Privacy policy

Geelong Arts Centre respects your privacy

Geelong Arts Centre respects your privacy and is committed to safeguarding any personal, sensitive or health information that we may collect. This Policy explains how we collect, handle and store such information and applies to anyone who visits or otherwise engages with Geelong Arts Centre.

This Policy was updated in September 2023 and is the fourth iteration of the Policy. We may change or update this Policy from time to time and we will post the updated version on our website if we do.

Policy principles

1. Geelong Arts Centre is a body established under Victorian statute and is subject to the requirements of the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) which are contained in the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) (the PDPA Act) as well as any other relevant legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act 1982, Health Records Act 2001 (Vic), Public Records Act 1973 (Vic) and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
2. Geelong Arts Centre will only collect, use and disclose personal, sensitive or health information in accordance with the PDPA Act and for the purpose of providing its services and fulfilling its functions under the Geelong Performing Arts Centre Trust Act 1980 (Vic) and our service agreement with Creative Victoria. In summary, the Geelong Arts Centre’s functions, services and activities include fostering the artists and creative communities of Geelong, welcoming local and international artists, performers, creative industries and audiences to experience and enjoy Geelong Arts Centre’s multiple theatres, studios, creative spaces and café.
3. Geelong Arts Centre will manage the information it collects confidentially except when it is necessary or appropriate to disclose the information in the performance of its statutory functions or as otherwise authorised or required by law.
4. Information collected by Geelong Arts Centre can be in many formats including but not limited to digital and hard copy documents and records, text, images, video and voice recordings.
5. Any personal, sensitive or health information collected, used or stored by Geelong Arts Centre, whether from a visiting member of the public, donor, venue hirer, contractor, or prospective employee or anyone else participating in the workplace, will be handled according to this Policy.