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Privacy Statement
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The Privacy Act 1988 provides
that personal information is "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".
The Privacy Act 1988 is the main legislation and is designed to
protect your rights and prevent misuse of personal information.
It should
be noted, that any information received by us is protected from unauthorised use
and disclosure by virtue of specific provisions in the Migration Act 1958, and
regulations, the Legal Profession Act 1998 (as amended).
A breach of
these laws may make us liable to criminal and/or civil penalty.
As a
general rule, we do not collect personal information about you when you visit
this site. You can generally visit this site without telling us who you are,
unless you choose to provide such information.
This website contains
links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content and the privacy
practices of other websites and we advise you to read each site's privacy
policies.
Universal Student Services operates this web site with
outsourced technical assistance.
When visiting this site, a record of
your visit is recorded. Information is recorded for statistical purposes and is
used by our company to monitor the use of the site, discover what information is
most and least utilised or referred to and to make the site more useful to our
visitors.
The information we log when you access this web site includes:
Your IP or server's address
> Date and time of your visit
to the site
> Pages accessed
> Your operating system (for example,
Windows NT, Windows 95, MAC etc)
> Your web browser version and type (for
example, IE4, IE5, Netscape 4 etc)
> Time taken to transmit information to
you
> Previous Internet address from which you came directly to this
website No attempt is made to identify you or your browsing
activities except in the event of an investigation into apparent improper use of
our internet facility, or where a law enforcement agency exercises a warrant to
inspect the Internet Service Provider's
logs.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information
or small files that a website can send to your computer's hard drive for record
keeping.
This website does not use cookies.
Collection,
use and disclosure of personal information
When we receive your
email or fill-in form, your message becomes accessible by staff, and your email
address may be recorded.
However, personal information provided to us
will be treated confidentially and will only be used and/or disclosed in
accordance with your consent and/or the provisions of the Migration Act 1958 and
Privacy Act 1988.
Further information
You can
find more information from the Privacy Commissioner's website: www.privacy.gov.au
If
at any time you believe we have not adhered to the principles referred to in
this privacy statement or have any other comments on these principles, please
contact:Universal Student Services
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