Standard Collection Notice

  1. Hillbrook Anglican School (the School) collects personal information, including sensitive information about students and parents before and during the course of the student’s enrolment at Hillbrook Anglican School.

  2. The primary purpose of collecting information is to allow the School to exercise its functions and activities and ultimately provide schooling to your child.

  3. The School collects, uses, holds and discloses personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). 

  4. Legislation that governs public health and child safety requires that certain types of information be collected by the School.

  5. The information that the School collects is to satisfy legal obligations and enables the School to discharge its duty of care.

  6. The School collects health information about students with consent, and otherwise in accordance with the APPs. Health information is a subset of sensitive information and is defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

  7. The School collects personal information directly from the student or parent and may also collect personal information about an individual from third parties, for example, a medical practitioner.

  8. If the School does not obtain the information referred to above, it may not be able to enrol or continue the enrolment of your child.

  9. Personal and sensitive information collected by the School may be disclosed to others for administrative and educational purposes. This would include disclosure to other schools, government departments, and other persons providing services to the School.

  10. Personal information collected from students is generally disclosed to parents. Personal information and images (for example, sporting and academic achievements) are published in the school newsletter, magazine and may be used for other School related purposes. More information regarding this is contained in the Photography Consent Form.

  11. Personal information collected may be disclosed by the School to debt collection agencies for the purpose of recovering outstanding tuition fees.

  12. The School may disclose personal information about an individual to an overseas recipient.  The countries to which disclosure may be made are not currently known.

  13. Parents may seek to access information collected about their child by contacting the School.  Access to personal information is dealt with in accordance with the School’s Privacy Policy.

  14. Parents may seek to have personal information corrected. Correction of personal information is dealt with in accordance with the School’s Privacy Policy.

  15. Parents or students may make a complaint in accordance with the School’s Privacy Policy if they believe the School has breached the APPs.

  16. The School may engage in fundraising activities. Personal information collected may be used to make a marketing or fundraising appeal.  In circumstances where a fund raising appeal requires the disclosure of personal information to third parties for marketing purposes, the School will first give you the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of a direct marketing initiative.

  17. A copy of Hillbrook Anglican School’s Privacy Policy can be found here.

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