Privacy Policy

Our commitment to protecting your privacy: 

This privacy policy applies to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of personal information by or on behalf of Canberra Southern Cross Club Ltd (ABN 49 008 488 855) (trading as “Canberra Southern Cross Club”) or any of our associated venues which include Stellar Canberra; Stellar Women’s Gym; Stellar Pool; Stellar Learn to Swim Program; Anytime Fitness Stellar; Anytime Fitness Tuggeranong; Anytime Fitness Woden; Anytime Fitness Jamison; Yacht Club Restaurant and Snapper & Co. The Canberra South Cross Club (and its venues and business ventures) are jointly referred to in this policy as “our”, “we” or “us”.   

Please read this policy carefully. 

We are committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring its privacy, accuracy and security. We handle your personal information in a responsible manner in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).  

By using any of our products or services, by visiting our websites (www.cscc.com.au, www.stellarcanberra.com.au, www.southboundclub.com.au, www.snapperandco.com.au) or giving us your personal information when you attend any one or more of our venues, you agree to your information being collected, stored, used and disclosed as set out in this Privacy Policy. 

What is Personal information?  

‘Personal information’ means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether true or not, and whether or not recorded in a material form. Unless a contrary intent appears, in this Privacy Policy ‘personal information’ may also include one or both of the following, as defined in the Act: ‘credit information’ and ‘credit eligibility information’. 

‘Sensitive information’ (a type of personal information), has the same meaning as in the Act.  In summary, it means information or an opinion about an individual’s race or ethnic origins, political opinions and associations, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, sexual preferences or practices, trade or professional associations and memberships, union membership, criminal record, health or genetic information or biometric information. 

Whose personal information do we collect? 

We collect the personal information of our members and their guests, of individuals ordering goods or services from us (whether online or in person), and of third parties who supply goods or services to us. The kinds of third parties include ordering platforms, booking platforms, contractors, business partners and government agencies.   

For example, we may collect your personal information when you visit Canberra Southern Cross Club or any of our associated venues either as a member or guest; apply for, join or renew your membership of Canberra Southern Cross Club or an associated venue; place your membership card in gaming or other machines; enter a competition or promotion; collect a gaming machine payout; request to be self-excluded from gaming; request or acquire a product or service from us; provide a service or product to us; order via a third party platform; make a booking online; or communicate with us via our website, social media, by e-mail, telephone or in writing. 

What types of personal information do we collect and hold? 

The types of personal information we collect includes:  

names, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, date of birth, gender pensioner card numbers, member photographs/photographic identification upon signing-in to one of our venues, occupation and other information to assist us in conducting our business, providing and marketing our products and services (including to verify your identify for the purpose of joining the Canberra Southern Cross Club as a member);

payment details and credit information, including identification information, repayment history information, the type and amount of credit, default information, court proceedings information, personal insolvency information, publicly available information about credit worthiness, opinions about serious credit infringements, and other personal information about an individual’s credit worthiness, such as credit ratings or scores;

your image through our CCTV / security footage at each of our venues;

information about your past purchases through our venues or online store, particularly if you are a member who uses our Star Rewards program;

information about any payouts you receive through our gaming machines (including payment information);

information about current and previous Canberra Southern Cross Club suppliers, clients and members with whom Canberra Southern Cross Club has dealings.

Information about your order history and booking history

We will only collect your sensitive information: if you have consented to us doing so – for example, where an associated venue (such as Stellar Swim or an Anytime Fitness location) collects personal information from its patrons about their health or medical conditions relevant to the service we are providing; as part of information collected about directors and employees for company and human resource management purposes; or where required or permitted by law. 

How do we collect personal information? 

We only collect personal information by lawful, fair and reasonable means.  We usually collect personal information from you directly, for example:  

when you apply to join or renew your membership of Canberra Southern Cross Club or one of our associated venues

members and guests visiting Canberra Southern Cross Club or one of the associated venues

Canberra Southern Cross Club members placing their membership cards in gaming or other machines; entering a competition or promotion; collecting a gaming machine payout; or requesting to be self-excluded from gaming;

meetings, interviews and telephone calls;

business cards;

electronic communications – for example, e-mails and attachments; forms filled out by people, including as part of acquiring a product or service from us through our website or on social media

third parties – for example, booking platforms, ordering platforms, and your representatives or agents; and

our website, including if you use our websites to contact us.

