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.
Please
be advised that if you do not provide the personal information required
for enrolment, SALC will not be able to proceed with 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 your RTO 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 the 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 Minda trading as South Australian Learning Centre (SALC) 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
Contact SALC at:
Email: salc@minda.asn.au
Phone: (08) 8179 5200
Click here to access SALC's Privacy Policy
If you are unable to access any of the links to the policies above, please contact SALC to request hard copies of these.