Privacy Statement

Effective 03/12/2009

Study Professional and International Consultants of Australia (SPICA) complies with the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 and the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic), and has developed a Privacy Policy that controls its handling of personal information.

Our Privacy Policy covers:

  • What personal information is being collected.
  • Who is collecting personal information.
  • How personal information is used.
  • To whom and under what circumstances personal information is disclosed.
  • How personal information is stored.

In most circumstances, SPICA:

  • Will only collect personal information about you with your consent unless it is legally required or authorised to do otherwise.
  • Will collect your personal information directly from you where this is practical and possible.
  • Will only collect personal information about you that is necessary and relevant to the purpose for which it is collected.
  • Will only use your personal information for the purpose for which it is collected or for a directly related secondary purpose that you could reasonably expect your personal information to be used for (unless legally required or authorised to do otherwise).
  • Will provide you with access to your personal information unless legally required or authorised to deny such access. An administration fee may be charged to process your request.
  • Will only disclose your personal information to a third party with your consent, or where you could reasonably expect such disclosure, or where we are legally required or authorised to do so.
  • Will take reasonable steps to keep your personal information complete, current and accurate.
  • Will take reasonable steps to ensure personal information about you is kept secure.

Your rights:

  • You can request access to the personal information about you that we keep on record.
  • If you believe that any personal information about you is incorrect or out of date, you are entitled to ask us to correct it.
  • No fee is charged for requesting access to personal information about you we may have on record, however, we may charge you a reasonable cost for processing your request.