16. Privacy Notice
Why we collect your
personal information
As a registered training organisation (RTO), we
collect your personal information so we can process and manage your enrolment
in a vocational education and training (VET) course with us. If you do not
provide this information, we will be unable to process your enrolment.
How we use your personal
information
We use your personal information to enable us to
deliver VET courses to you, and otherwise, as needed, to comply with our
obligations as an RTO.
How we disclose your
personal information
We are required by law (under the National Vocational
Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cth)
(NVETR Act)) to disclose the personal information we collect about you to the
National VET Data Collection kept by the National Centre for Vocational
Education Research Ltd (NCVER). The NCVER is responsible for collecting,
managing, analysing and communicating research and statistics about the
Australian VET sector.
We are also authorised by law (under the NVETR Act)
to disclose your personal information to the relevant state or territory
training authority.
How the NCVER and other
bodies handle your personal information
The NCVER will collect, hold, use and disclose your
personal information in accordance with the law, including the Privacy Act 1988
(Cth) (Privacy Act) and the NVETR Act. Your personal
information may be used and disclosed by NCVER for purposes that include
populating authenticated VET transcripts; administration of VET; facilitation
of statistics and research relating to education, including surveys and data
linkage; and understanding the VET market.
The NCVER is authorised to disclose information to
the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR),
Commonwealth authorities, State and Territory authorities (other than
registered training organisations) that deal with matters relating to VET and
VET regulators for the purposes of those bodies, including to enable:
administration of VET, including program
administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation
facilitation of statistics and research relating
to education, including surveys and data linkage
understanding how the VET market operates, for
policy, workforce planning and consumer
information.
The NCVER may also disclose personal information to
persons engaged by NCVER to conduct research on NCVER s behalf.
The NCVER does not intend to disclose your personal
information to any overseas recipients.
For more information about how the NCVER will handle your personal information
please refer to the NCVER s Privacy Policy at www.ncver.edu.au/privacy.
If you would like to seek access to or correct your
information, in the first instance, please contact us using the contact details
listed below.
DEWR is authorised by law, including the Privacy Act
and the NVETR Act, to collect, use and disclose your personal information to
fulfil specified functions and activities. For more information about how DEWR
will handle your personal information, please refer to the DEWR VET Privacy
Notice at https://www.dewr.gov.au/national-vet-data/vet-privacy-notice.
Surveys
You may receive a student survey which may be run by
a government department or an NCVER employee, agent, third-party contractor or
another authorised agency. Please note you may opt out of the survey at the
time of being contacted.
Contact information
At any time, you may contact St Peter Institute to:
request access to your personal information
correct your personal information
make a complaint about how your personal
information has been handled
ask a question about this Privacy Notice.
Our contact details are:
Email: info@spi.vic.edu.au
Phone: (03) 9077 8276
You may also request our privacy policy if you wish.