Sydney College of Divinity is subject to the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW). Sydney College of Divinity collects your personal information and, in some circumstances, information regarding your health, to assist in the assessment of your application and, if you are successful, offering you a course place and recording your acceptance of that offer. The other purposes of collection include corresponding with you, attending to day-to-day administrative matters, informing you about your courses and other aspects of admission or enrolment and complying with legislative reporting requirements. While your personal information is generally collected from you, the Sydney College of Divinity also collects information about you (such as official records of study) from other educational institutions that you have attended for the purpose of verifying the supporting documentation you have provided with your application. The information you provide in your application (and, if your application is successful, any offer letter) is recorded on the student database and may be disclosed to organisations, including: government departments (such as the Department of Immigration and Citizenship and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and agencies involved in administering the ESOS legislation; external organisations (such as other tertiary education institutions) where disclosure is necessary to verify your previous qualifications and other supporting documentation provided with your application; and where required by law. If you do not provide the required information, the Sydney College of Divinity will not be able to consider you for admission or to enrol you.