Privacy Statement
At Vocational Training Services, the privacy of our students, staff and the people we deal with is very important to us. Much of the information that VTS collects in order to provide the services that it does, is "personal information".
VTS's Level of Compliance
Under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (C'th) (HESA) VTS must comply with the Information Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988 (C'th) in respect of students' personal information obtained for the purposes of chapters 3 & 4 of the HESA. To help further protect your personal information, VTS voluntarily commits to meet the standards set by the National Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988 in respect of all personal information that it handles.
Personal Information
The personal information you provide will be accessed by VTS staff strictly for the purposes stated at time of collection. The information will be disclosed to State and Australian Government agencies where required by law, and to contractors engaged by VTS to perform services on its behalf. Where personal information is to be provided to contractors, VTS will require that confidentiality agreements be first entered into.
Disclosure of Personal Information to Other Parties
Where necessary, VTS may disclose personal information of its students to external organisations in order to enable those students to undertake a practical experience component of their course.
Under the Guiding Ethical Principles, VTS will not disclose personal information for any purpose other than what has been advised at time of collection, unless:
- VTS has obtained your explicit consent, or
- the information is required by law, or
- in the exceptional circumstance that withholding information would likely result in a serious threat to the health, safety or life of yourself, another individual, individuals or the general public.
Staff and students are members of the VTS community and as such are required to respect each individual's right to privacy.
