Privacy Notice
Why do 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 the vocational education and training (VET) course with us. If you do not provide adequate information as requested, Suzan Johnston Australia may not be able to process your application.
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) 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
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.
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 Suzan Johnston Australia 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
For further information about how Suzan Johnston Australia collects, uses and discloses your personal information generally, please refer to Suzan Johnston Australia Privacy & Confidentiality of Records Policy which can be found within the Student Handbook and on the Suzan Johnston Australia website. The Privacy & Confidentiality of Records Policy contains information about how individuals may access and seek correction of the personal information held by us, and how to complain about a breach of privacy, and how we will deal with such a complaint.
Under the Data Provision Requirements 2012, Suzan Johnston Australia is required to collect personal information about you and to disclose that personal information to the NCVER.
Your personal information (including the personal information contained on this enrolment form), may be used or disclosed by Suzan Johnston Australia for statistical, administrative, regulatory and research purposes. Suzan Johnston Australia may disclose your personal information for these purposes to:
- Commonwealth and State or Territory government departments and authorised agencies; and
- NCVER.
Personal information that has been disclosed to NCVER may be used or disclosed by NCVER for the following purposes:
- Populating authenticated VET transcripts
- Facilitating statistics and research relating to education, including surveys and data linkage
- Pre-populating RTO student enrolment forms
- Understanding how the VET market operates, for policy, workforce planning and consumer information
- Administering VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation.
Suzan Johnston Australia retains a record of personal information about all individuals with whom we undertake any form of business activity. Suzan Johnston Australia must collect, hold, use and disclose information from our clients and stakeholders for a range of purposes.
As a government registered training organisation, regulated by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), Suzan Johnston Australia is required to collect, hold, use and disclose a wide range of personal and sensitive information on Students in nationally recognised training programs. This information requirement is outlined in the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 and associated legislative instruments.
Suzan Johnston Australia must request and confirm identification when enrolling individuals into nationally recognised course programs. We are authorised by Australian law to deal only with individuals who have appropriately identified themselves. That is, it is a Condition of Registration for all RTOs under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 that we identify individuals and their specific individual needs on commencement of services delivery, and collect and disclose Australian Vocational Education and Training Management of Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS) data on all individuals enrolled in nationally recognised training programs. Other legal requirements, noted in our policy, also require considerable identification arrangements.
In providing your personal information as requested and signing this notice, you are confirming your receipt of, and understanding of these details, and providing your consent for the collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as outlined.