| The Australian Institute of Public Safety
is bound by the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1998 to handle personal
information in accordance with 10 National Privacy Principles.
These principles cover the collection, storage, use and disclosure
of personal information. They also give people a right to
seek access to the personal information that organisations
hold about them. Other Commonwealth and State legislation
with which the Institute must comply also determine to some
extent what information we collect and how it is handled.
We collect personal information from individuals and representatives
of organisations in order to establish and administer their
enrolment and/or membership. This usually includes name,
contact details, background information, bank account or
credit card details and records of attendance at Institute
courses and conferences.
We compile and distribute data about issues relevant to
private education and training, but this does not include
any information that identifies any particular students
or trainees.
The Australian Institute of Public Safety does not collect
personal information from members of the public except when
this is necessary in order to respond to general inquiries,
conduct research and requests for referrals. We do not collect
any identifying information about visitors to our web site
unless they send us an e-mail, in which case we collect
the e-mail address as well as the content of the message.
Our Internet Service Provider makes a record of each visit
to our web-site and collects the following information about
each visitor for statistical and server security purposes:
the numerical internet address of the visitor’s computer;
the pages visited, and the date and time each page was accessed.
The Institute receives only summary reports that do not
reveal the identity of any person.
The Australian Institute of Public Safety may disclose
some personal information, under strict conditions of confidentiality,
to lecturers, trainers, mailing houses, conference organisers
and other entities with which we may enter commercial agreements.
In these cases, the information is disclosed only to establish
and administer membership entitlements or with the member’s
consent. We may also be required by law to provide some
personal information to government agencies. We never buy
or sell personal information to anybody.
The Australian Institute of Public Safety has security
systems in place to protect all information we handle from
misuse and unauthorised disclosure or modification, and
we do not retain data for which we have no further use.
Members and anyone else about whom AIPS holds personal
information may seek access to that information and correct
it if necessary, subject to some exceptions allowed by the
Commonwealth Privacy Act. Requests for access must be in
writing and we may charge a fee.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, or
if you want to see, correct, or find out about the personal
information we hold about you, please contact the College
Director on: (03) 8327 2600 or deborahz@aips.edu.au.
For details about the Commonwealth Privacy Act, please contact
the Federal Privacy Commissioner on 1300 363 992 or visit
website http://www.privacy.gov.au.
Approved by the General Manager (Public Safety)
1 March 2002
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