General Governance and Compliance

The website practicalphilosophyvic.org.au (site) is owned and operated by School of Philosophy (Melbourne) Inc.

The School of Philosophy (Melbourne) Inc can be contacted at:

Suite 40, 45 Riversdale Rd,
Hawthorn VIC 3122
(03) 9818 0804

The School of Philosophy is committed to ensuring your personal information is protected in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (The Privacy Act).

• The personal data we collect
• Use of collected data
• Who has access to the data collected
• The rights of website users
• The website’s cookies policy

In this Privacy Policy, personal information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of personal information we collect includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, age-group, payment information, attendance records.

We only collect personal information in limited ways as set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond that referred to in this Privacy Policy without your consent.

Personal information will also be collected directly from you, when you make enquiries from us:

• in person,
• via email,
• via post,
• via telephone, or
• via our website.

You have the option of whether to provide personal information or to remain anonymous. If you prefer that we not collect your personal information, please do not submit or provide it. Please note that we may not be able to fully provide our educational services to you or respond to you if you choose not to provide personal information.

If you do not provide us with your personal information, it will be difficult for us to contact you and complete requests or transactions initiated by you.

Data collected on our website will only be used for the purposes specified in the Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our website. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect automatically is used In-house for the following purposes:

• Delivery of School of Philosophy courses and workshops
• Responding to your enquiries
• Providing you with our news and publications, seminar and event invitations.

Employees and Tutors.

We may disclose student data to employees and tutors who reasonably need access to it for the above purposes.

Your personal details will not be shared with any third party, except for the following cases:

• If the law requires it
• If it is required for any legal proceeding
• To prove or protect our legal rights

If you follow hyperlinks from our website to another website, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

Personal information is stored until the purpose the data is used for has been achieved.

Historical personal information is archived in the event you decide to leave and return.

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