The Global Infrastructure Hub Limited ABN 46 602 505 064 (GI Hub, we, us, our) handles personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles.
This privacy policy also applies to GI Hub in its role as a CCRI Legacy Partner in the operation of the Coalition for Climate Resilience (CCRI) Legacy Programme, via the website https://resilientinvestment.org/. References in this privacy policy to we, us, our are also references to GI Hub in its role in the operation of the CCRI Legacy Programme.
Information about the operation of the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles is available from the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
This privacy policy explains how we handle Personal Information relating to individuals, to ensure we meet our obligations under the Privacy Act. This includes details of the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, how we keep personal information secure, overseas disclosures, your rights of access or correction, and how you can contact us to make a complaint or an enquiry.
In using and/or receiving our services you acknowledge that we may collect, use, disclose or transfer of your Personal Information as set out in this privacy policy. Please see section 10 which addresses changes to this privacy policy.
In this privacy policy:
CCRI Legacy Programme refers to the program-specific partnerships formed among institutions equipped and committed to continue the programmes and activities of the former Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment or CCRI, details of which are set out at the website https://resilientinvestment.org/.
Personal Information means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable: (a) whether the information or opinion is true or not; and (b) whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.
Sensitive Information includes racial or ethnic origin, political opinions or associations, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association or trade union, sexual orientation or practices, criminal records, health information, genetic information, biometric information, and biometric templates.
We only collect Personal Information to the extent that this is reasonably necessary for one or more of our functions or activities.
This includes but is not limited to the following kinds of information:
As a general rule, GI Hub does not collect personal information about you when you visit our website. You can generally visit this website without telling GI Hub who you are, unless you choose to provide such information. Our preference is to collect Personal Information about an individual directly from that individual unless it is unreasonable or impracticable for us to do so.
If we do not collect such personal information, then in some cases GI Hub may not be able to provide the services or information that you have requested.
In addition to the items set out above, the precise collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information relating to the CCRI Legacy Programme will vary depending upon the circumstances and nature of our interactions or relationship with you, but the following sections provide an overview of our practices in this regard.
We do not direct our services toward nor knowingly process Personal Information belonging to individuals 16 years or younger.
We may collect Personal Information directly from you, as well as automatically related to your use of the CCRI Legacy Programme website at https://resilientinvestment.org/ (CCRI Legacy Programme Website), as well as from third parties. For example, we collect personal information:
We may collect the following categories of personal information (subject to applicable legal requirements and restrictions):
If we do not collect such Personal Information, then in some cases CCRI may not be able to provide the services or information that you have requested.
In order to understand how people arrive at our websites and related social media platforms and how they are used, GI Hub relies on cookies provided by third parties. This enables GI Hub to assess the effectiveness of our communications. Cookies do not reveal personal information, such as your name, address, phone numbers or email address. You can adjust your browser to disable cookies, but this may restrict your ability to access certain areas of our websites.
We may use and disclose your Personal Information for the primary purpose for which we collected your Personal Information, for reasonably (or directly if the Personal Information is Sensitive Information) related secondary purposes within your reasonable expectations and where required or authorised by law including, but not limited to the following:
We may also use or disclose your Personal Information where otherwise required or authorised by law, including under the Privacy Act.
In addition to the items set out above, we may use your Personal Information shared with the CCRI Legacy Programme for the following purposes:
Because of their participation in the CCRI Legacy Programme, your Personal Information may be shared with our members, which may include subsidiaries and affiliates of corporate organisations.
We do not use Sensitive Information for marketing purposes. We may use your Personal Information (other than Sensitive Information) to communicate and market products and services to you, as set out in section 5.
If at any time you no longer wish to receive any direct marketing from us or do not want your information disclosed for direct marketing, please use the "unsubscribe" link in the message or contact us via the details provided below. Please note that even if you have requested to not receive further direct marketing communications, we may nevertheless continue to provide you with information about changes to our terms and conditions and other factual information as permitted under the Privacy Act and Spam Act.
We share your information for the purposes set out in section 5, with our service providers, and to comply with the law. When we do this, we take steps to keep your information safe. This includes disclosure:
Where you directly interact with or use third party platforms or services when interacting with us (for example, video conferencing software), the providers of those platforms or services are responsible for the content and privacy practices and will have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies. Please ensure that you review the terms and conditions and privacy policies of those platforms or services.
In addition to the items set out above, we may use your Personal Information shared with the CCRI Legacy Programme for the following purposes:
We will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to protect the Personal Information we hold from misuse or loss and from unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. We will also take steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to destroy or de-identify personal Information once we no longer need it for any purpose for which the information may be used, disclosed, or retained under the Privacy Act.
However, when using our website, you should be aware that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Although we strive to protect such information, we do not warrant the security of any information that you provide us over the Internet and you do so at your own risk.
In addition to the items set out above, we store Personal Information collected for the CCRI Legacy Programme as needed to accomplish the purposes identified in this privacy policy and to meet legal requirements, including legal and compliance requirements regarding records retention, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. For these and possibly other reasons, we may be unable to delete personal information upon request of an individual in certain cases.
We, including our affiliates and service providers, may hold electronic records of your Personal Information using cloud technology or by other electronic means, or in paper form. These means of holding Personal Information may include offshore storage.
We may disclose Personal Information to third parties including our affiliates and service providers as permitted by the Privacy Act. Where we need to, we send them information so that they can provide us services. These third parties may be located overseas including in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, certain member states of the European Union, and the United States. It is not practicable for us to specify in advance the location of every service provider with whom we deal.
Our websites may link to a number of third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other websites. We recommend that you review the privacy policies and notices on these websites.
In addition to the items set out above, Personal Information that we collect from you in connection with the CCRI Legacy Programme may be transferred to, accessed, processed or stored in, and subject to requests from law enforcement agencies, in jurisdictions outside of your home jurisdiction, including Australia, the United States, the European Union and other jurisdictions, in which the members of the CCRI Legacy Programme operate. Some of these jurisdictions, including the United States, may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction. We have established safeguards to protect personal information that is transferred to other countries, including appropriate contractual protections. For more information on the appropriate safeguards in place, please contact us using the details below.
We may change or update parts of this privacy policy in order to maintain our compliance with applicable law and regulation or following an update to our internal practices. We will do this by updating this Privacy Policy on https://www.gihub.org/privacy. You may obtain a copy of our current policy from our website or by contacting us via the details provided below.
You may not be directly notified of such a change so please ensure that you regularly check this Privacy Policy so you are fully aware of any changes or updates.
We will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the personal information which we collect remains accurate, up to date and complete.
We will provide you with access to your personal information held by us unless we are permitted under the Privacy Act to refuse to provide you with such access. Please contact us via the details provided below if you:
There is no charge for requesting access to your personal information, but we may require you to meet our reasonable costs in actually providing you with access.
If you consider that the information which we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, we will take reasonable steps, consistent with our obligations under the Privacy Act, to correct that information if you so request.
We will respond to all requests for access and/or correction within a reasonable time.
If you have a complaint or inquiry about the way in which we have handled any privacy issue, please advise us via the details provided below.
We will use reasonable efforts to deal promptly with complaints and inquiries and, in any event, acknowledge your complaint or inquiry within 30 days.
If you are not satisfied with how we manage your complaint, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
If you want to contact us for any reason in relation to this privacy policy, or wish to raise a privacy concern or complaint, you can contact us here.