Privacy Policy

lasted updated - 29/11/2023

SEED Education respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Purpose of this Privacy Notice

This privacy notice aims to give you information on how SEED Education collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up for our newsletter, or use our service.

It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data.

If you do not wish to provide personal information to us, then you do not have to do so however, it may affect your use of this Site or products and services offered on or through it.

Collection of Personal Information

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped as follows:

  • Identity Data includes [first name, middle name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth, and gender].

  • Contact Data includes [billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers].

  • Financial Data includes [bank account statement and proof of balance].

  • Transaction Data includes [details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us].

  • Technical Data includes [internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting, and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website].

  • Usage Data includes [information about how you use our website, products, and services].

  • Marketing and Communications Data includes [your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences].

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data).

How we collect your Personal Information

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your [Identity, Contact, and Financial Data] by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you;

    • Apply for our services.

    • Subscribe to our service or publications.

    • Request marketing to be sent to you.

    • Give us some feedback (We may contact you to voluntarily respond to questionnaires, surveys, or market research to seek your opinion and feedback. Providing this information is optional to you.)

  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, and other similar technologies. If we receive your personal information from third parties, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

We may disclose personal information to:

  • Credit reporting agencies and courts, tribunals, and regulatory authorities where you fail to pay for goods or services provided to you;

  • Courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities, and law enforcement officers as required by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights;

  • Third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist us in providing information, products, services, or direct marketing to you. This may include parties located, or that store data, outside of Australia; and

  • Third parties to collect and process data such as Google Analytics or other relevant businesses. This may include parties that store data outside of Australia.

Where we disclose your personal information to third parties for these purposes, we will request that the third party follow this Privacy Policy regarding handling of your personal information.

If there is a change of control of our business or a sale or transfer of business assets, we reserve the right to transfer our user databases, together with any personal information and non-personal information contained in those databases, to the extent permissible by law. This information may be disclosed to a potential purchaser. We would seek to only disclose information in good faith.

Your Rights and controlling your Personal Information.

Choice and consent: Providing us with your personal information is optional to you. You can choose not to provide personal information. When you provide us with your personal information, you consent to the terms in this Privacy Policy, and to us disclosing or receiving your personal information for these purposes.

Your provision of third-party information: If you provide us with third-party personal information then you warrant to us that you have the third party’s consent to provide this.

Restrict: You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information. If you have previously agreed to use your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us at the email address listed in this Privacy Policy.

Access: You may request details of personal information that we hold about you, in certain circumstances set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). An administrative fee may be payable for the provision of information. We may refuse to provide you with information that we hold about you, in certain circumstances set out in the Privacy Act.

Correction: If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us by email. We rely in part upon customers advising us when their personal information changes. We will respond to any request within a reasonable time. We will endeavour to promptly correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date.

Complaints: If you believe that we have breached the Australian Privacy Principles and wish to make a complaint about that breach, please contact us by email setting out details of the breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you in writing setting out the outcome of our investigation, what steps we propose to take to remedy the breach, and any other action we will take to deal with your complaint.

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Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

Data Retention

How long will you use my personal data?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

By law, we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial, and Transaction Data) for at least two years after they cease being customers for [tax] purposes. In some circumstances, we may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Ready to dive in?

SEED Education is always here to offer guidance and support If you find yourself overwhelmed or uncertain. Feel free to reach out to info@seededuau.com.au and we will be more than happy to assist you in finding a perfect fit.