Privacy notice

Collecting and using information

The below table explains what information the department will collect about you and how this will be used, this depends on the type of ‘activity group’ that you participate in.

Activity group and type of information and its use

- By completing the expression of interest, you will be providing the department your first name, service type, service location, email address, participation type and preference as to which consultation activity you would be interested in participating in.
- The department will use this information to assess your suitability, assign you a consultation activity based, and communicate further with you about it.
- The department will collect and use your responses to consultation questions, home location (suburb), the number of children cared for in your household, the languages spoken at home, and your household’s yearly pre-tax income bracket to create aggregate data and feedback that will be used to influence the initiative.
- The department will also collect your first name and email address so as to communicate with you about any further consultation sessions you may wish to participate in.
- The department will collect and use your responses to consultation questions, home location (suburb), how many children cared for in your household, languages spoken at home, and yearly household pre-text income bracket to create aggregate data and feedback that will be used to influence the initiative.
- The department will also collect your first name and email address so as to communicate with you about any further consultation sessions you may wish to participate in.
- The department will collect your responses to consultation questions. However, any responses you provide will be anonymously recorded (your name will not be recorded against the response you provide).
- For sessions that are run through a video conferencing platform, these sessions are not recorded.

Storing information and who can access it

Expression of interest submissions or Taskforce Advisory Group

If you are filling out an expression of interest or provide information as part of the Taskforce Advisory Group, your information will be stored on departmental systems. Only those staff at the department involved in the initiative will have access to your information.

Early Years Learning Network consultation

If you are part of the Early Years Learning Network consultation, your information will be stored on departmental systems. Only those staff at the department involved in the initiative will have access to your information.

If our appointed external facilitator has facilitated your consultation session, the facilitator may also have taken notes of your responses. The facilitator is responsible for sending these notes to the department and securely destroying those notes once this has occurred.

Survey participants

If you are participating in any one of the surveys, your information will be collected by Engage Victoria on behalf of the department. Your information will be stored on Engage Victoria’s servers located in New South Wales and then extracted and saved onto departmental systems.

Only those involved in administering the survey and providing technical support at Engage Victoria and the department will have access to your information.

Visit Engage Victoria for further information about how it handles your information.

All activity groups

Unless otherwise explained in this collection notice, the department will not share your information with any third parties. Where the department is going to use and publish information you have provided (for example in a report), the department will endeavor to de-identify it, so that your identity cannot be ascertained.

Further information

The department is committed to handling the information you provide to us in accordance with our privacy policy.

If you have any questions or wish to gain access to or correct your personal information, please contact: bsbltag.secretariat@education.vic.gov.au.

Education

Updated 21 February 2024