PRIVACY POLICY of World Education Australia Limited ACN 106 279 225
Introduction
World Education Australia has a commitment to the protection of personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwth) (Privacy Act). This Privacy Policy outlines how World Education Australia collects, uses and manages personal information.
"Personal information" means information or an opinion recorded about an individual that makes the individual's identity reasonably apparent or is reasonably ascertainable.
This Privacy Policy does not seek to replace or limit the requirements of the Privacy Act.
This Privacy Policy applies to World Education Australia Limited ACN 106 279 225 trading as World Education Australia and Good Return.
Manner and purpose of collection of personal information
World Education Australia will only collect personal information that is related to and necessary for our dealings with you.
The type of information World Education Australia collects includes, but may not be limited to: information you provide to us at our request; and information we can access because you have accessed our web site such as your domain name, e-mail address, IP address, the web pages you access while on our website, and the websites you access before and after accessing our website.
World Education Australia will only use your personal information for the purpose of World Education Australia's activities or of providing you with information on these activities unless:
you consent (expressly or impliedly) to us using your personal information for other purposes; or
its use is required or permitted by law.
Accuracy and completeness of personal information
In the ordinary course, World Education Australia will assume that any personal information provided by you is up to date, complete, and free from errors and omissions, is not misleading or deceptive, and complies with all relevant laws.
World Education Australia may not check or verify the accuracy of any personal information it obtains from you or other persons.
World Education Australia relies on the personal information provided by you and asks that any change to your personal information be updated by you as soon as reasonably practicable following such a change.
Disclosure of your personal information
Personal information will not be disclosed by World Education Australia to a third party unless:
disclosure is necessary for World Education Australia to collect your personal information to carry out one or more of our functions or activities;
it is being used for the purposes set out in this policy;
you have been informed of the disclosure at the time the personal information is collected from you;
disclosure is to our business associates and others, for purposes directly related to the purpose for which the personal information is collected (eg to overseas microfinance institutions);
to our professional advisors and other contractors (such as IT consultants).
you consent (expressly or impliedly) to or request it to being disclosed; or
disclosure is required or permitted by law.
We may also obtain personal and other information to enable us to provide our services or products to you.
When we obtain personal information for third parties whom we are referred to by you, we will assume, and you will ensure, that you have made that third party aware of the referral of the persons and purposes involved in the collection, use, and disclosure of the relevant personal information.
Accessing your personal information
If you wish to access your personal information held by World Education Australia, complain about possible breaches of privacy, or make a privacy related enquiry, please contact us at:
Information Officer World Education Australia Limited 7/1 Chandos St St Leonards NSW 2065 Fax No: (02) 9419 6933 E-mail Address: info@worlded.org.au
We may ask you to put your access request in writing and ask you to pay a reasonable fee levied for this
World Education Australia will endeavour to respond to your access request, enquiry, or complaint as soon as reasonably practicable. However, we may not be able to require our contractors or third parties to provide personal information to you.
If you are unsatisfied with the outcome, you may refer the matter to the Privacy Commissioner at www.privacy.gov.au or on 1300 363 992.
Variation of this Privacy Policy
World Education Australia may vary the terms of this Privacy Policy and may post them on its website.
Collection of information other than personal information
If you visit our website, some of the information we collect about your visit is not personal information because it does not reveal your identity. Information of this nature can include:
Site visit information:
When you visit out website, we collect general information about your visit which may include your server address, the date and time of your visit, the pages you accessed, the information you downloaded and the type of Internet browser you used. We may use this information in anonymous and aggregated form, for statistical purposes only, to assist us in improving the quality and usability of our website.
Cookies: A cookie is a small string of information that a website transfers to your browser for identification purposes. The cookies we use may identify individual uses. Cookies can either be "persistent" or "session" based. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiration date, and are mainly for the user's convenience. Session cookies are short-lived and are held in your browser's memory only for the duration of your session, they are used only during a browsing session, and expire when you quit your browser.
We may use both session and persistent cookies. This information may be used to personalise your current visit to our websites. On closing your browser, the session cookies is destroyed.
Most Internet browsers can be set to accept or reject cookies. If you do not want to accept cookies, you can adjust your Internet browser's security settings to reject cookies or to notify you when they are being used. However, rejecting cookies may limit the functionality of our website.
Security on our website
We use secure online payment technology called Secure Socket Layer ("SSL"). SSL works by encrypting all communications between your computer and our web server. When your browser is operating in a secure fashion, you will see the security status of the key/broken key icon change in the status area of your browser. If your browser is SSL equipped your transaction will be secured immediately.
If you use the Internet, you are using facilities that are beyond our control and there are risks associated with transferring data.
If you are concerned about submitting your credit card number and personal information online, instead you can (if you choose) provide us your personal information or credit card over the phone by calling +61 2 9114 8111.
Any personal information that we hold about you in our computer systems is made more secure from unauthorised access by a range of internal security mechanisms and procedures.
If you come aware of any security breach, please let us know as soon as possible.
