The Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Brisbane 2032, we, us, or our) respects your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal data we collect about you, how we use it, how we share it, your rights and choices and how you can contact us about our privacy practices. This Privacy Policy applies to personal data that we collect including through our website at olympics.com/en/brisbane-2032 (Website) and personal data we process relating to volunteer and recruitment opportunities.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, Personal Data means any information (whether electronic or written) relating to an individual who can be identified directly or indirectly.
To understand the terms that apply to your use of the Website and our services, please read our Terms of Service.
We recommend that you read this Privacy Policy in full to ensure you are completely informed about your Personal Data. However if you only want to access a particular section of this Privacy Policy then you can scroll to the relevant section.
Brisbane 2032 is a statutory body established under the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games Arrangements Act 2021 (Qld) to plan, organise and deliver the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Games) and is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.
We are responsible for a number of functions associated with the Games including:
The Personal Data we collect from you either directly or indirectly will depend on how you interact with us. We collect Personal Data about you from the following different sources:
We collect Personal Data directly from you when you choose to provide us with this information online and through your other interactions with us. This may include data collected when you create an account, engage with us on social media, participate in surveys, competitions or other promotional programmes, make an inquiry or submit an application for employment, volunteering, business or sponsorship opportunities.
Certain parts of our Website ask you to provide Personal Data when you engage with the following services:
We collect your Personal Data indirectly including through your device when you use our Website. Some of the information we collect indirectly is captured using cookies and other tracking technologies, as explained further in the “Cookies and similar tracking technology section” below.
We also collect your Personal Data from third party sources including from our service providers that provide operational assistance, email, marketing, and analytics services and more generally from social media platforms.
In particular, we collect your Personal Data from:
| Contact Data | such as your name, email address and country of residence. For current and prospective service providers, sponsors or other organisations we do business with, we may also process your postal address, telephone number, banking details and ABN. | • Directly from you • Third parties |
| Contact Data | ||
| such as your name, email address and country of residence. For current and prospective service providers, sponsors or other organisations we do business with, we may also process your postal address, telephone number, banking details and ABN. | ||
| • Directly from you • Third parties | ||
| Employment or Volunteer Data | for current and prospective employees and volunteers, such as banking, tax and superannuation fund details (including tax file numbers), emergency contact details, information in relation to job applications (including any information contained in resume, such as work history, education and qualifications and referee checks), recruitment and training records, performance, conduct or disciplinary records (including one to ones and annual growth plan discussions), leave records and health and safety records. | • Directly from you • Third parties |
| Employment or Volunteer Data | ||
| for current and prospective employees and volunteers, such as banking, tax and superannuation fund details (including tax file numbers), emergency contact details, information in relation to job applications (including any information contained in resume, such as work history, education and qualifications and referee checks), recruitment and training records, performance, conduct or disciplinary records (including one to ones and annual growth plan discussions), leave records and health and safety records. | ||
| • Directly from you • Third parties | ||
| Sensitive Personal Data | such as health-related information (including information related to vaccinations and medical exemptions that has been approved by the Australian Immunisation Register), to understand your accessibility needs in connection with the Games events you are interested in attending or when applying for recruitment or volunteering opportunities with us. | • Directly from you • Third parties |
| Sensitive Personal Data | ||
| such as health-related information (including information related to vaccinations and medical exemptions that has been approved by the Australian Immunisation Register), to understand your accessibility needs in connection with the Games events you are interested in attending or when applying for recruitment or volunteering opportunities with us. | ||
| • Directly from you • Third parties | ||
| Account Data | such as your login information (email address and password) and profile information (contact details including your name, country, postcode, date of birth) and interests (including your favourite sports and athletes). | • Directly from you • Third parties |
| Account Data | ||
| such as your login information (email address and password) and profile information (contact details including your name, country, postcode, date of birth) and interests (including your favourite sports and athletes). | ||
| • Directly from you • Third parties | ||
| Social Media Data | such as social media handles or usernames and log in details where you choose to log in to the Website using your social media account. | • Third parties • Automatic collection |
| Social Media Data | ||
| such as social media handles or usernames and log in details where you choose to log in to the Website using your social media account. | ||
| • Third parties • Automatic collection | ||
| Communications Data | such as your inquiries, requests for information, submission of complaints, competition and survey entries, feedback on the performance of our Website and other communications with us (including when you interact with us via email or other channels of communication such as social media or networking sites). | • Directly from you • Third parties • Automatic collection |
| Communications Data | ||
| such as your inquiries, requests for information, submission of complaints, competition and survey entries, feedback on the performance of our Website and other communications with us (including when you interact with us via email or other channels of communication such as social media or networking sites). | ||
