Don’t Sell Our Buses Privacy Policy

Privacy matters. We are committed to ensuring that your personal information is protected when you support and participate in our important work.

Our Transport is a campaign supported by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union of New South Wales. The Don’t Sell Our Buses campaign – a sub-campaign of Our Transport – is being run in conjunction with Unions NSW.

By signing up to the Don’t Sell Our Buses action on Our Transport you are also giving permission for your details to be shared with Unions NSW.

We collect personal information to allow us to send you updates and information on the campaign and to provide you with information about our organisation and activities.

For example, when you send an email to us or provide information over the phone, we may retain this in order to respond to your inquiry.

Keep reading for details of how we collect your information in different circumstances:

Collection Statement for Newsletter Subscriptions / Action Forms

Our Transport collects your personal information when you choose to participate in campaign activities such as subscribing to campaign updates or completing campaign actions through our website, including emailing MP’s, signing petitions and contacting media outlets.

In collecting this information your details will be added to our campaign update mailing list aimed at keeping you up to date with all the latest information on our campaign and actions.

If you do not provide your personal information, you will not be able to subscribe to campaign updates, take action on the campaign website, or receive communications from us which may be of interest to you.

Some of the information we collect about you may be sensitive information only where it relates to your political opinions.

You consent to us collecting this sensitive information. If you provide us sensitive information, we will treat it as personal information and handle it in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

We do not disclose personal information to any third parties except in circumstances where it is necessary in order to carry out campaign actions or where it is required by law. This may include, but is not limited to, providing details to mailing houses, printers and IT contractors.

In the case of the Don’t Sell Our Buses sub-campaign, your information will also be shared with Unions NSW.

We may disclose your personal information to companies in the Essential group. We use third party service providers such customer support, web-based marketing, courier and print services, IT, web hosting, data storage, back-up and data analysis services.

Some of these third-party service providers have servers located overseas including the USA, UK and Singapore. We require that our service providers have appropriate controls to protect your personal information in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy and that they only use your information for authorised purposes.

You have a right to access any personal information we hold and may ask us to update or correct your personal information. If you have any questions or privacy related complaints contact us at info@ourtransport.org.au.

Collection Statement (Supporter Contact)

Our Transport may collect your personal information when you contact us with a query, comment or feedback by email, or when you post on our social media pages or complete an action that we promote, from time to time.

We collect this personal information for the purposes of responding to your query, comment or feedback, and for other purposes, as described above. If you chose not to provide your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with an appropriate response.

In the case of the Don’t Sell Our Buses sub-campaign, your information will also be shared with Unions NSW.