2025 Member Survey Privacy Collection Statement and T&C's

2025 ARIA Member CENSUS AND Survey– PRIVACY COLLECTION STATEMENT

ARIA is committed to protecting your privacy and handling all personal information collected in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This Privacy Collection Statement explains what personal information ARIA will collect in this member census and survey, the purpose of its collection and how it will be stored and handled by ARIA.

Type of Information

Through the 2025 ARIA Member Census and Survey (the Survey), ARIA may request and collect personal information about you, an ARIA Member or a representative of the ARIA Member, including your email address. ARIA will also collect sensitive information about other individuals who are employed by the ARIA Member, including information about an individual’s gender identity, cultural and ethnic background, sexual orientation and disability. This information will be requested at an aggregate level. ARIA will only use sensitive information for the primary purpose it was collected for.

PURPOSE and USE

The purpose of the Survey is to provide ARIA with the opportunity to better understand the demographic make-up of ARIA Members and determine how ARIA can improve its services to our Members. The online Survey form requests certain personal information to assist ARIA in carrying out the following primary functions:

By participating in the Survey, you confirm that you have consent from third parties to provide their personal and sensitive information for the purposes outlined by this privacy collection statement. If you or persons whose information you are providing in the Survey do not want to share certain personal information with ARIA, then please contact ARIA to discuss alternative options. If you and such persons choose not to share certain information with ARIA, please be aware it may not be possible for ARIA to process the Survey and conduct a proper census of ARIA’s members.        

STORAGE

This Survey is conducted via SurveyMonkey. Information collected is subject to SurveyMonkey’s Privacy Policy. Information collected via SurveyMonkey may also be stored in overseas locations (including the United States). By submitting information via this Survey, you understand that this information may be hosted overseas and subject to laws outside Australia, and you consent to this use and disclosure, and understand that by consenting ARIA will not have an obligation to take reasonable steps to ensure that SurveyMonkey does not breach the Australian Privacy Principles in relation to personal information.

Raw data and personal information will only be accessible by authorised ARIA personnel who will only use this information for the approved purposes set out above and are bound by confidentiality constraints. ARIA will not provide the personal information collected from you to anyone else, unless otherwise indicated above, you have given consent for us to do this, or we are authorised or required to do so by law.

ARIA will take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information that you have provided from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. The personal information will be stored on a password protected server and password protected or restricted files which are secured from unauthorised access.

ACCESS and Contact us

You have the right to access the personal information ARIA has collected from you. If you have any questions about how such personal information is being handled, this collection statement, or want to correct or delete any personal information provided, then please review the ARIA Privacy Policy and contact ARIA’s Privacy Officer at privacy@aria.com.au.

ARIA Member Survey Competition Terms and Conditions

The Competition is run by Australian Recording Industry Association Limited (ABN 72 002 692 944), Level 4, 11-17 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010 (ARIA).

By entering this Competition, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. ARIA may at any time and in its absolute discretion refuse to award the prize to any entrant who fails to comply with these Terms and Conditions.

Eligible Entrants

Entry is open to any person aged over 18 who is employed during the Competition Period by an ARIA Member (as published on the ARIA Members list available at: https://www.aria.com.au/industry/membership), and has either: (i) received an email invitation from ARIA to complete the online survey form during the Competition Period (ARIA Member Contact); or (ii) has been delegated by the ARIA Member Contact as an appropriate representative or substitute to complete the online survey on behalf of the ARIA Member.

Competition Period

The Competition opens at 9:00am (AEDT) on 29 January 2025 and closes at 5:00pm (AEDT) on 12 February 2025 (Competition Period).

Entering the Competition

Determining the Winner

Prize

General

Any queries regarding this Competition can be directed to ARIA via any of the following channels:

Post: PO Box Q20, Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230

Phone: (02) 8569 1144

Email: memberservices@aria.com.au