1. PURPOSE

Sports Drug Testing International Pty Ltd is bound by the National Privacy Principles in the Commonwealth Privacy Act and by state and territory privacy laws and applies to all employees / contractors at Sports Drug Testing International Pty Ltd.

2. ABOUT PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy explains how we manage the personal information of individuals. It also describes the sort of information we hold and why, as well as how that information is collected, held, used and disclosed.

2.1. What personal information do we collect and hold?

The information collected may include an individual’s:

• name

• date of birth

• occupation

• address (postal and email)

• telephone numbers

• current medication

• other information necessary for our functions and activities

2.2. How do we collect personal information?

We will, if reasonable and practicable to do so, collect personal and health information directly from the individual concerned. This may take place when the individual fills out documents such as a consent form or a chain of custody form or when the individual gives us personal and health information in person.

2.3. Disclosing personal information

We respect the value of your personal information and the Australian Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Whilst disclosure of your personal information is limited, we may disclose your personal information in certain circumstances, including though not limited to:

• management, service-monitoring, planning, evaluation and complaint-handling

• legislative and regulatory compliance

• quality assurance or clinical audit activities

• accreditation activities

• billing and debt recovery

• preparing the defense for anticipated or existing legal proceeding

2.4. Storing personal information

 We store personal and health information in different ways, including in paper and electronic forms. The security of personal and health information is important to us, and we take reasonable steps to protect it from misuse or loss and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure.

Some of the ways we do this include:

• requiring our staff to maintain confidentiality

• implementing document storage security

• imposing security measures for access to our computer systems

• providing a discreet environment for confidential discussions
• only allowing access to personal and health information where the individual seeking access to their information has satisfied our identification requirements

• personal and health information is retained for the period determined by the law and is disposed of securely.

2.5. Online policy

Sports Drug Testing International Pty Ltd is committed to protecting online privacy. In general, visits to Sports Drug Testing International Pty Ltd website can be made without revealing any personal information.

Email addresses provided will only be used to provide the requested service or response to specific user queries and will not be added to any mailing lists, nor disclosed to any other party without users’ knowledge and consent, unless required by law.

3. CONTACTING US

Individuals may ask any questions about privacy and the way we manage personal and health information, complain about the handling of their information, or obtain a form requesting access to personal and health information by contacting Sports Drug Testing International Pty Ltd Quality Assurance and Privacy Officer at admin@sportsdrugtesting.org