The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has awarded Football Australia (FA) the right to host the
AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026™ which will take place from 1 to 21 March 2026 (the Event).
The prestigious tournament will be held across the Gold Coast (Gold Coast Stadium), Perth (Perth
Stadium and Perth Rectangular Stadium) and Sydney (Stadium Australia & Western Sydney
Stadium).
Privacy
1. Local Organising Committee
Local Organising Committee AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Pty Ltd (ACN 681 496 006) (LOC) of
Level 1, 4 Driver Avenue, Moore Park NSW 2021 has been established by FA to plan and deliver the
Event. The LOC’s vision is to deliver a world class multicultural festival of female football –
showcasing women’s football globally and leaving a clear local and global legacy.
2. About this policy
2.1 This Policy sets out the way in which LOC collects, uses and discloses personal information
and, also explains your rights and how to contact LOC. LOC is committed to protecting your
personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
2.2 We may modify or update this Policy from time to time by publishing a new version of the
Policy on the LOC website and any related websites, mobile websites or
applications which link directly to this Policy (collectively, the LOC Sites). We will indicate any
changes by updating the date of this Policy. If you have any questions about this Policy,
please contact us using the details in section 9.
3. For what purposes do we collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information?
3.1 LOC may collect, use, hold and disclose personal information that we collect from you
or from third parties for a variety of purposes, including:
a) to verify your identity;
b) to provide information about or promote:
c) the LOC;
d) the Event;
e) the AFC;
f) host cities for the Event;, and
g) other Football Australia events.
h) to provide you with information about our products and services, including information
about tickets, merchandise and special offers, or which we reasonably believe may be of
interest you;
i) to carry out market research and surveys;
j) to contact you if you win a prize in a competition, you have entered and to send the prize
to you;
k) to administer, manage and improve the LOC Sites and to provide you with, or optimise
your, access to those LOC Sites;
l) so that LOC can provide you with direct marketing communications in relation to
products, services, tickets, merchandise and special offers made available by LOC or our LOC Partners that we think will be of interest to you. You will be able to opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications from LOC at any time if you so choose, by utilising the unsubscribe feature on electronic marketing communications, or in the case of other direct marketing materials by contacting LOC in accordance with section 13.1 below;
m) where permitted by LOC, to enable FA, AFC and Event host cities (LOC Partners) who
have a relationship with LOC to market and promote their products and services to you.
You will be able to opt-out of LOC disclosing your personal information to LOC Partners
for the purposes of direct marketing at any time if you so choose, by utilising the
unsubscribe feature on electronic marketing communications, or in the case of other
direct marketing materials by contacting LOC in accordance with section 13.1 below; and
n) for any use that is reasonably apparent at or around the time the information is collected
or that is otherwise notified to you from time to time.
You can opt-out of receiving marketing materials from LOC at any time by utilising the unsubscribe
feature on any electronic marketing communications that you receive, or in the case of other direct
marketing materials by contacting us in accordance with section 9.1 below.
3.2 LOC may disclose your personal information to third parties during our operations relating to
the Event, which may include technology providers, ticketing organisations, venue operators,
event management organisations, communications partners and other suppliers to our
business. From time to time, we may also provide personal information to third parties outside
Australia (see sections 4 and 5).
3.3 LOC may collect information in relation to your use of our websites, including using cookies.
Such information may be used to optimise or maintain our website, as well as for advertising
purposes (see section 9).
3.4 LOC takes reasonable steps to protect the personal information that we hold. This includes
using password-protected systems to store personal information (see section 7).
3.5 You have a right to access and/or correct personal information that LOC holds about you, or
to make a complaint about our handling of your personal information. You can do so by
contacting the LOC using the details set out in sections 811 and 913.
4. To whom do we disclose your personal information?
4.1 We may disclose your personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy
to:
a) Football Australia and their related body corporate;
b) Fédération Internationale de Football Association and its members, including the Asian
Football Confederation;
c) LOC’s insurers;
d) LOC’s professional advisors, including our accountants, auditors and lawyers;
e) third party service providers, suppliers and partners, such as ticketing agents;
f) government agencies, regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies, or as required,
permitted or authorised by law or where we have a public duty to do so, including for
purposes of safety and security;
g) where you have consented to your personal information being disclosed to others;
h) anyone to whom our assets or businesses (or any part of them) are transferred; and
i) specific third parties authorised by you to receive information held by us.