Social media, including if you use it to contact us.

Wherever reasonable and practicable, we collect personal information from the individual to whom the information relates directly.  In some cases, we may collect personal information from someone other than the individual concerned.  For example, we collect personal information from parents or carers of minors who participate in lessons at Stellar Swim.  If you provide personal information about someone other than yourself, you agree that you have that person’s consent to provide the information for the purpose for which you provide it to us.  You also agree that you have told the person about this Privacy Policy and where to find it.

Why do we collect personal information?  

We collect the personal information:  

so that we can administer your membership of Canberra Southern Cross Club or an associated venue (and that includes complying with the requirements under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth));

so that we can provide you with the products and services you have requested/ordered from us;

for marketing purposes (including research and product development) so that we can better understand our customers’ needs, to provide you with information about products and services that may be of interest to you, and to tailor our future products and services accordingly;

to improve the products and services we provide;

to respond to your enquiries and feedback, including providing information about our events and news;

to enable us to conduct our business, including managing any credit we have provided to you, performing general administration (invoicing, account management, payment processing) and meeting our legal and regulatory obligations, particularly in respect of gaming and liquor laws.

If you do not provide your personal information, we may not be able to supply the requested product or service, employ you or otherwise deal with you. 

For the operation of our licensed club, we collect personal information that is required by, or necessary for us to comply with our obligations under, laws including the Gaming Machine Act 2004 (ACT); Gaming Machine Regulation 2004 (ACT); Gambling and Racing Control (Code of Practice) Regulation 2002 and Liquor Act 2010 (ACT). You may be requested to leave a venue if the collection of certain personal information is required for us to comply with this legislation, and you do not provide this information.

How we deal with unsolicited personal information?  

If we receive personal information about you that we have not requested, and we determine that we could not have lawfully collected that information under the APPs had we asked for it, we will destroy or de-identify the information if it is lawful and reasonable to do so.

Do you have to disclose your identity when dealing with us?  

Where lawful and practicable, we will give you the option of interacting with us anonymously or using a pseudonym.

Disclosure of personal information: We may disclose, and you consent to us disclosing, your personal information to third parties:  

engaged by us to provide products or services, or to undertake functions or activities, on our behalf.  For example, processing payment information, debt recovery, managing databases, marketing, research and advertising;

that are authorised by you to receive information we hold, including where the third party is considering whether to become a guarantor for you;

that are our business partners, joint venturers, partners or agents;

(for associated venue members who pay membership fees by direct debit) who collect direct debit payments on our behalf;

as part of a sale (or proposed sale) of all or part of our business.  For example, we may disclose information to our external advisers, to potential and actual bidders and to their external advisors;

such as our external advisers, and government agencies.  For example, where disclosure is reasonably required to obtain advice, prepare legal proceedings or investigate suspected unlawful activity or serious misconduct, or required for regulatory reporting (such as gaming machine payouts); or

as required or permitted by law.

We may disclose, and you consent to us disclosing, your personal information to any of our related bodies corporate whether located in Australia or overseas.  If we disclose your personal information to a related body corporate, your information will be collected, stored, used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy, the APPs and the Act.

Marketing use and disclosure: We may use and disclose, and you consent to us using and disclosing, your personal information for “direct marketing purposes” which is to provide you with information about our products, services and promotions that we consider may be of interest to you.  You may opt out at any time if you do not, or no longer, wish to receive marketing and promotional material.  You may do this by contacting us via e-mail or in writing at the address below (addressed to the Privacy Officer) and requesting that we no longer send you marketing or promotional material; or where applicable, clicking the “Unsubscribe” button. 

Use or disclosure of sensitive information: We will only use or disclose your sensitive information for the purpose for which it was initially collected or for a directly related purpose, as required or permitted by law, or where you consent to the use or disclosure. 

