Why we collect your personal information
As a registered training organisation (RTO), Healthy Business Training Academy (HBTA) collects your personal information so we can process and manage your enrolment in a vocational education and training (VET) course with us.
We collect personal information that is necessary to enrol you, deliver and assess your training, provide support and services, meet our legal and regulatory obligations, and comply with VET data reporting requirements.
If you do not provide the information requested, HBTA may not be able to process your application, enrol you in the course, provide training and assessment services, or meet its legal and regulatory obligations.
How we use your personal information
We use your personal information to:
How we disclose your personal information
We may disclose your personal information where authorised or required by law.
Under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cth) (NVETR Act), HBTA is required to disclose certain personal information to the National VET Data Collection maintained by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER).
We may also be required or authorised to provide personal information to relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory government departments, training authorities, VET regulators and other authorised bodies for purposes connected with the administration, regulation, funding, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and research of VET.
Where applicable, personal information may also be disclosed to third parties involved in delivering, administering or supporting your training, where this is necessary, authorised or required by law.
How NCVER and other bodies handle your personal information
NCVER is the National VET Data Custodian and is responsible for collecting, managing, analysing and communicating research and statistics about the Australian VET sector.
NCVER will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with applicable laws, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cth) (NVETR Act), and the Student Identifiers Regulation 2014.
Your personal information may be used and disclosed by NCVER for purposes that include:
NCVER may disclose your personal information to:
NCVER does not intend to disclose your personal information to any overseas recipients.
Commonwealth and State or Territory government authorities responsible for VET may use contracted information technology operators to design, build, test, operate, maintain and host VET data systems used to collect and/or store VET data. These operators are subject to privacy, security and confidentiality obligations and are required to comply with applicable privacy requirements.
VET data submitted through a VET data system may also undergo validation and quality assurance checks, including checks against information held in other information systems, such as the Unique Student Identifier (USI) Registry or the Australian Business Register.
For more information about how NCVER handles personal information, please refer to the NCVER Privacy Policy.
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)
DEWR is authorised by law, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cth) (NVETR Act), to collect, use and disclose personal information to fulfil its functions and activities.
These functions and activities include:
DEWR may also be authorised by law to share public sector data with third parties for permitted purposes.
For more information about how DEWR handles personal information, please refer to the DEWR VET Privacy Notice.
State or Territory Privacy Notice
Please refer to the additional State or Territory Authority Privacy Notice included in this enrolment process where this is relevant to your application.
Surveys
You may receive a student survey from a government department, NCVER, an NCVER employee, agent, third-party contractor or another authorised agency.
You may opt out of participating in a survey at the time you are contacted.
Contact information
At any time, you may contact HBTA to:
For information about how HBTA collects, uses, stores and discloses your personal information generally, including how you can make a complaint about a breach of privacy, please refer to the HBTA Privacy Policy available through the Student Manual and HBTA's policies and procedures.
HBTA's collection and disclosure of VET data
HBTA is required to collect and disclose personal information about students undertaking nationally recognised training in accordance with applicable VET legislation, regulatory requirements and data reporting requirements.
Your personal information, including information contained in this enrolment form, may be used or disclosed by HBTA for statistical, administrative, regulatory, reporting and research purposes.
HBTA may disclose your personal information for these purposes to:
Personal information disclosed to NCVER may be used or disclosed for purposes permitted by law, including:
Storage and security of personal information
HBTA retains records of personal information about students, clients and other individuals with whom we undertake business activities.
HBTA takes reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Personal information may be stored electronically using HBTA's information technology systems and contracted service providers. Where third-party or cloud-based systems are used, HBTA will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is handled securely and in accordance with applicable privacy obligations.
Where personal information is likely to be disclosed to an overseas recipient through a service provider or cloud-based system, HBTA will manage that disclosure in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.
Privacy acknowledgement
I acknowledge that I have received and read this Privacy Notice and understand how my personal information may be collected, used, stored and disclosed by HBTA and relevant government and VET bodies in accordance with applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
I understand that I may contact HBTA to request access to or correction of my personal information, make a complaint about how my personal information has been handled, or ask a question about this Privacy Notice.