collects and records the details of its volunteers. The information collected and recorded is limited to the names, titles, addresses, other contact details and availability to keep you informed of what is happening and for the purpose of volunteering your time to help in relevant ways.

The RSPCA collects and records the details of its customers and those involved in the care of animals. The information collected and recorded is limited to the names, titles, addresses, other contact details and information about the animals involved in order to keep you informed about important or interesting animal related matters, and to seek assistance in relevant ways.

In the course of its everyday operational activities, information is collected and recorded for the purposes of animal rescue, the investigations of potential offenses under the Animal Welfare Act, including interviews with witnesses, and for the purposes of prosecutions of offenders. The information collected and recorded is limited to that which is essential for evidentiary purposes.

How we collect personal information

RSPCA collects information in a number of ways, including:

• Directly from individuals who provide the information on RSPCA Membership Application forms, and subscription and donation forms.
• Directly from volunteers who provide the information on a Volunteer Information form.
• Directly from customers who provide the information on Animal Purchase Application forms, Pet Training Application forms, and similar forms.
• From individuals who provide information verbally in respect to issues relating to the adoption, care, custody, training, treatment and ill- treatment of animals.
• From prospective donors who provide their information verbally or in writing for the purposes of providing funds for the organization or assisting in fundraising activities.

Will your personal information be given to anyone else?

The Constitution and Rules require the RSPCA Council to protect your privacy. The Privacy Act requires the RSPCA to protect your privacy. The Council has therefore resolved that no permission will be granted to intrude into the privacy of members, with the following exceptions.

The RSPCA may provide your personal information to its direct agents or contractors e.g. to our mailing houses, or to people who are authorized to manage our computer systems.

We may also provide your personal information to law enforcement agencies e.g. The West Australian Police Service. This will only occur if information given by you was intended to be used in connection with an allegation of an offense against the law.

Contact will be permitted once each year for the annual election of members to the governing Council of the organization. At the time of the elections a member who is a candidate for election may be provided with an electronic copy of the members’ names and addresses from the membership register, and must return the copy for destruction following the annual elections. A nominal fee is charged for that electronic copy on a cost recovery basis. No election material distributed by a candidate is written or endorsed by the RSPCA or the governing Council.

RSPCA members, but not members of the public, have a right, in accordance with the Associations Incorporation Act, to inspect our membership register and make a personal copy of the information from the register. The organization therefore has no control over contact made by a person (it can only be a member) who is authorized by law to inspect the membership register and make a personal copy of that information. Any information or material given by a person who then contacts members is not endorsed or promoted by the RSPCA or the governing Council.

Access to your own personal information

Where you wish to access your own personal information held by the RSPCA, a request is to be made in writing. Where it is deemed appropriate, you shall be informed of the existence, use, and disclosure of your information and given access to that information. You shall, where deemed appropriate, be able to challenge the correctness and completeness of the information and have it amended if it is wrong.