Privacy policy

The Village Creative Education  Pty Ltd believes that the responsible handling of personal information is a key aspect of democratic governance and is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of your personal information.

The Centre is committed to full compliance with its obligations under the Information Privacy Act 2000 (NSW) and Health Act that establish the benchmark for how personal information should be handled.  The Village Creative Education  Pty Ltd will comply with the Information Privacy Principles contained in these Acts. These principles have been embraced by our service as part of our standard service delivery procedures.

This means that all personal information that enters our service is dealt with in a uniform manner and the highest regard is taken for maintaining its security at all times. The Village Creative Education  Pty Ltd will endeavour to maintain a secure system for storing personal information.

Technological and operational policies and procedures are in place to protect information from misuse and loss and from unauthorised modification or disclosure. This includes storing sensitive information regarding children, parents, staff and care providers in a secure location. It also means that The Village Creative Education  Pty Ltd will dispose of personal information, where it is no longer necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the information was collected or as required by law, in an appropriate manner.

In order to provide early childhood services, we ask you to provide information including child and family names, child’s age (date of birth), address, next of kin information, developmental and health information. Other information required such as your country of birth and languages spoken at home is also required to assist in delivering services.The Village Creative Education Pty Ltd may also hold limited financial information in relation to fees, fundraising etc.

The Village Creative Education  Pty Ltd may disclose some of this personal information to the State and/or Federal Government or their agencies. This will be done for the purposes of funding and nonadministrative accountability. The State and Federal Governments are also subject to laws dealing with privacy and have policies that are designed to safeguard your personal information.

If you have any queries or concerns about the handling of your personal information please contact the Centre Director or company owner.

If you believe that your personal information is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, you may request the service to correct the information. Your request will be dealt with in accordance with the Act.