Privacy Statement for our Website

Melbourne Education Group is bound by the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1998 to handle personal information in accordance with 10 National Privacy Principles. These principles cover the collection, storage, use and disclosure of personal information. They also give people a right to seek access to the personal information that organisations hold about them.

Other Commonwealth and State legislation with which MEG must comply also determine to some extent what information we collect and how it is handled.

We collect personal information from individuals and representatives of organisations in order to establish and administer their enrolment, progress through a program and/or membership of our group. This usually includes name, contact details, background information, bank account or credit card details and records of attendance at MEG courses and conferences.

We compile and distribute data about issues relevant to education and training, but this does not include any information that identifies a particular student or client.

Melbourne Education Group does not collect personal information from members of the public except when this is necessary in order to respond to general inquiries, conduct research and requests for referrals. We do not collect any identifying information about visitors to our web site unless they send us an e-mail, in which case we collect the e-mail address as well as the content of the message.

Our Internet Service Provider makes a record of each visit to our web-site and collects the following information about each visitor for statistical and server security purposes: the numerical internet address of the visitor's computer; the pages visited, and the date and time each page was accessed. MEG receives only summary reports that do not reveal the identity of any person.

Melbourne Education Group may disclose some personal information, under strict conditions of confidentiality, to lecturers, trainers, mailing houses, conference organisers and other entities with which we may enter commercial agreements. In these cases, the information is disclosed only to establish and administer membership entitlements or with the member's consent. We may also be required by law to provide some personal information to government agencies. We never buy or sell personal information to anybody.

Melbourne Education Group has security systems in place to protect all information we handle from misuse and unauthorised disclosure or modification, and we do not retain data for which we have no further use.