Disclosure of personal information overseas: We do not disclose personal information to third parties outside Australia, unless required or permitted by law, except in relation to members of our health club facilities which trade under the brand ‘Stellar’ who pay membership fees by direct debit (Direct Debit Payers). 

Any overseas disclosure does not affect our commitment to safeguarding your personal information.  Where reasonable in the circumstances, our contracts with overseas recipients oblige them to comply with the APPs and the Act. Direct Debit Payers: 

consent to us disclosing their personal information to DebitSuccess Pty Ltd which collects direct debit membership fees on our behalf, and to DebitSuccess disclosing the member’s personal information to its New Zealand operations (Overseas Recipient) to carry out the direct debit process; and

acknowledge that, in agreeing to the disclosure of their information to the Overseas Recipient, we will not be liable to you for any breach of the APPs by the Overseas Recipient.  On this basis, Direct Debit Payers consent to such disclosure.

How is my personal information held and kept secure?   

We strive to provide an environment which ensures that personal information is stored in a secure and confidential manner. We may store your information in hard copy or electronic format and keep it in storage facilities that we own and operate ourselves, or that are owned and operated by our service providers. 

We implement a number of technical and organisational methods to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.  Such technical and organisational measures include: physical security over paper-based and electronic data storage and premises; computer and network security measures, including use of firewalls, password access and secure servers; restricting access to your personal information to employees and those acting on our behalf who are authorised and on a ‘need to know’ basis; training employees on data protection, retaining your personal information for no longer than it is reasonably required; and entering into confidentiality agreements with staff and third parties. 

Where we no longer require your personal information, including where we are no longer required by law to keep records relating to you, we will takes steps to de-identify or destroy the information. 

Data quality:  We take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date.  However, we rely on you to advise us of any changes or corrections to the information we hold about you. If you consider that the information we hold about you is not accurate, complete or up-to-date, or if your information has changed, please contact the Privacy Officer to let us know as soon as possible.

Access: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you by contacting us.  We will respond to your request within a reasonable time.  We will provide you with access to the information we hold about you unless otherwise permitted or required by law. Where reasonable and practicable, we will provide access to the information we hold about you in the manner you request. No fee applies for requesting access to information we hold about you.  However, we reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee where we do provide access. Any request to access personal information must be directed to our Privacy Officer. Please find their contact details below.  

Correction: If you believe that personal information we hold about you is incorrect, incomplete or not current, you may request that we update or correct your information by contacting us.  We will deal with your request within a reasonable time.  If we do not agree with the corrections you have requested (for example, because we consider that the information is already accurate, up-to-date, complete, relevant and not misleading), we are not required to make the corrections.  However, where we refuse to do so, we will give you a written notice setting out the reasons. Any request to correct personal information must be directed to our Privacy Officer. Please find their contact details below.   

Identifiers: We do not adopt, use or disclose government related identifiers except as required or permitted by law. 

Complaints: If you have a complaint in relation to the collection, storage, use or disclosure of your personal information or any breach of the Australian Privacy Principles, please contact our Privacy Officer using the details below.  You will need to provide us with details of your complaint, as well as any supporting evidence and information.  We will review all complaints received and our Privacy Officer will respond to you within 30 days.  If you are not satisfied with our response, you may discuss your concerns with or complain to the Australian Privacy Commissioner via www.oaic.gov.au. 

Automated decision-making systems: We do not use computer programs or systems that use personal information to make automated decisions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy or any part of it from time to time. Please review this Policy periodically for changes.  Any revised policy will be placed on our website at www.cscc.com.au, www.stellarcanberra.com.au and www.southboundclub.com.au.  Your continued use of our website, products or services, requesting our assistance, or the provision of further personal information to us after this Privacy Policy has been revised, constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, to access or correct your information, or make a complaint, please contact Canberra Southern Cross Club’s Privacy Officer:  

(a) by email to marketing@cscc.com.au 

(b) by writing to: Privacy Officer, Canberra Southern Cross Club, 92-96 Corinna Street, Phillip ACT 2602 

Effective date: 8 April 2025 