Privacy

• Respecting your privacy and the law
• About this Privacy Policy
• Collecting your personal information
• Using and disclosing your personal information
• Keeping your personal information accurate and up-to-date
• Protecting your personal information
• Your privacy on the Internet
• Your sensitive information
• Resolving your privacy issues
• For More Information

Respecting your privacy and the law

The privacy of your personal information has always been important to us at Hopkinsons Bus Lines. We are committed to respecting your right to privacy and protecting your personal information. We are bound by the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth) as well as other applicable laws and codes affecting your personal information. Our staff is trained to respect your privacy in accordance with our standards, policies and procedures.

About this Privacy Policy

As a company offering a wide range of bus and charter services to customers, we collect and hold a range of personal information from and about people (particularly people who use our services, or provide feedback on our services).

This Privacy Policy outlines how we manage your personal information. It also describes generally the sorts of personal information held and for what purposes, and how that information is collected, held, used and disclosed.

Collecting your personal information

If you are a user of services provided by us, we will collect and hold your personal information for the purposes of:

• providing you with any relevant information (which may include assessing School Student Transport Scheme applications and identifying you)
• managing and administering the service

The information collected will be the minimum required to execute the service you require and will include your name, postal address, date of birth, or other information NSW Transport & Infrastructure endorses or considers necessary.

We will, if it is reasonable or practicable to do so, collect your personal information from you. This may happen when you fill out an application or an administrative form (eg, a change of address form) or when you give us personal information over the telephone or counter, or through our website (eg, when making charter enquiries or bookings).

Using and disclosing your personal information

In line with modern businesses we may disclose your personal information to the organisations described below. Where your personal information is disclosed we will seek to ensure that the information is held, used or disclosed consistently with the National Privacy Principles and other applicable privacy laws and codes.

The relevant organisations are those:

• involved in maintaining, reviewing and developing our business systems, procedures and infrastructure including testing or upgrading our computer systems
• involved in the payments system including financial institutions, merchants and payment organisations
• NSW Transport & Infrastructure for contractual matters
• as required or authorised by law, for example, to government or regulatory bodies for purposes related to public health or safety, the prevention or detection of unlawful activities or to protect public revenue
• where you have given your consent.

Keeping your personal information accurate and up-to-date

We aim to make sure that the personal information we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure this is the case. This way we can provide you with better service. If you believe your personal information is not accurate, complete or up-to-date, please contact us.

Protecting your personal information

We store information in different ways, including in paper and electronic form. The security of your personal information is important to us and we take reasonable steps to protect it from misuse and loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Some of the ways we do this are:

• confidentiality requirements for our employees
• document storage security policies
• security measures for systems access
• providing a discreet environment for confidential discussions
• only allowing access to personal information where the individual seeking access has satisfied our identification requirements
• access control for our buildings

Your privacy on the Internet

Our Websites

We take care to ensure that the personal information you give us on our websites is protected. For example, our websites have electronic security systems in place, including the use of firewalls and data encryption user identifiers, passwords or other access codes may also be used to control access to your personal information.

Links to Other Sites

You may be able to access external websites by clicking on links we have provided. Those other websites are not subject to our privacy standards, policies and procedures. You will need to contact or review those websites directly to ascertain their privacy standards, policies and procedures.

Gaining access to your personal information

You can gain access to your personal information. This is subject to some exceptions allowed by law. Factors affecting a right to access include:

• access would pose a serious threat to the life or health of any individual
• access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others
• a frivolous or vexatious request
• the information relates to a commercially sensitive decision making process
• access would be unlawful
• access would prejudice enforcement activities relating to criminal activities and other breaches of law, public revenue, a security function or negotiations with you
• legal dispute resolution proceedings
• denying access is required or authorised by or under law.

We will give you reasons if we deny access. Contact us to obtain a form requesting access. In some cases we may be able to deal with your request over the telephone or over a counter.

Your sensitive information

Without your consent we will not collect information about you that reveals your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or affiliations, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, details of health, disability, sexual orientation, or criminal record.

This is subject to some exceptions including

• the collection is required by law
• when the information is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claim

Resolving your privacy issues

If you have any issues you wish to raise with Hopkinsons Bus Lines, or would like to discuss any issues about our Privacy Policy, then please contact us .

For More Information

For more information about privacy in general, you can visit the Federal Privacy Commissioner's website .