DEEWR’s Privacy Policy Summary

© Commonwealth of Australia 2007 All personal information collected by the Department is protected by the Privacy Act 1988. Information on the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 can be found on the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s web site

The Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information that DEEWR and DEEWR-funded service providers (collectively, DEWR) receive and collect from you. Scope This document provides a summary of the full DEEWR Privacy Policy, which describes in detail DEEWR’s privacy practices.. For those who do not wish to use the Internet, DEEWR provides alternative ways of providing information. For example, forms may be printed and lodged by post. Personal information DEEWR collects: DEEWR collects personal information (such as your name, email address, and date of birth) where that is necessary for performance of its functions. Generally, DEEWR collects your personal information directly from you. However, there are circumstances where we collect personal information from a third party, such as another Australian Government Department if you have consented or would reasonably expect us to collect the information in this way. DEEWR’s servers automatically record information when you visit DEEWR’s website and logs certain information, including the uniform resource locators (“URLs”) of web pages that you visit. DEEWR uses cookies and other technologies to enhance your online experience and to collect data about the use of DEEWR’s web browsers in order to improve the quality of DEEWR’s services. No personal information is stored within DEEWR’s cookies. Read more in the full privacy policy. Use, Sharing of Information and Disclosure: We only use your personal information for the purposes for which you provide it to us and for directly related purposes (unless otherwise required by or authorised under law). We may share aggregated non-personal information with third parties outside of DEEWR. When we use third parties to assist DEEWR in processing your personal information, we require that they comply with DEEWR’s Privacy Policy, the Information Privacy Principles in the Commonwealth’s Privacy Act 1988, and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. We may disclose your personal information to third parties in limited circumstances authorised under law, including the Privacy Act 1988 (eg, preventing fraud or imminent threat to the life or health of the individual concerned or another person, ensuring the security of DEEWR statutory functions, and protecting the public revenue). Read more in the full privacy policy. Access to your information We will provide you access to your personal information upon request and let you either correct such information if it is inaccurate or delete it, when reasonably possible. Read more in the full privacy policy. Important information: DEEWR is bound by the Information Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988. Our website follows the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government Worldwide Websites. For privacy-related information about specific DEEWR programmes/services, please check the relevant privacy notices for those specific programmes. For more information about DEEWR’s general privacy practices, go to the full Privacy Policy How to contact us: privacy@dest.gov.au or Privacy Contact Officer – Loc 765 The Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations GPO Box 9880 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia