Privacy Policy

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 All of the Sensory Cove Developments PTY LTD centres adhere to the same privacy policy and practices. This includes Lake Cathie Little Learners, Wauchope Little Learners and other future centres.

Wauchope Little Learners Pty Ltd (ABN 14 057 493 277) (The Centre) is committed to protecting your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act and health privacy legislation. This Privacy Policy is available on The Centre website athttps://wauchopelittlelearners.com.au/privacy-policy.

This Privacy Policy explains the approach The Centre takes in relation to the treatment of Personal Information. It includes information on how The Centre collects, uses, discloses and keeps secure, individuals’ personal information. This policy has been drafted having regard to The Centre's obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (including the National Privacy Principles)(the Privacy Act).

 1.1 The Centre will only collect Personal Information where the information is necessary for The Centre to perform one or more of its functions or activities. In this context, “collect” means gather, acquire or obtain by any means, information in circumstances where the individual is identifiable or identified and willingly provided their Personal Information via the submission of form(s).

1.2 The Centre collects Personal Information primarily to supply employees of member organisations and individuals who obtain The Centre products and services directly from The Centre with information and details of it’s products and services.

1.3 The Centre will notify individuals (including, but not limited to, our customers) of the matters listed below at the time of collecting any Personal Information:

• the main reason that we are collecting Personal Information (this reason will be the Primary Purpose);
• other related Uses or Disclosures that we may make of the Personal Information (Secondary Purposes);
• our identity and how individuals can contact us, if this is not obvious;
• that individuals can access the Personal Information that The Centre holds about them;
• that individuals should contact The Centre if they wish to access or correct Personal Information collected by us or have any concerns in relation to Personal Information;
• the organisations or types of organisations to whom we usually Disclose the Personal Information;
• where applicable, any law that requires the Personal Information to be collected;
• the consequences (if any) for the individual if all or part of the Personal Information is not provided to The Centre.

1.4 Where it is not practicable for The Centre to notify individuals of all of the Collection Information before the collection of Personal Information, The Centre will ensure that individuals are notified of the Collection Information as soon as possible after the collection. The Centre will provide “post collection notification” in those circumstances where it is not practicable to notify individuals about the collection of their personal information before it is collected.

1.5 The Centre will not collect Sensitive Information from individuals except with express consent from the individual and only where it is necessary for The Centre to collect such information for an activity or function.

1.6 The Centre will not collect Personal Information secretly or in an underhanded way.

1.7 The Centre will take steps to ensure that individuals on purchased lists are or have been notified of the information as outlined at 1.3.

 2.1 The Centre will obtain an individual’s consent for Use of non-sensitive Personal Information for Secondary Purposes at the time of collection, unless the Use is a related Secondary Purpose, which would be within the relevant individual’s Reasonable Expectations.

2.2 The Centre Uses Personal Information primarily for the purposes listed in 1.2 above.

2.3 If The Centre relies on the Direct Marketing exception to Direct Market to individuals it will ensure that:

• individuals are clearly notified of their right to Opt Out from further Direct Marketing; and
• if the individual Opts Out of all Direct Marketing the Opt Out will be respected by The Centre and implemented free of charge.

2.4 The Centre will not use Sensitive Information for Direct Marketing.

2.5 The Centre may use Personal Information to avoid an imminent threat to a person’s life or to public safety. It may also use Personal Information for reasons related to law enforcement or internal investigations into unlawful activities.

2.6 The Centre will not use Personal Information without taking reasonable steps to ensure that the information is accurate, complete and up to date.

2.7 The Centre will not attempt to match de-identified or anonymous data collected through surveys or such online devices as “cookies”, with information identifying an individual, without the consent of the relevant individual.

 3.1 The Centre may Disclose Personal Information to related or unrelated third parties if consent has been obtained from the individual.

3.2 The Centre may Disclose Personal Information to unrelated third parties to enable outsourcing of functions where that Disclosure or Use is for a related Secondary Purpose and has been notified to individuals or where such Disclosure is within the individual’s Reasonable Expectations.

3.3 The Centre will take reasonable steps to ensure that its contracts with third parties include requirements for third parties to comply with the Use and Disclosure requirements of the Privacy Act.

3.4 In the rare event that The Centre is required to disclose Personal Information to law enforcement agencies, government agencies or external advisors The Centre will only do so in accordance with the Privacy Act or any other relevant Australian legislation.

