Privacy NoticeWhy 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. SRI may not be able to enrol you if you do not provide some or all of Your Information.
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.Your Information (including the personal information contained on this enrolment form and your training activity data) may be used or disclosed by SRI as outlined below and otherwise as detailed under the SRI Privacy Policy. Without limiting the SRI Privacy Policy, SRI may disclose your personal information for these purposes to third parties, including:
- Commonwealth and State or Territory government departments and authorised agencies;
- employers and other training providers whereby the disclosure is relevant to the process of providing educational services to you;
- your employment service provider/s (current and previous, where relevant), this includes attendance and enrolment details;
- our contractors and suppliers – e.g. our IT contractors and database designers
- School – if you are a secondary student undertaking VET, including a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship;
- Organisations conducting student surveys;
- Researchers; and
- Other students where it is reasonably required to facilitate group projects or assessments; and
- any person, entity or authority with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information.
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, 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 your RTO using the contact details listed below.
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations 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 the department will handle your personal information, please refer to the VET Data 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 Sarina Russo Institute to:
- request access to your personal information
- correct your personal information
- make a complaint about how your personal information has been handle
- ask a question about this Privacy Notice
Further Information
Further details regarding Your Information and your ability to correct or raise concerns regarding the handling of Your Information are located in our Privacy Policy. Students must notify SRI in writing in relation to changes in personal details.
Sarina Russo Institute’s privacy policy: https://www.sri.edu.au/privacy-policy
Sarina Russo Institute’s Consent Notice: https://www.sarinarusso.com/privacy-policy/#SRIConsent
I hereby confirm and accept the above and further confirm I confirm that I have read the terms of SRI’s Privacy Policy.
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