At Tablemates
we recognise the importance of the information
we hold about individuals and the trust our members
place in us.
Privacy
Policy
We are committed to providing you with the highest
levels of customer service. This includes protecting
your privacy. From 21 December 2001, we have been
bound by new sections of the Commonwealth Privacy
Act 1988, which set out a number of principles
concerning the protection of your personal information.
We only collect
personal information that is required to offer
our services to you, maintain our relationship
with you, or as specifically required under various
laws and regulations that govern our business.
We do not
sell, rent or trade personal information to, or
with, third parties. We will only disclose your
contact details to another member when we have
your permission.
We take all
reasonable precautions to ensure that the personal
information we collect, use and disclose is accurate,
complete and up-to-date. However, the accuracy
of that information depends to a large extent
on the information you provide. As such we recommend
that you let us know if there are any errors in
your personal information and notify us of any
changes to your personal information such as your
name and address.
If you have
any further questions in relation to privacy,
please email brian@tablemates.com
or telephone 03-9885 8859.
Introduction
Agents Act 1997
In July 1998 the Introduction Agents Act
1997 (75/1997) came into operation in
Victoria. It was introduced to overcome unfair
and unscrupulous practices which were common in
the industry and which the industry had been unable
to eradicate. As a general rule The Act covers
people and corporations, that, as a business,
undertake to match individuals for personal relationships
or social outings. Being a Dinner Club, Tablemates
fully supports The Act.
The Act is
enforced by Consumer Affairs Victoria and they
may be contacted on http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au
A copy of The Act may be found
on http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au
VCAT Exemption
– A435 / 2003
Since 1997 Tablemates, pursuant to Section 83
of the Equal Opportunity Act (1995) has received
certain exemptions from the Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal.
These exemptions are necessary
to ensure that we can maintain balanced numbers
within the sexes and age groups and attract the
right type of members.
The exemptions enable Tablemates
to:
-
refuse to provide its services to a person
who is married and not separated from their
spouse;
-
obtain
information from clients and potential clients
of its service for the purpose of matching
those clients, including information about
the attributes (within the meaning of the
Act) of those clients and potential clients;
-
advise
potential clients that, because of their attributes
and the attributes preferred by the clients
of the service, it will be difficult to find
a match for them, where this advice is based
on the information of the service;
-
to charge
no membership fee or a discounted membership
fee for prospective clients of a particular
sex or age group;
-
to advertise
for potential clients from a particular sex
or age group;
-
to state in advertisements
for potential clients that an application
from a person who is married and not separated
from their spouse will not be accepted.
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