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The MJD Foundation partners with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities to support families living with Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD) and Spinocerebellar Ataxia 7 (SCA7) by providing specialised knowledge and supports. We collaborate to conduct research providing hope for the future, and use our influence for change, so that people living with MJD and SCA7 can live stronger for longer.
RECURRING DONATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The Recurring Donation is contracted with SupporterHub (and the banking partner Fat Zebra Pty Ltd ACN 154 014 785, APCA User ID Number 50257) and will collect the Instalments due. Outlined are your obligations when undertaking a Recurring Donation arrangement and what our obligations are to you as your Recurring Donation provider.
Debiting your account
- By accepting the terms and conditions, you have authorised us to arrange for funds to be debited from your account.
- We will only arrange for funds to be debited from your account as authorised in the Recurring Donation Request.
- If the debit day falls on a day that is not a banking day, we may direct your financial institution to debit your account on the following banking day. If you are unsure about which day your account has or will be debited you should ask your financial institution.
Amendments by us
We may vary any details of this agreement or a Recurring Donation Request at any time by giving you at least fourteen (14) days written notice.
Your obligations
- It is your responsibility to ensure that there are sufficient clear funds available in your account to allow a Recurring Donation payment to be made in accordance with the Recurring Donation Request.
- If there are insufficient clear funds in your account to meet a debit payment:
- you may be charged a fee and/or interest by your financial institution;
- you may also incur fees or charges imposed or incurred by us; and
- you must arrange for the debit payment to be made by another method or arrange for sufficient clear funds to be in your account by an agreed time so that we can process the debit payment.
- You should check your account statement to verify that the amounts debited from your account are correct
Dispute
- If you believe that there has been an error in debiting your account, you should notify us directly or as soon as possible so that we can resolve your query quickly. Alternatively you can take it up directly with your financial institution.
- If we conclude as a result of our investigations that your account has been incorrectly debited we will respond to your query by arranging for your financial institution to adjust your account (including interest and charges) accordingly. We will also notify you in writing of the amount by which your account has been adjusted.
- If we conclude as a result of our investigations that your account has not been incorrectly debited we will respond to your query by providing you with reasons and any evidence for this finding in writing.
Accounts
You should check:
- Your account details which you have provided to us are correct by checking them against a recent account statement; and
- With your financial institution before completing the Recurring Donation Request if you have any queries about how to complete the Recurring Donation Request.
Confidentiality
- We will keep all information (including your account details) in your Recurring Donation confidential. We will make reasonable efforts to keep any such information that we have about you secure and to ensure that any of our employees or agents who have access to information about you do not make any unauthorised use, modification, reproduction or disclosure of that information.
- We will only disclose information that we have about you:
- to the extent specifically required by law; or
- for the purposes of this agreement, including disclosing information in connection with any query or claim.
Our Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions for Donating
All pricing and transactions on this website are stated in Australian Dollars (AUD).
In donating to us you are agreeing that we have ultimate unconditional discretion to redirect the donation. We have ultimate discretion to decline a donation.
Donations by individuals can be made in the form of one-off donations, regular donations or bequests. The MJD Foundation will determine where the funds are directed within its services. If a donation is designated to a specific project, the MJD Foundation will use reasonable endeavours to direct that donation to the designated project but is not obligated to comply with such requests. Donations of gifts in kind will also be directed as determined by the MJD Foundation.
The MJD Foundation can provide official receipts for approved donations of $2.00 or more. Donors providing single gifts receive a receipt for each donation and regular gifts receive a receipt depending on the schedule selected (e.g. monthly donations will generate monthly receipts). The MJD Foundation accepts anonymous donations but is unable to issue a tax-deductible receipt to the donor in such circumstances.
This website is enabled for online donations using a secure donation server. However, despite the security on the website, you should be aware that there are risks in transferring information across the Internet.
Terms and Conditions for Fundraising
Thank you for choosing to fundraise for MJD Foundation. We are delighted that you have chosen us for your efforts. Your support will help fund vital research.
We ask you to contact our office prior to any fundraising activity so we can discuss the details with you: info@mjd.org.au
General Terms & Conditions
The MJD Foundation has always and will always respect the privacy of all individuals, companies and community organisations who donate money, goods and/or time to us. Personal information gathered through donations is entered into a secured database for receipting purposes. The MJD Foundation will collect, use and disclose personal information in accordance with our privacy policy.
Medical Information Disclaimer: The material on this website is general by nature, and only to provide a summary and general overview on matters of interest. It is not rendered as professional advice. Before relying on the material in any important matter, users should carefully evaluate its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes, and should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. This information contained within the MJD Foundation’s website, is subject to continuous change and although we attempt to ensure the content is correct and current we do not guarantee its currency nor correctness due to delays, errors and omissions which may occur.
Our Privacy Policy
The MJD Foundation collects personal information – such as names, addresses and telephone numbers – to enable us to:
- Process your donations and communicate with you about your donations
- Keep you informed about our goods, services, events and/or programs which we think might interest you
- Administer subscriptions to newsletters and other information
- Respond to your enquiries
- Assist us to provide our services to you
- Comply with our legal obligations as they relate to your interactions with us.
This information is collected in a number of ways:
- Via your completion of a subscription form, or by completion of surveys and other forms issued by MJD Foundation.
- Your contact with us by telephone, mail, at a seminar or meeting, or electronic mail or online enquiries.
Any information you provide via these means will be retained and used only for our services to you. The MJD Foundation will not use, sell, rent, share or disclose any information about you. Some promotions (e.g. lotteries) involve a third party. We will provide your details only to the third-party organisation for the specific purpose of providing this service.
You can at any time ask us for access to information we hold about you, or request not to receive further information, in writing via:
PO Box 1745
Nightcliff NT 0814
Refund Policy
Due to the nature of charitable donations, refunds are given at the discretion of our management. Therefore, please make sure that the amount you enter is the amount you wish to give.
We will refund if there was a system error with the donation processing or if a recurring donation did not cancel correctly when requested.
We will refund if there was a system error with the donation processing or if a recurring donation did not cancel correctly when requested.
In the event of an incorrect amount being entered, if the donation is made accidently or there is an extremely unusual circumstance, please contact us. We will review the request and respond as soon as possible.
If a donation is refunded, the associated tax receipt is no longer truthful so it should be shredded.
