Pharmaceutical Defence Limited ABN 51 004 065 794 (“PDL”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is a national pharmacy body, noproviding support to its pharmacist members through professional indemnity insurance along with advice and procedures for risk minimisation (“Services”). PDL also operates a website under the domain name www.pdl.org.au (“Website”). We recognise the importance of maintaining the privacy of the Personal Information of our members (“you” or “PDL Member/s”), potential members (“individuals” or “users” or “you”), visitors to our Website and other individuals we deal with. This Privacy Policy applies to the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information by PDL, and is made in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles which apply to PDL pursuant to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”). You agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy by becoming a member of PDL and/or by your use of the Website. In the event of inconsistency between this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Act, the Privacy Act will prevail.
PDL primarily collects Personal Information about individuals if and when they apply to become a member of PDL. We will also collect Personal Information from members, prospective members and other individuals if they contact us with an enquiry (such as by telephoning us or submitting an enquiry through our Website, including via reporting Notice of Incident (‘NOI’) facility and form). We will take reasonable steps to notify individuals about our collection of their Personal Information, and will provide all relevant information prescribed under the Privacy Act. We will only collect Personal Information by lawful and fair means. We will destroy or de-identify any Personal Information we receive if we would not ordinarily be permitted to collect that information under the Privacy Act.
The Personal Information we collect about members and applicants for membership includes:
When you use or interact with us through the Services, we collect Personal Information, on our own behalf. All PDL Members and Users Information you provide to us: For all PDL Members and users, we collect Personal Information when you voluntarily provide such information relating to the Services, such as when you apply for PDL membership, during renewal of membership, when you change details in your account including profile, when you register for access to the Services and subscriptions, contact us with inquiries, respond to one of our surveys, promotions or competitions or browse or use certain parts of the Services. The Personal Information we collect includes, without limitation, your name, address, email address and other information that enables PDL Members and users to be personally identified. Information we automatically collect: We also automatically collect certain technical data that is sent to us from the computer, mobile device and/or browser through which you access the Services (“Automatic Data”). Automatic Data, includes, without limitation, a unique identifier associated with your access device and/or browser (including, for example, your Internet Protocol (IP) address), characteristics about your access device and/or browser, statistics on your activities in relation to the Services, information about how you came to the Services and data collected through AdWords, Cookies, Web Storage and other similar technologies.
In accordance with your subscription contact preferences, we contact you using the details which you provide to us in order to provide you with information about products and services you may be interested in. We will comply with our obligations under Spam Act 2003 (Cth) and the Do Not Call Register Act 2006 (Cth) in relation to such direct marketing communications. We collect and use the Personal Information we collect in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. We use the Personal Information as follows:
If you provide Personal Information for a certain purpose, we use the Personal Information in connection with the purpose for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by e-mail, we will use the Personal Information you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem and will respond to the email address from which the contact came.
If you provide Personal Information in order to obtain access to, or use of, the Services or any functionality thereof, we will use your Personal Information to provide you with access to, or use of, the Services or functionality and to analyse your use of such Services or functionality. For instance, if you supply Personal Information relating to your identity or qualifications to use certain portions of the Services, we will use that information to make a decision as to granting you access to use such Services and to assess your ongoing qualification to use such Services.
We use your Personal Information for internal business purposes, including, without limitation, to help us improve the content and functionality of the Services, to better understand our users, to improve the Services, to protect against identify or address wrongdoing, to enforce our Terms of Service, to manage your account and provide you with member (customer) service, and to generally manage the Services and our business.
Where it is in accordance with your marketing and subscription preferences, we use your Personal Information to contact you in the future to provide marketing communications you have subscribed to, including PDL Practice Alerts, AJP Daily and AJP in print. To manage your subscription preferences, log in to the member portal and select the ‘Manage my membership’ button.
If we intend to use any Personal Information in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time the Personal Information is collected or we will obtain your consent subsequent to such collection but prior to such use.
In an ongoing effort to understand and serve our users better, we often conduct research on our customer demographics, interests and behaviour based on Personal Information and other information that we have collected. This research is typically conducted on an aggregate basis only that does not identify you. Once Personal Information is in an aggregated form, for purposes of this Privacy Policy, it becomes Non-Personal Information.
