Victorian Government VET Student Enrolment Privacy Notice
The Victorian Government, through the Department of Education and Training (the Department), develops, monitors and funds vocational education and training (VET) in Victoria. The Victorian Government is committed to ensuring that Victorians have access to appropriate and relevant VET services. Any personal information collected by the Department for VET purposes is protected in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) and the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic). Collection of your data
IHNA is required to provide the Department with student and training activity data. This includes personal information collected in the IHNA enrolment form and unique identifiers such as the Victorian Student Number (VSN) and the Commonwealth’s Unique Student Identifier (USI).
IHNA provides data to the Department in accordance with the Victorian VET Student Statistical Collection Guidelines, available at DET website. Use of your data
The Department uses student and training data, including personal information, for a range of VET purposes including administration, monitoring and planning, including interaction between the Department and Student where appropriate.
The data may also be subjected to data analytics, which seek to determine the likelihood of certain events occurring (such as program or subject completion), which may be relevant to the services provided to the student. Disclosure of your data
As necessary and where lawful, the Department may disclose VET data, including personal information, to its contractors, other government agencies, professional bodies and/or other organisations for VET-related purposes. In particular, this includes disclosure of VET student and training data to the Commonwealth and the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Legal and Regulatory
The Department’s collection and handling of enrolment data and VSNs is authorised under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic). The Department is also authorised to collect and handle USIs in accordance with the Student Identifiers Act 2014 (Cth) and the Student Identifiers Regulation 2014 (Cth). Survey participation
You may be contacted to participate in a survey conducted by NCVER or a Department-endorsed project, audit or review relating to your training. This provides valuable feedback on the delivery of VET programs in Victoria.
Please note you may opt out of the NCVER survey at the time of being contacted. Consequences of not providing your information
Failure to provide your personal information may mean that it is not possible for you to enrol in VET and/or to obtain a Victorian Government VET subsidy.
VET Student Enrolment Privacy Notice
VET Student Enrolment Privacy Notice– Version 3 Institute of Health and Nursing Australia
Dated: December 2020 ABN: 59 106 800 944 | RTO ID: 21985 | CRICOS Code: 03386G
Access, correction, and complaints
You have the right to seek access to or correction of your own personal information. You may also complain if you believe your privacy has been breached.
For further information, please contact IHNA’s Privacy Officer in the first instance by phone 0394505100 or e-mail compliances@ihna.edu.au. Further information
For further information about the way the Department collects and handles personal information, including access, correction and complaints, go to Victorian State Government Education and Training website.
For further information about Unique Student Identifiers, including access, correction and complaints, go to Australian Government USI website. NCVER Privacy notice
Why we collect your personal information
As a registered training organisation (Institute of Health and Nursing Australia- IHNA), we collect your personal information so we can process and manage your enrolment in a vocational education and training (VET) course with us.
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 Education, Skills and Employment (DESE), 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
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facilitation of statistics and research relating to education, including surveys and data linkage
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understanding how the VET market operates, for policy, workforce planning and consumer information.
VET Student Enrolment Privacy Notice
VET Student Enrolment Privacy Notice– Version 3 Institute of Health and Nursing Australia
Dated: December 2020 ABN: 59 106 800 944 | RTO ID: 21985 | CRICOS Code: 03386G
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 IHNA using the contact details listed below.
Phone 0394505100 or email compliances@ihna.edu.au
DESE 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 DESE will handle your personal information, please refer to the DESE VET Privacy Notice at https://www.dese.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. Access to and correction of personal information
Access to and correction of personal information, You can ask to access, and correct, personal information we hold about you at any time. Just contact us using the details below.
For all privacy related enquiries, or to request a pdf copy of this policy, please contact our Privacy Officer:
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By telephoning (08) 8230 8414, on Monday to Friday, between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm
(Adelaide time)
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By completing our online Feedback form
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By emailing us at privacy@ncver.edu.au
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By writing to us at Privacy Officer, NCVER, PO Box 8288, Station Arcade, SA, 5000.
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To make a privacy complaint, please refer to our Complaints Policy at: https://www.ncver.edu.au/complaints-policy
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If you would like to correct your information, in the first instance, please contact IHNA at Phone: 0394505100 or email: compliances@ihna.edu.au request access to your personal information
NCVER Privacy notice
Why we collect your personal information
As a registered training organisation (Institute of Health and Nursing Australia- IHNA), we collect your personal information so we can process and manage your enrolment in a vocational education and training (VET) course with us.
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 Education, Skills and Employment (DESE), 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:
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administration of VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation
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facilitation of statistics and research relating to education, including surveys and data linkage
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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 IHNA using the contact details listed below.
Phone 0394505100 or email compliances@ihna.edu.au
DESE 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 DESE will handle your
NCVER Privacy Notice
NCVER Privacy Notice – Version 1 Institute of Health and Nursing Australia
Dated: December 2020 ABN: 59 106 800 944 | RTO ID: 21985 | CRICOS Code: 03386G
personal information, please refer to the DESE VET Privacy Notice at https://www.dese.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.
Access to and correction of personal information
You can ask to access, and correct, personal information You can ask to access, and correct, personal information we hold about you at any time. Just contact us using the details below.
Contact us
For all privacy related enquiries, or to request a pdf copy of this policy, please contact our Privacy Officer:
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By telephoning (08) 8230 8414, on Monday to Friday, between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm
(Adelaide time)
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By completing our online Feedback form
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By emailing us at privacy@ncver.edu.au
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By writing to us at Privacy Officer, NCVER, PO Box 8288, Station Arcade, SA, 5000.
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To make a privacy complaint, please refer to our Complaints Policy at:
https://www.ncver.edu.au/complaints-policy
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If you would like to correct your information, in the first instance, please contact IHNA at Phone:
0394505100 or email: compliances@ihna.edu.au