5. Do we disclose your personal information outside Australia?
5.1 LOC will store personal information on data servers that are controlled by LOC and are
located within Australia where reasonably possible. However, in some circumstances, we may
disclose your personal information to third parties located outside Australia, including
Maylasia.
5.2 In all cases, by providing your personal information to us or using our services, you consent to
the disclosure of your personal information outside Australia as set out in this Policy, and
acknowledge that LOC is not required to ensure that overseas recipients handle your
personal information in compliance with Australian privacy law. However, where practicable in
the circumstances, LOC will take reasonable steps to ensure that overseas recipients (i.e.
Asia Pacific and Western Europe) handle personal information in a manner consistent with
this Policy. You may have rights to enforce such parties; compliance with applicable data
protection laws, but you may not have recourse against those parties under the Privacy Act
1988 (Cth) in relation to how those parties treat your personal information.
6. Using the LOC Site
6.1 If you visit the LOC Site, LOC may record information such as your Internet Protocol (IP)
address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system,
the LOC Site pages accessed and any information downloaded. This information is used for
statistical, reporting and website administration and maintenance purposes, including
identifying usage trends, to track users’ movements around the LOC Sites and to gather
demographic information about LOC users collectively.
6.2 Like many other websites, LOC may use ‘cookies’ from time to time. A cookie is a piece of
data that allows us to identify and interact more effectively with your device. The cookie helps
LOC to maintain the continuity of your browsing session and remember your details and
preferences when you return. You can configure your web browser to reject cookies however,
some parts of our website may not have full functionality in that case.
6.3 In some cases, LOC and its third-party service providers may use cookies and other
technologies such as web beacons and JavaScript on the LOC Site in connection with online
services like banner advertising, website analytics and surveys to collect information about
your use of the LOC Site. The use of these technologies allows LOC and its third-party
service providers to evaluate a user’s use of the LOC Site, deliver customised advertising
content, measure the effectiveness of the advertising and provide other services relating to
website activity and internet usage. The services we may use from time to time include
Google Analytics, Audience Republic, Nielsen, AdTech, Omniture, Facebook, Hotjar,
LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. You can find more details in the privacy policies for those
services, including information on how to opt-out of certain conduct.
6.4 When we send you emails or other electronic messages, LOC may record where you open
the message and click on particular links. This helps us to better understand what information
is of interest to you.
7. Protecting your personal information
7.1 LOC takes the security of personal information seriously. LOC oversees the management of
personal information in accordance with this Policy and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
7.2 LOC uses a number of physical, administrative, personnel and technical measures to protect
the security and privacy of your personal information. For example, all electronic data that is
held by LOC is stored on password protected systems.
7.3 If you are considering sending us any other personal information through the LOC Site or
other electronic means, please be aware that the information may be insecure in transit,
particularly where no encryption is used (e.g. email). Any transmission is therefore at your
own risk.
7.4 Where LOC has given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to
access certain parts of the LOC Site, you are responsible for keeping this password
confidential. LOC suggests that you do not share the password with anyone and to change it
regularly.
8. How can you access and correct your personal information?
8.1 LOC takes reasonable steps to ensure the personal information that LOC collects, uses and
discloses is accurate, complete and up-to-date. However, the accuracy of that information
depends on the information you provide.
8.2 You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and can request the
correction of your personal data if it is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. If you would like
to do so, please contact LOC in accordance with section 9.1 below to submit an enquiry to
access the personal information LOC holds about you.
9. Contacting LOC and Making Complaints
9.1 You may contact LOC in writing via WAClegalnotices@womensasiancup2026.com.au.
9.2 You may complain about our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information by
contacting LOC using the contact details above with your full name and contact details,
together with a detailed description of the complaint. We will respond to your complaint within
a reasonable period of time and inform you of the next steps we will take in dealing with your
complaint. If we are unable to resolve your complaint, we will inform you of the further steps
you can take.