| • Directly from you • Third parties • Automatic collection | ||
| Marketing Data | such as your interests based on your use of our Website and other relevant Games websites, survey responses, promotions you enter, preferences to receiving marketing materials from us, communication preferences and your preferences for particular Games products or services. | • Directly from you • Third parties • Automatic collection |
| Marketing Data | ||
| such as your interests based on your use of our Website and other relevant Games websites, survey responses, promotions you enter, preferences to receiving marketing materials from us, communication preferences and your preferences for particular Games products or services. | ||
| • Directly from you • Third parties • Automatic collection | ||
| Device Data | collected using tags and pixels including your IP address, device type, unique device identification numbers or other identifiers. | • Automatic collection |
| Device Data | ||
| collected using tags and pixels including your IP address, device type, unique device identification numbers or other identifiers. | ||
| • Automatic collection | ||
| Website Usage Data | such as Website pages interaction, including page views and searches, log-in information, clicks, operating system, information about content viewed, length of visits to certain pages, length of Website use, purchase history and other functional information on Website performance (for example, diagnostics and crash logs). | • Automatic collection |
| Website Usage Data | ||
| such as Website pages interaction, including page views and searches, log-in information, clicks, operating system, information about content viewed, length of visits to certain pages, length of Website use, purchase history and other functional information on Website performance (for example, diagnostics and crash logs). | ||
| • Automatic collection | ||
| Uploaded Content | such as Personal Data you provide when sharing content as part of the socialisation functions on the Website, requests for assistance or when you take part in competitions or upload photos to social media (where you allow us to use such images including by tagging our official social media accounts or handles or by using our official hashtags). | • Directly from you • Automatic collection |
| Uploaded Content | ||
| such as Personal Data you provide when sharing content as part of the socialisation functions on the Website, requests for assistance or when you take part in competitions or upload photos to social media (where you allow us to use such images including by tagging our official social media accounts or handles or by using our official hashtags). | ||
| • Directly from you • Automatic collection |
We use the Personal Data we collect about you only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or for purposes that we explain to you at the time we collect your information. This includes processing your Personal Data for the following purposes:
Please see the “Supplemental Notice for European residents” section below for more information on our legal bases for processing your Personal Data in compliance with European data protection law.
We may share your Personal Data with the following categories of recipients:
Cookies and similar tracking technology (collectively referred to as Cookies) are used to collect and use Personal Data about you including to tailor our online advertising based on your browsing activity and the location from which you access the Website. For further information about the types of Cookies used, why they are used and how you can control their use please see the Cookie Policy at olympics.com/en/cookie-policy.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your Personal Data against loss, unauthorised access, modification, disclosure or any other misuse. These measures have been implemented taking into account current technology, the cost of implementation, the risks presented by the processing and the nature of the Personal Data with particular care for sensitive personal data.
Where you have created an account that uses a unique password to enable you to access our Website it is your responsibility to keep this password secure and confidential.
Brisbane 2032 processes your data in Australia and has commercial partners, Olympic stakeholders and service providers located around the world. This means that we may process your Personal Data and transfer your Personal Data to countries outside of the country in which you are based including Switzerland. These countries may have data protection laws that are different to the laws of your country (and in some cases may not be as protective).
We retain Personal Data we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so (for example, to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal or tax requirements).
When we no longer have an ongoing legitimate business need or legal reason to process your Personal Data, we will either delete or anonymise it, or if this is not possible, we will securely store your Personal Data and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
You have the following data protection rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please follow the instructions above or contact us using the details under in the “How to contact us” section below.
We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Please note that you may be asked to provide evidence of your identity in order for us to action your request. There may also be some circumstances under applicable laws which prevent us from actioning your request. We will give written notice explaining these to you if these circumstances arise.
Brisbane 2032 will also act and make decisions under this Privacy Policy that give proper consideration to and are compatible with relevant human rights in accordance with the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld).
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, regulatory, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take measures to inform you as are appropriate in the circumstances and consistent with the significance of the changes we make.
You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your Personal Data, please contact Brisbane 2032 using the following details:
By post: Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, PO Box 2201, Brisbane 4001, Australia
By email: privacy@brisbane2032.com.au
The information provided in this supplemental notice applies only to individuals in the UK, EEA and Switzerland. We refer to this group of countries collectively as Europe.
Your Personal Data collected on the Website and during our interactions is processed by Brisbane 2032 as the data controller.
European data protection law requires that we have a "legal basis" for each purpose for which we process your Personal Data. Our legal bases include where:
and your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms do not override those interests.
