PRIVACY POLICY

GENERAL

Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy is intended to give you confidence in the privacy and security of the personal information we obtain from you when you enrol in one of our courses or visit our website.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you enrol in a course and use our Website, you may be asked for personally identifiable information such as your name, address, email address and telephone number. By giving us such information, you consent to our using it in the manner described in this policy.

Cookie information, pages you have visited and your IP address may also be recorded by us and/or third parties from your browser as set out in this policy.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use personal information to allow us to manage your course study, provide access for you to privileged areas of the Websites, send out newsletters, personalize your visit to our Website and enable us to improve the services and support we offer. We may occasionally carry out market research and send you details of course updates, competitions and other information that we think may be of interest or benefit to you in the course of your studies. If you do not wish to receive such information, please e-mail admin@teachingphotography.com.au.

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may provide information about you to our employees/tutors in order to facilitate and administer your progression through your chosen course.

We will not disclose your personal information to any third party unless you have consented to such disclosure or where we are required to do so by law. Should you breach our terms and conditions or terms of use or if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, we may disclose your information to a relevant authority. This may include exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Any disclosure of personal information will be strictly controlled and made fully in accordance with current Australian law.

USE OF SUPPLIED IMAGES

As part of your assessment in your chosen course, you are required to supply images for specified tasks. All images supplied will be treated in the same manner as Personal Information. Images shall not be shared, displayed, distributed or provided to any third party unless you have consented to such disclosure.

COOKIES

Cookies are small data files that a website you visit may save on your computer or handheld device that usually includes an anonymous unique identifier. Our Website may use cookies for user authentication, tracking our audience size and traffic patterns, and in certain other cases.

Third-party advertisers may also create and access cookies, which will be subject to their privacy policies – we accept no responsibility or liability for the use of such third parties’ cookies. If you do not wish cookies to be placed on your PC or handheld device, then they can be disabled in your web browser. The option to do so is normally found in your browser’s “security settings” section. Please note that permanently disabling cookies in your browser may hinder your use of websites with interactive services.

SECURITY

All security on our Websites is treated seriously. Where applicable, we undertake security steps, including use of SSL technology, on our back-end systems that store customer account information and to protect data transmissions. However, this is not a guarantee that such data transmissions cannot be accessed, altered or deleted due to firewall or other security software failures.

If you have any further concerns about security, please email our team at admin@teachingphotography.com.au.

POLICY CHANGES

Changes in this policy will be posted on our Website. You are advised to check our Website regularly to view our most recent privacy policy.

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