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.
We require certain personal information to confirm your identity, create or verify your Unique Student Identifier (USI), administer your enrolment, deliver training and assessment, issue certification documentation and meet our regulatory and VET data-reporting obligations.
If you do not provide the required information, we may be unable to process or finalise your enrolment, provide particular services, report your training activity or issue you with a qualification or statement of attainment.
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 the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cth) (NVETR Act)) to disclose the personal information we collect about you to the National National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER).
NCVER is the National Data Custodian responsible for collecting, managing, analysing and communicating research and statistics about the Australian VET sector.
We are also authorised by law (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
NCVER will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with the law, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act), the NVETR Act, and the Student Identifiers Regulation 2014. 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.
NCVER is authorised to disclose information to the Australian Government Department of Employment 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.
NCVER may also disclose personal information to persons engaged by NCVER to conduct research on NCVER’s behalf. NCVER does not intend to disclose your personal information to any overseas recipients.
Data submitted through a VET data system may undergo validation and quality assurance checks, which involve checking the submitted data against data held in other information systems, for example, the Unique Student Identifier Registry or the Australian Business Register.
For more information about how NCVER will handle your personal information please refer to the
NCVER’s Privacy Policy.
If you would like to seek access to or correct your information, in the first instance, please contact Strata Education using the contact details listed below.
The Department for Employment and Workplace Relations (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.
DEWR may be authorised by law to share ‘public sector data’ with third parties, including under the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (Cth) (DAT Act). ‘Public sector data’ is defined in the DAT Act to mean “data lawfully collected, created or held by or on behalf of a Commonwealth body…” and therefore includes any data collected by the department as part of performing VET related functions.
For more information about how DEWR will handle your personal information, please refer to the
DEWR VET Privacy Notice.
If you cannot access the DEWR notice electronically, Strata Education can provide you with a downloaded or printed copy.
State and territory authorities
Where your enrolment is connected with government-funded training or another state or territory program, your personal information may also be handled by the relevant state or territory authority. Strata Education will provide the applicable authority’s privacy notice or privacy-policy information where required.
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.
At any time, you may contact Strata Education 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
Strata Education Ltd – RTO 46539
Email: enquiries@strata.edu.au
Address: Suite 203, 50 Berry Street, North Sydney, 2060