The Catholic Development Fund – Archdiocese of Sydney (CDF) is committed to providing you with personal high quality customer service. This includes protecting your privacy. By sharing with you our Privacy Policy Statement, we trust that you will understand how we keep your information private and secure.

1. The National Privacy Principles (NPPs) set out in the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 protects any personal information we collect from you.
2. The CDF collects and stores your information, including personal and sensitive information, so we can provide you with a range of services and the level of customer service we know you expect.
3. Some of the information we collect is required under various laws and regulations that govern our business. Other information we request is necessary to:
   • administer and manage your accounts and services;
   • maintain our relationship with you;
   • manage our rights and obligations in relation to external payment systems;
   • develop and identify products and services that may interest you; and
   • provide you with information about other products and services we offer.
4. The CDF from time to time may disclose your information to:
• our professional advisers, including our accountants, auditors and lawyers;
• government and regulatory authorities and other organisations as required or authorised by law;
• outsourced service providers including information and technology services;
• organisations and business partners involved in providing the services we provide you including financial institutions and payment system operators;
• your agents or your representatives with your consent.
5. We seek assurances from organisations we disclose your information to that they are bound by the same privacy obligations and will only use the information for the specific purpose for which we have supplied it. If they are not we will only transfer the necessary private information to undertake a transaction on your behalf or if we have your consent.
6. We do not disclose your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes. 
7. We use appropriate security measures, technology and internal authorisation and access procedures to ensure your information is protected from unauthorised access and misuse, alteration and destruction.
8. We will ensure that all of our employees with access to your information are aware of the importance of privacy issues and comply with our Privacy Policy and associated rules and procedures.
9. We aim to keep your information as up to date and accurate as possible. If any of your personal details are incorrect or if you wish to find out what information we hold in respect of you, please contact us on (02) 9390 5200 or email us at enquiries@sydneycdf.org.au.
10. If you have a complaint about the way we manage your information we will promptly acknowledge and investigate your complaint.
11. If you provide the CDF with the personal information of others, we encourage you to inform them that you are disclosing that information to the CDF and that they may gain access to it.