Purpose
1. The purpose of this policy is to manage personal information provided to or collected by QCEC, including any programs or schemes administered by QCEC (e.g. the Non-State Schools Transport Assistance Scheme – NSSTAS or ‘School Transport’). QCEC is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act. In relation to health records, QCEC is also bound by Queensland legislation.
2. QCEC may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy to take account of new laws and technology, changes to QCEC’s operations and practices and to ensure it remains appropriate to changing environments QCEC operates in.
Policy Statement
What kinds of personal information does QCEC collect and how does QCEC collect it?
3. The type of information QCEC collects and holds includes (but is not limited to) personal information, including health and other sensitive information about:
a. students and parents and/or guardians (‘parents’) before, during and after the course of a student’s enrolment at a Catholic and/or Independent school in Queensland;
b. job applicants, staff members, volunteers and contractors; and
c. other people who come into contact with QCEC.
Personal Information you provide
4. QCEC will generally collect personal information held about an individual by way of forms filled out by parents or students (both paper and on-line) or staff, face-to-face meetings and interviews, emails and telephone calls. On occasion people other than parents, students and staff provide personal information.
Exception in relation to employee records
6. Under the Privacy Act, the Australian Privacy Principles do not apply to an employee record. As a result, this Privacy Policy does not apply to QCEC’s treatment of an employee record, where the treatment is directly related to a current or former employment relationship between QCEC and an employee.
How will QCEC use the personal information you provide?
7. QCEC will use personal information it collects from you for the primary purpose identified for that collection, and for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose of collection and reasonably expected by you, or to which you have consented.