Privacy Policy

Colleges Online Pty Ltd and its related bodies corporate (collectively "us", "our", or "we") are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, share and hold your personal information.

Why do we collect personal information?

We collect personal information for the purposes of promoting our business, providing any services you have requested from us, and managing our relationship with you. Any personal information that we collect or hold about you will only be used for the purposes for which we have collected it, or as allowed by law. We will abide by the Australian Privacy Principles for the protection of personal information, as set out in the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) and any other relevant law, in respect of your personal information.

How is personal information collected?

We usually collect personal information directly from you. This can occur when you visit our website, enter a competition or trade promotion, or otherwise when you contact us or sign-up to receive information from us.

What personal information is collected?

The kinds of personal information we may collect include your email address, name, telephone number, date of birth, occupation and areas of interest. We may also collect your IP address for validation and diagnostic purposes and we may use cookies to personalise or simplify your user experience on our website.

Do we disclose your personal information to third parties?

We may disclose your personal information to our sponsors and/or agents for the purpose of marketing and supplying our services to you, or if we are compelled to do so by law.

How do we hold your personal information?

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal information which we have under our control from:

  • unauthorised access;
  • improper use or disclosure;
  • unauthorised modification; and
  • unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

How to access your personal information

You can request to view or change any personal information that we hold about you. If any of the personal information we hold about you is incorrect, inaccurate or out of date, you may request that we correct the information. If you are dissatisfied with our response, you may make a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner which can be contacted via the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website www.oaic.gov.au or on 1300 363 992.

We can make changes to this Privacy Policy without notice. We therefore recommend that you review our Privacy Policy from time to time.