Privacy Statement
Your privacy is very important to us, and we take our responsibility to protect your personal information seriously. We aim to be transparent about how your data is collected and used, and we are committed to ensuring your details remain safe at all times. Please read the following privacy statement should you wish to understand how we manage your information.
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.
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 NCVER and other bodies handle your personal information
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.
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 NCVER may also disclose personal information to persons engaged by NCVER to conduct
research on NCVER’s behalf. NCVER does not intend to disclose your personal information to any overseas
recipients. For more information about how NCVER will handle your personal information please refer to the
NCVER’s Privacy Policy at http://www.ncver.edu.au/privacy.
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 Queensford College to request access to your personal information, correct your personal information, make a complaint about how your personal information has been handled, and ask a question about this Privacy Notice.
Phone: 1300 120 457
Email: info@queensfordcollege.edu.au
Privacy Policy: https://queensford.edu.au/privacy-policy/