We are not in the business of selling your Personal Information. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. Therefore, we will not sell your Personal Information to third parties, including third party advertisers. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we disclose, transfer or share your Personal Information with our subsidiary APPco or affiliates, Attvest Finance, Ecleva IT, Meridian Lawyers or Guild Insurance Limited without further notice to you, as set forth below. We disclose Personal Information about members who take out professional indemnity insurance though PDL to the insurer through which PDL has coverage under PDL’s Pharmacists’ Liabilities Insurance Master Policy (PDL Master Policy) so that members are covered by the PDL Master Policy and so that claims can be processed. Only information required for the purposes of the insurance policy is disclosed to the insurer, and we do not permit them to use this information for any other purpose.
We do not disclose Personal Information to any recipients located outside Australia.
We also share your Personal Information with our subsidiaries for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. Our subsidiary will be bound to maintain that Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy for the purposes of:
We share your Personal Information with our contractors and service providers who process Personal Information on behalf of PDL to perform certain business-related functions. These companies include our database service providers, backup and disaster recovery service providers, funders of the financial loan for monthly payments, email service providers and others. When we engage another company to perform such functions, we provide them with information, including Personal Information, in connection with their performance of such functions.
We will disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law in order to (for example) respond to a subpoena or request from law enforcement, a court or a government agency (in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements), or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation, (b) protect or defend our rights, interests or property or that of third parties, (c) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services, (d) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or (e) protect against legal liability.
We store Personal Information itself or such information may be stored by subsidiaries or associated entities to whom we have transferred it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We do not store credit card or bank details. We require our employees and contractors to protect the confidentiality of the Personal Information we hold. We take what we believe to be reasonable steps to protect the Personal Information collected via the Services from loss, misuse, unauthorised use, access, inadvertent disclosure, alteration and destruction. However, no network, server, database or internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us electronically. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Information.
You can request access to your Personal Information being stored by us. You can also ask us to correct, update or delete any inaccurate Personal Information that we process about you. If you are a PDL Member, you can exercise these rights by logging in to your online member account available through www.pdl.org.au then visiting the ‘My Profile’ and Manage Subscriptions Preferences pages. Alternatively, contact us directly by:
If a PDL Member initiates a data deletion request, PDL is authorised to delete or anonymise Personal Information of the requesting member from the Services even if that means removing the member’s availability to the Services.
We will consider and respond to all requests in accordance with applicable law.
We retain your Personal Information as long as you are registered to use the Services. You can cancel your membership and close your account by contacting us on the details below. However, we retain Personal Information for an additional period as is permitted or required under applicable laws. Even if we delete your Personal Information it may persist on backup or archival media for an additional period of time for legal, tax or regulatory reasons or for legitimate and lawful business purposes.
This is PDL’s current Privacy Policy. It replaces any previous PDL Privacy Policy.
We may at any time vary this Privacy Policy and the updated version will be available on this Website.
If you are concerned that we have not complied with your legal rights or applicable privacy laws, you may bring a complaint internally through our complaints process or you may decide to make a formal complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (www.oaic.gov.au) (which is the regulator responsible for privacy in Australia).
We will deal with complaints as follows:
Step 1: Let us know
If you would like to make a complaint, you should let us know by contacting our Privacy Officer (see below for contact details)
Step 2: Investigation of complaint
Your complaint will be investigated by our Privacy Officer
A response to your complaint will be provided in writing within a reasonable period
Step 3: Contact OAIC
We expect our procedures will deal fairly and promptly with your complaint. However, if you remain dissatisfied, you can also contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as follows:
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
Complaints must be made in writing.
Director of Compliance
Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
Sydney NSW 2001
www.oaic.gov.au
1300 363 992
If you have any enquiries about this Privacy Policy or wish to make a complaint about a matter relating to privacy, please contact us using the details set out below. To contact PDL about this Privacy Policy, you may:
Write to us at:
Privacy Officer
Pharmaceutical Defence Limited
L34 North Tower,
80 Collins St,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Call us on 1300 854 838; or
Contact us via the form on the Home page or by emailing privacy@pdl.org.au
PDL takes complaints seriously, and upon receipt will examine the complaint and instigate internal procedures to ensure compliance with the Privacy Act.