3.5 The Centre may Disclose Personal Information to avoid an imminent threat to a person’s life or to public safety.

3.6 If a Disclosure is not for a Primary Purpose; is not for a related Secondary Purpose; or upfront consent has not been obtained, The Centre will not Disclose Personal Information otherwise than in accordance with the exceptions set out at 3.1 to 3.6 above.

3.7 The Centre does not generally share its customer lists on a commercial basis with third parties but if it did, it would only do so if we had the appropriate consent of the individual involved.

 4.1 The Centre will review, on a regular and ongoing basis, its collection and storage practices to ascertain how improvements to accuracy can be achieved.

4.2 The Centre will take steps to destroy or de-identify Personal Information after as short a time as possible and after a maximum of seven years, unless the law requires otherwise.

 5.1 The Centre requires employees and contractors to perform their duties in a manner that is consistent with The Centre’s legal responsibilities in relation to privacy.

5.2 The Centre will take all reasonable steps to ensure that paper and electronic records containing Personal Information are stored in facilities that are only accessible by people within The Centre who have a genuine “need to know” as well as “right to know”.

5.3 The Centre will review, on a regular and ongoing basis, its information security practices to ascertain how ongoing responsibilities can be achieved and maintained.

 6.1 The Centre will allow its records containing Personal Information to be accessed by the individual concerned in accordance with the Privacy Act.

6.2 The Centre will correct its records containing Personal Information as soon as practically possible, at the request of the individual concerned in accordance with the Privacy Act.

6.3 Individuals wishing to lodge a request to access and/or correct their Personal Information should do so by contacting The Centre, as per the details on the back of this document.

6.4 The Centre will not normally charge a fee for processing an access request unless the request is complex or is resource intensive.

 7.1 Contact with The Centre via phone or web inquiry will be the first point of contact for inquiries about privacy issues.

7.2 Any formal privacy related complaints should be directed in writing to the The Centre's Privacy Officer.

7.3 The Centre will endeavour to manage any privacy related complaint efficiently and in a timely manner.

7.4 The Centre websites will contain a prominently displayed privacy statement and will include a copy of this Privacy Policy.

 8.1 The Centre will not make it mandatory for visitors to its web sites to provide Personal Information unless such Personal Information is required to answer an inquiry or provide a service. The Centre may however request visitors to provide Personal Information voluntarily to The Centre (for example, as part of a competition or questionnaire).

8.2 The Centre will allow its customers to transact with it anonymously wherever that is reasonable and practicable.

 9.1 The Centre generally does not send information overseas.

9.2 If Personal Information must be sent by The Centre overseas for sound business reasons, The Centre will require the overseas organisation receiving the information to provide a binding undertaking that it will handle that information in accordance with the National Privacy Principles, preferably as part of the services contract.

Collection Information means the information outlined in 1.3 notified to individuals prior to, or as soon as practical after, the collection of their Personal Information.

Direct Marketing means the marketing of goods or services through means of communication including written, verbal or electronic means. The goods or services which are marketed may be those of The Centre or a Related Body Corporate or those of an independent third party organisation.

Disclosure generally means the release of information outside The Centre, including under a contract to carry out an “outsourced function”.

Health Information means:

• information or an opinion about:
  • the health or a disability (at any time) of an individual; or
  • an individual’s expressed wishes about the future provision of health services to him or her; or
  • a health service provided or to be provided to an individual; that is also personal information; or
• other personal information collected to provide or in providing a health service; or
• other personal information about an individual collected in connection with the donation; or intended donation by the individual of his or her body parts or body substances.

Opt Out means an individual’s expressed request not to receive further Direct Marketing.

Personal Information means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained from the information or opinion.

Primary Purpose is the dominant or fundamental reason for information being collected in a particular transaction.

Reasonable Expectation means a reasonable individual’s expectation that their personal information might be Used or Disclosed for the particular purpose.

Sensitive Information means:

• information or an opinion about an Individual’s:
  • racial or ethnic origin; or
  • membership of a political association; or
  • religious beliefs or affiliations; or
  • philosophical beliefs; or
  • membership of a professional or trade association; or
  • membership of a trade union; or
  • sexual preferences or practices; or
  • criminal record; that is also personal information; or
• Health Information about an individual; or

Use means the handling of Personal Information within The Centre .

 If you require further information regarding The Centre's Privacy Policy, contact us at:

Telephone: (02) 5527 8146

Mail: 67 High Street, Wauchope NSW 2446

Email: director@wauchopelittlelearners.com.au

Last Updated: 23-12-2022