General Governance and Compliance

• 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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At events hosted by the School of Philosophy including meetings, residential study events, open days, concerts and topic presentations, photographs and videos may be taken.

These photos and videos may be shared within the School community (for example on a photo board, in an email or newsletter) as a memory of the event or in promoting future events.

Such images are anonymous (except when a specific presenter is named). Should you wish to be excluded from such photography or video, please advise the organisers of the event. A limited number of anonymous images appear on the website.

Any member of the School of Philosophy taking photos or videos of the event (beyond those taken for individual private use, for example when a photo is taken of a family member performing during a performance) will need to seek permission to do so from an event organiser, Executive Committee Member or School leadership.

Please contact for permission prior to the event via the Office directly, using our Contact Form, or the School Executive Committee or School Leader.

We use secure browser technology and store all of our data on servers securely. All data is only accessible to our Office Staff. Contact data is also accessible to our tutors.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that student data is secure and that students are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore, we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to whom we disclosed your personal data, or if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, please contact our Privacy Officer using our Contact Form, or at: Suite 40, 45 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn 3122, Ph. (03) 9818 0804

If you wish to access your personal information, please contact us in writing. In order to protect your personal information we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information or modifying your personal data.

It is an important to us that your personal information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

We may use “cookies” and similar technology on our website. “Cookies” are files that a website or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser that enable the website or service provider’s system to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information from your computer.

We may also use cookies to offer our products and services to you directly, to measure your activity, to customise our website to provide you with a better experience and to generate statistics. You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser, but in some cases that may impact your ability to use some areas on our website.

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify students by email of changes to the Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints you may contact our Privacy Officer.

Mail:

The Privacy Officer
Melbourne School of Philosophy
45 Riversdale Road
Hawthorn VIC 3122

Email:

Please use the linked form on our Contact page

Contact Telephone Number:

(03) 9818 0804