The Collective Manifesto Pty. Ltd. is committed to protecting your privacy and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.

We collect and handle your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). It governs the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your personal information.

This policy was last updated in June 2024.

What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?

Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples include names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.

This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including correspondence, by telephone, email, via our website and from third parties.

We collect your Personal Information to provide our services to you and marketing. We may also use it for other purposes closely related to this, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. 

When we collect Personal Information, we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.

How we collect your personal information

We mainly collect information when you give it to us however, we may also collect information from other sources such as your adviser(s) and through publicly available records.

In delivering our services, we may collect information about your philanthropic giving to support out work together. This may include health, background, religious or spiritual beliefs, or gender information. Some of this may be considered sensitive information under the Privacy Act and will only be collected directly from you and with your consent

Use and disclosure of your personal information

The Collective Manifesto Pty. Ltd. collects personal information that is reasonably necessary to operate our business and provide you with services.

We use your information to:

• carry out our business activities;

• provide you with support and our services;

• process your donation(s) and grants;

• conduct marketing activities and functions;

• respond to your comments and questions; and

• keep you up to date with initiatives or opportunities we think may interest you.

The Collective Manifesto Pty. Ltd. may disclose some of this information to service and software providers who provide services to us in connection with our activities. For example, accounting and audit providers, and our professional advisers.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties such as regulatory bodies, including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), to meet regulatory and reporting obligations and to law enforcement agencies where such disclosure is required or authorised by law.

Marketing

We may use your personal information to promote and market our services and events to you. If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us, you may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link or by contacting us.

Storage and Security of Personal Information

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify it. However, most of the Personal Information will be kept by us for a minimum of seven years.

Access to your Personal Information

You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.