Who Gives A Duck

Who Gives a Duck?

Our Data Commitment & Privacy Policy

Most privacy policies are written by lawyers to protect companies.  This one is written by people who think about this stuff professionally to protect you.  We’re building an honest picture of working life – and that means being equally honest about what happens to what you share.  Here’s exactly what we do and don’t do, with your data.

1. The Anonymity Promise
We are building a picture of working life, not a database for your HR department.  Your survey responses are anonymous.  We don’t ask for your name.  We don’t want your employee ID.  We don’t know who you are and we have no interest in finding out.  We do collect IP addresses automatically as part of standard website operation.  This is used solely to prevent duplicate submissions and protect the integrity of the data.  Your IP address is never linked to your survey responses in any reporting, is never used to identify you, and is never shared with any third party.  It is held securely and in accordance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988.


2. What We Collect
When you complete the Who Gives A Duck diagnostic, we collect your five survey responses, free text input (if entered) and your result category.  If you choose to leave a free text comment, that response is also collected.  That is all.  No name, no location, no device information beyond the IP address noted above.


3. What We Do With It
The entire point of this data is to be used. Here is specifically how:

  • We will publish the Who Gives A Duck Report once we reach our response target – a free, publicly available summary of what workers are actually experiencing right now.  You can register to receive it at whogivesaduck.org.
  • We will use the data to publicly advocate for better workplace conditions, better leadership and better support for people at work.
  • If asked, we will share de-identified, aggregated findings with employers, policymakers and organisations who have the power to act on them.
  • Anonymous free text responses may be selected and published on the Who Gives A Duck website and in the published report to illustrate the real experiences of workers.  No name, employer, location or any identifying detail is ever attached to a published response.  Responses are never edited beyond removing any detail that could inadvertently identify someone.
  • We will never sell your data.  We will never share individual responses.  We will never use this data for advertising or commercial targeting of any kind.


4. The Email Bit
If you want to receive the full Who Gives A Duck Report when it is published, you can drop your email address in the box on the site.

  • What we do with it: Send you the report the moment it is ready.  That is it.
  • What we don’t do: Sell it to a third party, send you newsletters you didn’t ask for, or tell your boss you were here.

Your email address is held separately from your survey responses.  It is not linked to your answers and is not used to identify you.  You can ask us to remove it at any time by emailing us.


5. Cookies
We use a small number of basic cookies to keep the site working.  They are not the kind that follow you around the internet trying to sell you standing desks.  They help us keep the lights on, run the survey smoothly and count responses accurately.  No third-party advertising cookies are used on this site.


6. Data Sharing
We share the data, not the details.  The report we publish is a collective benchmark.  It shows the big picture – the trends, the frustrations, the reality of work right now.  It will never show that Sarah from Marketing thinks the new restructure is a bin fire.  Even though she probably does.

Who Gives A Duck is a project of The Outlier Group.  We are the sole custodians of this data. It is not shared with, sold to or accessible by any other organisation, platform or individual outside of The Outlier Group team directly responsible for this project.


7. Your Rights
Under the Australian Privacy Act 1988, you have the right to know what we hold about you.  Since we do not collect your identity, we have very little to show you.  But if you have given us your email address and want it removed, just ask.  We will action it within five business days.  Get in touch at whogivesaduck@theoutliergroup.com.au.


8. Security
We have organised our systems to keep your information safe.  We use industry-standard encryption because we actually give a duck about your security.


9. If This Survey Brought Something Up

Some of what people share here is heavy and we don’t take that lightly.  Who Gives A Duck is an awareness and data campaign, not a counselling or support service.  If completing this survey has brought something up for you, please reach out to someone who can help.

  • Australia: Lifeline – 13 11 14 (free, 24/7)
  • Australia: Beyond Blue – 1300 22 4636 (free, 24/7)
  • Worldwide: findahelpline.com – free, verified crisis support in 76+ countries


Questions?
If you have any questions about how we handle your data, get in touch.  We’re people, not a corporate chatbot.  whogivesaduck@theoutliergroup.com.au