Privacy Statement

We endeavour to take reasonable care with all information provided, including comments which you may provide to us when accessing our website. However we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you may provide to us. Whilst ACSA will take all reasonable steps to preserve information in a secure manner, any information you transmit to us is entirely at your own risk. Our compliance with privacy legislation is set out in our separate Privacy Policy.

If you opt to register for any portion of this website, you agree to: (i) provide true, accurate and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form (“Registration Data”) and (ii) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If we have reasonable grounds to suspect that the Registration Data is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, we shall have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the website (or any portion thereof). You acknowledge and agree that we may rely on the Registration Data to send you important information and notices regarding your account and the website. You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to maintain accurate Registration Data, including, but not limited to, your failure to receive critical information about the website or or your account. You further agree that we are authorised to verify such Registration Data.

If you opt to register for any portion of this website, you may be required to establish an account and obtain a username and password. You authorise us to process any and all account transactions initiated through the use of your username and password. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password and must immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your username and password. You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for any unauthorised activities, charges and/or liabilities made through the use of your username and password. In no event will we be liable for the unauthorised use or misuse of your username and/or password. We may need to change usernames allocated to certain of our products and services and we reserve the right to do so. You will be informed of this if we make such a change. We collect and uses your username, password and other Registration Data in accordance with the Privacy Policy of the website.

It is a necessary part of visiting any website that some information is automatically collected and logged due to the nature of communication protocols. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks in transmitting information across the Internet.

ACSA makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes: the user’s server address, the user’s top level domain name (e.g. .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.), the date and time of the visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited and the type of browser used.

ACSA will not disclose the personal information collected as part of your site visit to a third party without your consent, unless we are required or authorised to do so by law or other regulation. In the event of an investigation into suspected unlawful or improper activity, a law enforcement agency or government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect the web server’s records (e.g. in relation to hacking or abusive messages).

ACSA will only record your email address or other supplied details if you send us a request or submit a form online. Supplied information will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it, and will not be added to a mailing list unless you have requested this. Unless required by law, we will not use your personal information for any other purpose, and will not disclose them without your consent.

This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.

ACSA’s website automatically collects personal information when you are browsing or using it. The various mechanisms used to collect this information include pixels, server logs, proxy logs and cookies.

A cookie is a piece of information that our web server sends to your computer when you visit our website. That cookie is stored on your computer and may provide information (such as your IP address) to our server to optimise your experience when you visit our website.

In addition to optimising website functionality cookies may be used by ACSA to track website usage patterns, analyse website traffic, personalise content and advertising and enable social media features. 

ACSA may collect and store the information provided by cookies and use it for marketing/advertising purposes including disclosing it to third party advertising agencies for targeted direct marketing campaigns often called ‘retargeting’. Retargeting occurs where Google, Facebook or another third party uses cookies from your computer to show advertisements when you visit websites based on your web preferences and usage patterns. If you have a cookie from our website stored on your computer you may see the School’s advertisements as you browse other sites. You may choose to opt out or disallow cookies through your web browser settings.

Our website also uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers located outside Australia. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

We use reports provided by Google Analytics and information logged by our server to help us understand our website traffic and usage, to gather statistics about how our web content is used and to maintain and improve our website service for users. We do not attempt to identify individuals as part of our regular business practices however in the event of an investigation, we may be required to inspect our server’s logs or provide access to a law enforcement agency or other government agency with relevant legal authority.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google’s Privacy Policy (external link) and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service (external link) provided by Google.

Some pages of this internet site provide the facility for users to subscribe to email mailing lists. To subscribe to these services users must provide a valid email address.

These email addresses will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and you will not be added to any other mailing lists unless you specifically request that this be done.

Email mailing list addresses can only be accessed by staff authorised by the School to do so. Your email address will not be disclosed without your consent.

All personal information described in the preceding section is stored in transmission logs, and archived for an indefinite period of time. Any personal information will only be used and disclosed by ACSA and by staff involved in ACSA operations for internal purposes, website and system administration, including monitoring to prevent security breaches; customising of the website to meet user needs; and evaluation, research and development.

Identified data can only be re-disclosed to the user if the user provides the unique request session number. Identified data may be disclosed to a third party only in circumstances in which such disclosure is legally authorised, such as in the investigation of a criminal offence, and in compliance with a search warrant or subpoena.

Under no circumstances will ACSA sell or receive payment for licensing or disclosing your personal information.

If you have any complaints relating to online privacy issues on ACSA websites, please notify the School. While ACSA accepts no liability for any material or links posted to its websites, we will endeavour to investigate all complaints.

Please also contact this address if you wish to change any personal information you have provided to us, or if there is an error in any personal information provided which you wish for us to correct.

If you would like to access any personal information of yours that we have collected, please contact the above address. We will endeavour to provide you with copies of such information as soon as practicable (which may require a small administration charge in the event of substantial amounts of documents).

ACSA retains the right to change any of the terms contained within its privacy policy or terms and conditions at any time. The relevant amendments to our policies will be updated on the website.