Why we collect your personal information
As a registered training organisation (RTO), we collect your personal information so we can process and manage your enrolment in a vocational education and training (VET) course with us. If you do not provide personal information to us, we will be unable to enrol you as a student.
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 theNational 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 thePrivacy 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 ofEmployment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), 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
facilitation of statistics and research relating to education, including surveys and data linkage
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 atwww.ncver.edu.au/privacy.
If you would like to seek access to or correct your information, in the first instance, please contact your RTO using the contact details listed below.
DEWR 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 DEWR will handle your personal information, please refer to the DEWR VET Privacy Notice at https://www.dewr.gov.au/national-vet-data/vet-privacy-notice.
Designer Life is required to report Total VET Activity to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) either directly or through a State Training Authority (STA). This means that Designer Life must collect and report full Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS) data relating to all students, in addition to any funding requirements.
Where data relates to delivery under a funding program administered by the Queensland Government Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT), Designer Life submits data to DESBT in line with these requirements. DESBT manages personal information in line with the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld).
The Queensland Government Privacy Notice can be accessed here https://www.qld.gov.au/legal/privacy.
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.
Contact information
At any time, you may contact Designer Life to:
request access to your personal information
correct your personal information
make a complaint about how your personal information has been handled
ask a question about this Privacy Notice
You can contact Designer Life via the following methods:
Phone: (07) 3333 2055
Email: enrol@designerlife.com.au
The Designer Life Privacy Policy can be accessed on our website:
https://www.designerlife.com.au/