Privacy Statement
We Value Your Privacy
Swinburne University of Technology acknowledges and respects
the privacy of individuals. We advise that much of
the information that you may have provided to, or may
be asked to provide, to Swinburne University of Technology
is 'personal information'. As a general rule, personal
information is not released by Swinburne University
of Technology to other organisations, except in response
to legal requirements such as a subpoena, and information
regarding an individual will not be disclosed to a
third party without the individual's consent, except
where the third party is directly acting as our agent.
Why Do We Collect Your Information
This information is normally collected for the purposes
of processing your application, registration or inquiry
for a Swinburne University of Technology course, activity
or interest group. Information that we collect will
be used for keeping you informed of upcoming events,
improving the student experience and assisting us in
improving and marketing our services to you.
How Do We Collect Your Information
Registration
Swinburne University of Technology generally collects
information through forms, direct marketing, Internet registration
or contracts with external education and training providers.
The provision of this personal information is voluntary
but if information is not provided, Swinburne University
of Technology University may be unable to process your
details for the purpose for which they were intended.
E-Learning
Some Swinburne University of Technology sites may have chat
rooms, forums, on-line teaching environments, message
boards and or/news groups available to their users.
Please remember that any information that is disclosed
in these areas becomes public information and you should
exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal
information.
On-Line Recruitment
We collect personal information from Careerhub.com about
Swinburne University students that are registered through
the Swinburne University/ Careerhub.com web site. We
collect this information to improve student employment
and to enhance the student experience.
Cookies
The Swinburne University of Technology web systems have
extensive security features and may temporarily install "cookie(s)" on
your computer. These cookie(s) communicates to secure
servers at the Swinburne University of Technology to
authenticate access to a number of Swinburne University
of Technology systems. The cookie(s) do not collect
any information about you, or how you are using your
computer and only serve to ensure that you have identified
yourself with the correct username and password.
Security
Any personal information that you we collect is held with
the strictest confidence. Swinburne University uses
and implements industry standards for the security
and protection of information collected, and this information
is securely stored and access is restricted to authorised
personnel only, ensuring that your personal information
is protected and safeguarded
Information
Swinburne University collects is used only for the
purpose stipulated at the time that the information
is collected. Swinburne University is required by law
not to reveal, disclose, sell, distribute, rent, licence,
share or pass on to any third parties, any personal
information that you may have provided to us unless
we have your express consent to do so.
Exceptions to this include:
- Where there are reasonable grounds to believe that disclosure
is necessary to prevent a threat to life or health;
and;
- Where Swinburne University is required to provide information
in response to Subpoenas or Warrants or other legal
process, including requests from the Australian Stock
Exchange.
Access to Your Information
You have a right of access to, and alteration of personal
information concerning yourself held by the University,
in accordance with Government Legislation.
Privacy Policy
Swinburne University has a Privacy Policy that can be found on
its Policies and Procedures Database, which outlines
the ways in which we intends to meet our privacy commitments
and details the procedures for making complaints under
the Act. The Privacy Policy can be located at:
http://ppd.swinburne.edu.au/humres/Privacy.htm
Contact
If staff have any queries in relation to privacy at
Swinburne University of Technology, please contact
the University Compliance Officer at trowan@swin.edu.au
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