Privacy Policy – ELSA Program

 

Educator app

ELSA values your privacy. Below we have outlined how your personal information will be collected, stored and used in conjunction with the ELSA Program.

Privacy: How the ELSA Program will collect, store and use data

  • Your personal information is protected by law, including the Information Privacy Act 2014 (ACT) (Information Privacy Act) and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) is bound by the Information Privacy Principles in the Information Privacy Act.
  • Your personal information and the personal information of other educators will be collected by the ELSA for the purpose of running the ELSA Program.
  • ELSA will collect and use the personal information of educators for the specific use of the ELSA Program only. The personal information collected may include your name, signature, email address, phone numbers, place of employment and photographs.
  • All data collected as part of the ELSA Program will be: stored on secure servers in Australia (no personal information is being sent overseas); and de-identified (removing names and images) before being used in reports or published in academic papers.
  • Data and personal information may be used and disclosed by the ELSA to the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) and the ELSA app developers – including Stripy Sock, Mode Games and Two Moos – for the purpose of delivering and improving the ELSA Program only.
  • No photos, videos, names or other identifying material collected as part of the program will be used for publicity without further consent from you.
  • If you do not consent to the collection of your personal information, you will not be able to participate in the ELSA Program.

To find out more about how ELSA will manage your personal information, please visit our Terms and Conditions page.

To correct any personal information or make a complaint about a breach of an Information Privacy Principle, you may contact the ELSA team via team@elsa.edu.au or call 1800 931 042.

Any issues you raise will be treated in-confidence in accordance with relevant laws and investigated fully, and you will be informed of the outcome.

Children’s apps

ELSA values your privacy. Below we have outlined how your personal information will be collected, stored and used in conjunction with the ELSA Program.

Privacy: How the ELSA Program will collect, store and use data

  • Your personal information is protected by law, including the Information Privacy Act 2014 (ACT) (Information Privacy Act) and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). ELSA is bound by the Information Privacy Principles in the Information Privacy Act.
  • Your personal information and the personal information of other educators will be collected by ELSA for the purpose of running the ELSA Program.
  • ELSA will collect and use personal information of children for the specific use of the ELSA Program only. The personal information collected will include children’s name (first name and surname initial) and date of birth (month and year only).
  • All data collected as part of the program will be: stored on secure servers in Australia, with a unique number assigned to each child (no personal information is being sent overseas); and de-identified (removing names and images of children) before being used in reports or published in academic papers.
  • Data and personal information may be used and disclosed by ELSA to the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) and the ELSA app developers – including Stripy Sock, Mode Games and Two Moos – for the purpose of delivering and improving the ELSA Program only.
  • No photos, videos, names or other identifying material collected as part of the program will be used for publicity without further consent from a child’s parent or legal guardian.
  • If a parent or legal guardian does not consent to the collection of their child’s personal information, their child will not be able to participate in the ELSA Program.

To find out more about how ELSA will manage children’s personal information, please visit our Terms and Conditions page.

To correct any personal information or make a complaint about a breach of an Information Privacy Principle, you may contact the ELSA team via team@elsa.edu.au or call 1800 931 042.

Any issues you raise will be treated in-confidence in accordance with relevant laws and investigated fully, and you will be informed of the outcome.