Website Privacy Collection Notice - The University of Sydney

Website Privacy Collection Notice - The University of Sydney Library Current students Staff intranet Find an event Give Contact us Study Research Engage with us About us News & opinion false About us false false Governance and structure false false Privacy and University information false false Privacy at the University false false Privacy notices false false 50% Website Privacy Collection Statement Our website privacy statement applies to the personal information we collect from you when you visit or interact with a website we control (‘our websites’). m-hero--simple false _self If you are concerned that a University system may have been breached, contact the ICT helpdesk immediately on (02) 9351 2000 (select 2 for ICT) or [email protected]. Reporting a breach to a University system h3 cmp-callout--informational-blue This statement describes the types of information we collect use and share through our websites, how to access or amend your information, how to enquire or make a complaint about our handling of your information, and how to opt-out of certain processing of your information by our service providers.  \r\nWe will manage your personal information as required by the <a href=\"https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-133\">Privacy and Personal Information Protection 1998 </a>(NSW), as well as the <a href=\"https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03712/2014-03-12/text\">Privacy Act 1998</a> (Cth) and international privacy laws where applicable.\r\nRead this statement together with our <a href=\"https://www.sydney.edu.au/policies/showdoc.aspx?recnum=PDOC2011/81&RendNum=0\">Privacy Policy (pdf, 260KB)</a> and <a href=\"https://www.sydney.edu.au/policies/showdoc.aspx?recnum=PDOC2018/468&RendNum=0\">Privacy Procedures (pdf, 194KB)</a>. \r\n"}}" id="text-4416fa4a97" class="cmp-text"> This statement describes the types of information we collect use and share through our websites, how to access or amend your information, how to enquire or make a complaint about our handling of your information, and how to opt-out of certain processing of your information by our service providers. We will manage your personal information as required by the Privacy and Personal Information Protection 1998 (NSW), as well as the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) and international privacy laws where applicable. Read this statement together with our Privacy Policy (pdf, 260KB) and Privacy Procedures (pdf, 194KB). What is personal information? Personal information is any information that identifies you.\n"}}" id="text-8e5a75dada" class="cmp-text"> Personal information is any information that identifies you. Information we collection about you When you visit our websites, we will collect personal information about you in several ways.\r\nInformation we ask you to provide\r\nWe may ask you to provide personal information to us when you submit an enquiry, subscribe to our information service, update your contact details or provide website feedback. \r\nIn some circumstances, we will ask you to use a third party to provide us with information, such as where you register for one of our events. Please see the information below about links to external websites. \r\nThe types of personal information we may ask you to provide include your name, contact details and other information.\r\nUniversity students and staff will be asked to provide their UniKey or Student ID and password to access certain areas of our websites. \r\nInformation we collect automatically\r\nWhen you use our websites, we collect certain information about you using cookies or other automated means (such as proxy or server logs).\r\nCookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, mobile device or other web enabled device when you visit the sydney.edu.au website. Cookies allow us to “remember” your actions or preferences over a period of time, or they may contain data related to the function or delivery of our websites. We also use the term “cookie” to describe similar technologies such as pixels or tags.\r\nYou can control how websites use cookies by configuring your browser’s privacy settings. Note that if you disable cookies entirely, our websites may not function properly.\r\nWe use cookies in the following ways: \r\n<ul>\r\n<li>To record the areas of the website that you have visited, courses you have viewed and time spent browsing, as well as any action taken on-site. The University of Sydney uses this information to help make the website more user friendly, develop our website design and to continuously improve the quality of the service we provide.</li>\r\n<li>Remembering your preferences on our website or where you left off in your last use of the website</li>\r\n<li>Keeping track of information you have provided to us – for example, notifying you of an incomplete course application or remembering your favourited courses</li>\r\n<li>Understanding your interests so we can provide you with more relevant content on-site through personalisation</li>\r\n<li>Understanding your behaviour and interests in order to provide relevant advertising to you on other websites</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n"}}" id="text-85e188a034" class="cmp-text"> When you visit our websites, we will collect personal information about you in several ways. Information we ask you to provide We may ask you to provide personal information to us when you submit an enquiry, subscribe to our information service, update your contact details or provide website feedback. In some circumstances, we will ask you to use a third party to provide us with information, such as where you register for one of our events. Please see the information below about links to external websites. The types of personal information we may ask you to provide include your name, contact details and other information. University students and staff will be asked to provide their UniKey or Student ID and password to access certain areas of our websites. Information we collect automatically When you use our websites, we collect certain information about you using cookies or other automated means (such as proxy or server logs). Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, mobile device or other web enabled device when you visit the sydney.edu.au website. Cookies allow us to “remember” your actions or preferences over a period of time, or they may contain data related to the function or delivery of our websites. We also use the term “cookie” to describe similar technologies such as pixels or tags. You can control how websites use cookies by configuring your browser’s privacy settings. Note that if you disable cookies entirely, our websites may not function properly. We use cookies in the following ways:  To record the areas of the website that you have visited, courses you have viewed and time spent browsing, as well as any action taken on-site. The University of Sydney uses this information to help make the website more user friendly, develop our website design and to continuously improve the quality of the service we provide. Remembering your preferences on our website or where you left off in your last use of the website Keeping track of information you have provided to us – for example, notifying you of an incomplete course application or remembering your favourited courses Understanding your interests so we can provide you with more relevant content on-site through personalisation Understanding your behaviour and interests in order to provide relevant advertising to you on other websites How we use your personal information We will use your personal information for the purpose for which we collected it or a directly related purpose. \r\nInformation we ask you to provide\r\nWe may ask you to provide personal information when you complete our online forms, such as when you submit an enquiry, application, register for an event or update your contact details. We will use the information you submit to process your request.\r\nWe may also use the information you provide on our online forms for business and learning analytics purposes. We do this to help us make better decisions about our operations, services and community engagement. \r\nWe will also use the information you submit on our website forms to provide additional content that may be relevant to you.\r\nIf you submit a form related to our Alumni and Advancement activities, we may use the information you provide to update your contact details, inform you about our services, events and achievements, administer your gift or, respond to your bequest inquiry. Our staff and affiliates will have access to this information where reasonably necessary to perform their duties.  \r\nInformation we collect automatically\r\nWe use the information we collect through cookies to deliver the basic functionality of our websites, as well as to monitor and improve website performance.\r\nWe also use information collected via cookies to personalise content on our websites for you, and may also use remarketing cookies, such as through Google and Facebook, to show advertisements when you visit other websites based on your prior visits our websites. \r\nWe use software insights tools to collect anonymous information about user interaction with our webpages and content for the purpose of improving your user experience and our websites. \r\n"}}" id="text-d8c1869d0c" class="cmp-text"> We will use your personal information for the purpose for which we collected it or a directly related purpose. Information we ask you to provide We may ask you to provide personal information when you complete our online forms, such as when you submit an enquiry, application, register for an event or update your contact details. We will use the information you submit to process your request. We may also use the information you provide on our online forms for business and learning analytics purposes. We do this to help us make better decisions about our operations, services and community engagement. We will also use the information you submit on our website forms to provide additional content that may be relevant to you. If you submit a form related to our Alumni and Advancement activities, we may use the information you provide to update your contact details, inform you about our services, events and achievements, administer your gift or, respond to your bequest inquiry. Our staff and affiliates will have access to this information where reasonably necessary to perform their duties. Information we collect automatically We use the information we collect through cookies to deliver the basic functionality of our websites, as well as to monitor and improve website performance. We also use information collected via cookies to personalise content on our websites for you, and may also use remarketing cookies, such as through Google and Facebook, to show advertisements when you visit other websites based on your prior visits our websites. We use software insights tools to collect anonymous information about user interaction with our webpages and content for the purpose of improving your user experience and our websites. Who we will share your personal information with We will share your personal information with third parties in certain circumstances.\r\nContractors and consultants\r\nWe engage consultants and contractors to provide assistance with the services. Contracted service providers are bound by the University’s privacy and security requirements. We disclose personal information to our consultants and contractors only to the extent required by them to provide the contracted …