General
Automation Robotics College is committed to protecting your personal information.
Automation Robotics College is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (‘Privacy Act’), including the National Privacy Principles (‘NPP’s’). Although, acts done or practices engaged in by Automation Robotics College, which are directly related to:
- a current or former employment relationship between Automation Robotics College and you; and
- an employee record held by Automation Robotics College and relating to you are exempt from the Privacy Act, including the NPP’s.
This policy sets out how Automation Robotics College manages your personal information.
Automation Robotics College encourages you to check Automation Robotics College’s website regularly for any updates to Automation Robotics College’s Privacy Policy.
Collection
Automation Robotics College may collect and hold personal information about you, including your name, date of birth, gender, address, phone number, facsimile number, email address, next of kin details, bank account details, credit card details, academic history, employment records, nationality, preferred course of study, photograph, and/or other information relevant to providing you with the services you are, or someone else you know is, seeking.
The personal information that Automation Robotics College collects and holds about you depends on your interaction with Automation Robotics College . Generally, Automation Robotics College will collect and hold your personal information for the purpose of:
- assessing your, or someone else’s, application;
- providing services to you or someone else you know;
- providing you with information about other services that Automation Robotics College offers that may be of interest to you;
- facilitating Automation Robotics College’s internal business operations, including the fulfilment of any legal requirements;
- analysing Automation Robotics College’s services and customer needs with a view to developing new and/or improved services;
- contacting you, in the case of an emergency involving someone else you know;
- contacting you in relation to employment opportunities for Automation Robotics College’s students or graduates;
- contacting you to provide a testimonial for Automation Robotics College;
- contacting you in relation to Alumni activities; and
- Personal information will generally be collected by Automation Robotics College directly from you through the use of any of Automation Robotics College’s standard forms.
If you access Automation Robotics College’s website, Automation Robotics College may collect additional personal information about you in the form of your IP address (that is, the single numerical address for your computer on the Internet, which consists of four consecutive numbers ranging between 0 and 255) and/or domain name (that is, the textual address for your location on the Internet which corresponds to your IP address, which the Internet computers can read).
If the personal information you provide to Automation Robotics College is incomplete and/or inaccurate, Automation Robotics College may be unable to provide you, or someone else you know, with the services you, or they, are seeking.
Use and disclosure
Generally, Automation Robotics College only uses and/or discloses personal information about you for the purposes for which it was collected (as set out above). Although, Automation Robotics College may disclose personal information about you to:
- service providers, who assist Automation Robotics College in operating its business, however, these service providers are required to comply with Automation Robotics College’s privacy policy in how they handle your personal information;
- a purchaser of the assets and operations of Automation Robotics College’s business, providing those assets and operations are purchased as a going concern;
- its related entities;
- in the case of an emergency involving you, your nominated next of kin;
- your agent and/or your next of kin for the purpose of processing an application you may have made; and
- Federal, State or Local Government Departments or Agencies who require the information for official purposes.
From time to time, Agencies are lawfully entitled to share personal information provided by the College to them among themselves. Where the College becomes aware that personal information has been shared with another Agency it will advise anyone affected once it becomes aware.
College staff may require access to Personal Information held by the College in order to perform College related tasks, including in relation to student matters and for Alumni purposes. Personal Information will only be disclosed as required.
Automation Robotics College stores your personal information in different ways, including in paper and in electronic form. The security of your personal information is important to Automation Robotics College. Automation Robotics College takes all reasonable measures to ensure that your personal information is stored safely to protect it from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure, including electronic and physical security measures.
Use of cookies and other information collection technologies
This website does collect some information about users of the website, and we may also ask you for information in order to provide a service to you. Details of what we collect and how it is used are contained in this statement.
Internet cookies are small strings of text placed on users’ hard drives during the data exchange that happens when a browser points to a website. Cookies allow a website to store information on a user’s machine and retrieve it later. Cookies and other information collection technologies can only store information that is explicitly provided by the user or visitor in the first place, or information the website already knows about the user, such as their IP address.
Automation Robotics College’s website uses cookies for identifying unique visitors to the website (that is, you will be allocated a visitor number which will be held in a cookie on your computer or device for a fixed period, such as 30 days. This cookie will also hold your IP address).
Automation Robotics College uses Google Analytics to gather statistics about how its website is accessed. Google Analytics uses cookies to gather information for the purpose of providing statistical reporting and remarketing. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers located outside of Australia and the United States. No personally identifying information is recorded or provided to Google.
Most browsers can be set to accept or reject cookies. You can choose to adjust your browser to reject cookies or to notify you when they are being used. Sometimes, rejecting cookies results in a loss of some website functionality.
Site Usage
When you visit Automation Robotics College’s website, we make a record of your visit using “single pixel gif” technology embedded in the code of each page. We log the following information, which is used for statistical and marketing purposes:
- the IP address of the computer you are using or an IP that is dynamically allocated by your internet service provider;
- the date and time of your visit;
- the pages accessed and documents downloaded;
- the file size of the pages downloaded;
- the type of browser used and screen resolution and
- the referring page (ie last page visited before entering the Automation Robotics College website).
Access
You may access personal information Automation Robotics College holds about you, upon making a written request. Automation Robotics College will endeavour to acknowledge your request within 14 days of its receipt and to provide you with access to the information requested within 30 days. Automation Robotics College may charge you a reasonable fee for processing your request.
Automation Robotics College may decline a request for access to personal information where, among other things:
- providing access would pose a serious threat to the life or health of an individual;
- providing access would have an unreasonable impact upon the privacy of other individuals;
- the request for access is frivolous or vexatious;
- the information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings between Automation Robotics College and you, and the information would not be accessible by the process of discovery in those proceedings;
- providing access would reveal information about a commercially sensitive decision making process;
- providing access would be unlawful;
- denying access is required or authorised by or under law;
- providing access would be likely to prejudice an investigation of possible unlawful activity; or
- providing access would be likely to prejudice the activities of enforcement bodies.
If, upon receiving access to your personal information or at any other time, you believe the personal information Automation Robotics College holds about you is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, please notify Automation Robotics College immediately. Automation Robotics College will take reasonable steps to correct the information so that it is accurate, complete and up to date. If Automation Robotics College disagrees with you about whether your personal information is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, and you ask Automation Robotics College to associate with your personal information a statement claiming that your personal information is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, Automation Robotics College will take reasonable steps to do so.
Links to other websites
Automation Robotics College’s website may contain links to other websites. Automation Robotics College is not responsible for the privacy practices of linked websites and so linked websites are not subject to Automation Robotics College’s privacy policies and procedures.
Updates
This privacy policy may be updated by Automation Robotics College from time to time.
Feedback
If you have any queries or concerns about Automation Robotics College’s privacy policy or the way in which Automation Robotics College handles your personal information, please contact Automation Robotics College’s Privacy Officer at:
Address: Floor 17, River Point, West Loop, Chicago, ILL 60607
Email: info@automationroboticscollege.com