Privacy
As a Queensland Government department, Brisbane North Institute of TAFE is committed to protecting our students' privacy.
We understand that our students expect privacy in their transactions with us and for their information to be both secure and used only for the purposes for which it is provided as advised by us.
Personal information collected as a result of your enrolment will be used by the Department of Education, Training and the Arts for general student administration, vocational education and training administration and regulation, as well as departmental planning, reporting, communication, research, evaluation, auditing and marketing. Only authorised departmental officers have access to this information.
- Your personal information may be disclosed to Commonwealth and State Government authorities and agencies.
- Your personal information may be shared with other Queensland TAFE Institutes in which you enrol or apply to enrol, as stated in the TAFE Student Rules.
- If you are a school-based apprentice or trainee, your personal information, attendance details, progress and results will be disclosed to your school and the Queensland Studies Authority.
- Your results may be disclosed to the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre.
- If you are an apprentice/trainee, your personal information, attendance details, progress and results will be disclosed to your employer or host employer.
- If you are under the age of 18 years your personal information, attendance details, progress and results may be disclosed to your parent/guardian.
- If you are studying at a Queensland Institute of TAFE towards your secondary education, your personal information, attendance details, progress and results will be disclosed to your school, and to the Queensland Studies Authority as authorised by the Youth Participation in Education and Training Act 2003.
No further access to your enrolment information will be provided to any other
organisation or persons without your consent or, unless authorised or required by law, in accordance with the Information Privacy Principles in Information Standard 42.
As per TAFE Queensland Policy, TAFE Queensland Institutes must share with other TAFE Institutes the personal information (eg. Student name, student no, student address, course of study) of any student excluded from enrolment following identification as 'violent' and therefore presenting a risk to 'life or health' of other students or staff. This student must have been excluded via a formal disciplinary process.
In accordance with the 11 Information Privacy Principles, no further access to your enrolment information will be provided to any other organisation or persons without your consent unless authorised or required by law. Should you wish to give authorisation for your personal information to be released please complete the IF244 - Student Authority to Release Information [
PDF 31KB] form and forward it to the Institute.
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