CONFIDENTIAL MEMO

PSA/CPSU (SPSF Group) SA Branch

PRIVACY STATEMENT OF PSA/CPSU (SPSF Group) SA Branch

The Public Service Association of South Australia / Community and Public Sector Union (SPSF Group) SA Branch are organisations of employees registered under the Industrial and Employee Relations Act 1994 (SA) and the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Commonwealth). The unions are covered by the provisions of the Privacy Act 1998.

In view of the joint and operationally interlinked nature of PSA and CPSU(SPSF Group) including common shared membership, records, officials and staff, both PSA and CPSU(SPSF Group) shall be taken as a single body for the purposes of satisfying the requirements of the Privacy Act. Members join both organisations using the same single application form.

The principle activities of PSA/CPSU are:

representing members in workplace and industry-wide negotiations with employers and employer organisations;

representing members before the Australian and South Australian Industrial Relations Commissions, state industrial tribunals and other courts and tribunals on matters relevant to workplace issues;

providing information to members about their employment and related rights and obligations;

lobbying state and federal government and other relevant bodies about matters of concern to members and their families in relation to employment;

publicising to members and to the community issues of concern to members and proposals to address these concerns;

conducting research and other activities in order to enable PSA/CPSU to effectively carry out these functions;

providing members and their families with access to a range of services on favourable terms.

The union collects personal information from members, including name, address, employer, occupation, classification, salary, date of birth and contact details.

The union collects this information in order to:

contact members about matters relating to their union membership;

ensure that services and programs are relevant to the needs of members, including by carrying out surveys and other research;

meet statutory requirements under the Industrial and Employee Relations Act 1994 and the Workplace Relations Act 1996 and other relevant legislation.

More detailed information is collected where the union is assisting members with individual cases.

The union’s privacy policy includes:

a commitment to secure storage of and control of access to personal information by the union and any other organisations with which it deals;

a commitment not to pass information to third parties without the member’s consent, other than in particular cases of contracted-out services, such as the use of mail houses, or where required by law;

a member can contact the union to view information held about him or her and may correct any inaccuracies;

members who do not wish to receive information from the union by mail, email or other means, may contact the union to arrange this.

December 2001

The PSA/CPSU can be contacted at 122 Pirie Street Adelaide 5001. Telephone (08) 8205 3200

Privacy Officer is Peter Christopher pgc@cpsu.,asn.au