Privacy Collection Statement

PPCA respects the privacy of your personal information. We handle your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This Privacy Statement explains our policy for handling personal information and should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy which provides more detailed information about how we collect, use and store your personal information. 

COLLECTION - We need to collect the information requested below for the purpose of registering you as a licensor, distributing any payments that you are entitled to receive from our licensing activities, and for closely related business purposes.

CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION - If you do not provide all of the information requested, it may prevent us from processing your application for registration as a PPCA licensor. 

USE AND DISCLOSURE - We will use and disclose personal information only for the purposes for which it is collected or in accordance with the Privacy Act, including: 

• assessing your application to be a PPCA licensor;
• maintaining your registration to be eligible to receive payments as a PPCA licensor;
• providing information to you about music industry events and issues. If you do not wish to receive this type of information, please contact our Privacy Officer;
• providing information to the  Australian Recording  Industry Association (ARIA) for the purpose of allocating and distributing to copyright owners the revenue ARIA collects on their behalf;
• providing information to third party contractors that provide services or perform functions on our  behalf; 
• providing information to overseas collecting societies that have reciprocal agreements with PPCA in order to collect and distribute payments;
• identifying and locating rights holders;
• resolving disputes in accordance with our Complaints and Disputes policy; 
• publishing (including on our website) a schedule of copyright owners that have authorised us to grant licences on their behalf. This includes contact details for individuals who own copyright in their own recordings. If do not want your contact details published on our website, please notify us in writing;
• for publication in industry directories or similar publications. We do appreciate that individuals who own copyright in their own recordings may not wish to have their contact details published.  If you would like this information withheld from publication please notify us, in writing;
• providing information as authorised or required by law; and
• with your consent. 

ACCESS – Under the Privacy Act, you have the right to seek access to any personal information that we hold about you, unless we are permitted by law to withhold access to that information.  Any requests for access to your personal information should be made in writing to the Privacy Officer at PPCA, PO Box Q20, Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230 or via email: privacy.mail@ppca.com.au. 

For more information about how we handle your personal information, please refer to our detailed Privacy Policy.