The table below identifies the legal bases we rely on in respect of the relevant purposes for which we use your Personal Data. For more information on these purposes, please see “How we use your Personal Data” section above.
| Manage and administer your account on our Website. | Contact Data Account Data Communication Data Device Data | Performance of a contract with you |
| Manage and administer your account on our Website. | ||
| Contact Data Account Data Communication Data Device Data | ||
| Performance of a contract with you | ||
| Respond to your communications about the Games (including responding to your inquiries, requests or complaints). | Contact Data Account Data Communication Data Uploaded Content Device Data | Performance of a contract with you Our legitimate interests (to operate, provide and improve your Games experience) |
| Respond to your communications about the Games (including responding to your inquiries, requests or complaints). | ||
| Contact Data Account Data Communication Data Uploaded Content Device Data | ||
| Performance of a contract with you Our legitimate interests (to operate, provide and improve your Games experience) | ||
| Keep our Website and relevant Games stakeholders (including our commercial partners, Olympic stakeholders, employees, volunteers and service providers) secure by addressing any threats to your safety or the safety of others and to detect and prevent fraud. | Contact Data Account Data Device Data Website Usage Data Communication | Our and our third parties' legitimate interests (to detect or prevent illegal activities (e.g. fraud) and/or to manage the security of our IT infrastructure and the safety and security of relevant stakeholders) |
| Keep our Website and relevant Games stakeholders (including our commercial partners, Olympic stakeholders, employees, volunteers and service providers) secure by addressing any threats to your safety or the safety of others and to detect and prevent fraud. | ||
| Contact Data Account Data Device Data Website Usage Data Communication | ||
| Our and our third parties' legitimate interests (to detect or prevent illegal activities (e.g. fraud) and/or to manage the security of our IT infrastructure and the safety and security of relevant stakeholders) | ||
| Manage the use of Cookies | Account Data Device Data Website Usage Data Social media Data Marketing Data Communications Data | Consent For non-essential cookies, our and the IOC’s legitimate interests to operate and improve our Website, personalise our services to better understand fan preferences and interests, or use the insights to improve or develop marketing activities |
| Manage the use of Cookies | ||
| Account Data Device Data Website Usage Data Social media Data Marketing Data Communications Data | ||
| Consent For non-essential cookies, our and the IOC’s legitimate interests to operate and improve our Website, personalise our services to better understand fan preferences and interests, or use the insights to improve or develop marketing activities | ||
| Contact individuals interested in the Games about our promotions, competitions and events we think may be of interest including by distributing our newsletter | Account Data Website Usage Data Marketing Data Communication Data Social Media Data Uploaded Content Data | Consent Our legitimate interests (to develop marketing activities and promote the Games) |
| Contact individuals interested in the Games about our promotions, competitions and events we think may be of interest including by distributing our newsletter | ||
| Account Data Website Usage Data Marketing Data Communication Data Social Media Data Uploaded Content Data | ||
| Consent Our legitimate interests (to develop marketing activities and promote the Games) | ||
| Analyse social media performance metrics to evaluate and execute social media campaigns about the Games on various social media channels. | Account Data Marketing Data Social Media Data Communication Data Uploaded Content Data Website Usage Data Device Data | Consent Our legitimate interests (to use the insights to improve or develop our marketing activities) |
| Analyse social media performance metrics to evaluate and execute social media campaigns about the Games on various social media channels. | ||
| Account Data Marketing Data Social Media Data Communication Data Uploaded Content Data Website Usage Data Device Data | ||
| Consent Our legitimate interests (to use the insights to improve or develop our marketing activities) | ||
| Comply with legal and regulatory obligations to which we are subject including our obligations to respond to your requests under data protection law. | Contact Data Account Data Website Usage Data Communication Data Uploaded Content Data | Legal obligation |
| Comply with legal and regulatory obligations to which we are subject including our obligations to respond to your requests under data protection law. | ||
| Contact Data Account Data Website Usage Data Communication Data Uploaded Content Data | ||
| Legal obligation | ||
| Manage employment and volunteering opportunities (including processing application process, administering contracts and payroll and benefits). | Employment or Volunteering Data | Performance of a contract with you Legal obligation (including payment of payroll, income and other taxes) Our legitimate interests (to engage the local communities and provide employment opportunities) |
| Manage employment and volunteering opportunities (including processing application process, administering contracts and payroll and benefits). | ||
| Employment or Volunteering Data | ||
| Performance of a contract with you Legal obligation (including payment of payroll, income and other taxes) Our legitimate interests (to engage the local communities and provide employment opportunities) |
Individuals located in Europe have the following data protection rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please follow the instructions above or contact us using the details under in the “How to contact us” section above.
Last updated: 6th December 2024
We recognise it is our collective efforts and responsibility as individuals, communities and governments to ensure equality, recognition and advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples across all aspects of society and everyday life, including sport. We are committed to building a deeper connection with First Nations Peoples through meaningful listening and authentic engagement. We celebrate and honour all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians and Paralympians past and present and we are committed to honouring their unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and the rich contribution they have made and continue to make to society and sport.
