Privacy Policy
Apr 27, 2024 09:57 AM
Privacy Policy: STARZ ON STAGE TALENT ACADEMY (version 1)
Policy
This statement outlines Starz on Stage Talent Academy’s Policy on how it uses and manages personal information provided too, or collected by it.
The Studio is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988. Starz on Stage may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy to take account of new laws and technology, changes to operations and practices and to make sure it remains appropriate to the changing studio environment.
Collection of personal information
The type of information the studio collects and holds includes (but is not limited to) personal information, including health and other sensitive information, about:
• pupils and parents and guardians before, during and after the course of a student enrolment at the studio, including:
o Name, contact details, address, (including next of kin), date of birth, gender, language background
o Medical information (e.g. details of disability and allergies, absence notes
o Volunteering information; and
o Photos and videos at events.
job applicants, staff members, volunteers and contractors including
o Name, contact details (including next of kin), date of birth, and religion;
o Information on job application;
o Professional development history
o Salary and payment information, including superannuation details;
o Medical information (e.g. details of disability and allergies, and medical certificates); o Complaint records and investigation reports;
o Photos and videos at events.
The studio will generally collect personal information held about an individual by way of online on Dancestudio-pro, forms filled out by Parents or pupils, emails and telephone calls. On occasions, people other than Parents and pupils provide personal information.
Management of personal information
The studio will use personal information it collects for the primary purpose of collection and used reasonably expected, or to which consent has been granted.
In relation to the personal information of pupils and Parents, the studio’s primary purpose of collection is to enable the studio to provide tuition for the pupil, exercise its duty of care, and perform necessary associated administrative activities, which will enable pupils to take part in all the lessons and events. This includes satisfying the needs of Parents; the needs of the pupil; and the needs of the studio throughout the whole period the pupil is enrolled.
The purposes for which the studio uses the personal information of pupils and Parents include:
to keep Parents informed about matters related to their child's dancing, through correspondence, newsletters, emails, push notifications & Facebook updates
day-to-day administration of the studio
looking after pupils' social and medical wellbeing;
seeking donations and marketing for the studio; and
The purposes for which the School uses the personal information of job applicants, staff members and contractors include:
in administering the individual's employment or contract;
for insurance purposes;
to satisfy the School's legal obligations, for example, concerning child protection legislation.
The studio treats marketing and seeking donations for the future growth and development of the business as an important part of ensuring that it continues to be a quality learning environment in which dancers thrive.
Parents, staff, contractors and other members of the wider community may from time to time receive fundraising information.
Disclosure and storage of personal information
The studio may disclose personal information, including sensitive information, held about an individual for, administrative and support purposes. This may include to:
concert, photoshoot, eisteddfods and other competitions and events held by the studio
staff & teachers
recipients of studio publications, such as newsletters
anyone you authorise the School to disclose information to; and
anyone to whom we are required or authorised to disclose the information to by law, including child protection laws.
The studio may use online or 'cloud' service providers to store personal information and to provide services to the studio that involve the use of personal information.
Treatment of sensitive information
In referring to 'sensitive information', it means information relating to a person's racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or practices, that is also personal information; and health information and biometric information about an individual.
Security of personal information
All staff are required to respect the confidentiality of students' and Parents' personal information and the privacy of individuals.
The studio has in place steps to protect personal information from interference and loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure by use of various methods including locked storage of paper records and password-protected access rights to computerised records.
Enquiries and complaints
If you would like further information about the way the studio manages the personal information it holds, or wish to complain that you believe the studio has breached the Australian Privacy Principles please contact the Principal by writing or email. The principal will investigate any complaint and will notify you of the making of a decision about your complaint as soon as it is practicable after it has been made.