iTeachU Limited (2036301) – Privacy Policy
iTeachU Limited (2036301) (iTeachU) respects and is committed to protecting your privacy. We observe applicable laws protecting privacy. In some circumstances, we may undertake contractual obligations to observe additional privacy obligations. Where appropriate we will handle personal information relying on the employee records exemption and the related bodies corporate exemption in the Privacy Act.
This website privacy policy (this Privacy Policy) applies to the personal information that we collect through this website (www.iteachu.com/) and, where applicable, in the course of you enrolling in, or undertaking, the educational subjects and/or courses provided by ITeachU. Where we collect personal information in the course of you enrolling in, or undertaking, the educational subjects and/or courses, this Privacy Policy must be read together with the End User Licence Agreement that governs such enrolment. Your enrolment in the educational subjects and/or courses is completely optional.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and if we do so, we will post any updated Privacy Policy on this website. We encourage you to check this website periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
- What we collect
We collect personal information about individuals who use our website and/or enrol in the educational subjects and courses provided by iTeachU. Generally, if appropriate, we will tell you why we are collecting personal information when we collect it and how we plan to use it, or these things will be obvious when we collect the information.
We usually collect personal information such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, birth date and educational history as necessary for us to provide our services. From time to time we may collect other information which is necessary to provide these services.
We may collect sensitive information (as defined in the Privacy Act), such as information about your membership of a professional association. If we do, we will seek your consent to collect it if required by law to do so.
If you choose not to provide certain personal information to us, we may not be able to provide you with the services you require.
- How we use personal information
We generally use and disclose your personal information to provide services to you and for our business operations, and for any other purposes for which it was collected, as well as for related purposes that would be reasonably expected by you (or otherwise as required or authorised by law). The following are the main types of personal information we collect and the main purposes for which it is collected.
- To provide and improve our products and services
We may collect information about you such as your name and contact information, including postal and email address to enable us to fulfil our obligations under any contract with you, to ensure that you meet eligibility requirements for receiving our services or participating in our courses, and to fulfil associated administrative and other functions.
- When you use this website
In general, you can use this website without giving us any information, unless you are interacting with us for purposes such as those described above. If you send information to any bulletin board, forum or newsgroup that may be available on this website, please remember that any information that you provide will become public and exercise caution in disclosing it.
Please read also the section below about the use of cookies on our website.
- As part of our general business operations
ITeachU also collects personal information about individuals who are, or are employed by, our suppliers (including service and content providers), contractors, dealers, related companies, agents, corporate customers and business partners. Generally, if appropriate, we will state why we are collecting personal information when we collect it and how we plan to use it, or these things will be obvious when we collect the information.
- Employees and contractors
When you apply for a job or contract with us we may collect certain information from you, from any recruitment consultant and from your previous employers and others who may be able to provide information to us to assist us in our decision on whether or not to make you an offer of employment or engage you under a contract. If you are made, and accept, an offer of employment with us this Privacy Policy will not apply to our acts and practices in relation to employee records about you as a current or former employee as those records are exempt from the Privacy Act.
If at any time you do not want us to use your personal information to send you any further information, you can always let us know by contacting ITeachU through the contact details given below.
Information that we collect about you is only held as long as it is needed for the purpose for which it is collected, or until any applicable legal obligations to hold the information end. We are legally required to keep records of all transactions that involve payment to us for seven years. We store such records securely, and it can be accessed only by authorised staff. Electronic records of transactions can only be accessed by authorised staff.
- Disclosure of your information
For the purposes described above, ITeachU may disclose your personal information:
- to our suppliers (including service and content providers), contractors, dealers, agents, and business partners who help us deliver a service or product to you;
- to our staff, consultants and advisers;
- to entities associated with ITeachU that help us provide and certify the educational subjects and courses supplied by ITeachU;
- to law enforcement and government agencies or officials;
- to anyone to whom our assets or business (or any part of it) is transferred;
- where you have otherwise consented; or
- as otherwise required or authorised by law.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the persons and organisations to whom we disclose personal information are bound to protect the privacy of that personal information.
We will not give your personal information to any outside organisations for the purpose of allowing them to market their goods or services to you unless you permit us to do so.
Please note that some of the persons to whom we disclose personal information may be situated outside Australia. Some of our promotional material may include photographs and other personal information about staff, students and visitors and may be made available to the public, including on the internet and outside Australia.
- Website
When you visit this website, we may record anonymous information about your visit and log the following information for statistical purposes and to allow us to develop better online services:
- your server address
- your operating system (for example Windows, Mac etc)
- your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
- the date and time of your visit to the site
- the pages accessed and the documents downloaded
- the previous site visited
- the type of browser used.
This information is not specific to an individual and is used for system administration purposes, as well as statistical analysis. While anonymous information does not tell us anything about you specifically, it tells us about how you use our site.
We make limited use of cookies on our website. We only use cookies to improve the functionality of our website, not to store any of your personal information.
A cookie is a small message given to your web browser by our web server. The browser stores the message in a text file, and the message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
When cookies are used on this site, they are used to store information relating to your visit such as a unique identifier, or a value to indicate whether you have seen a web page. They are used to distinguish your computer from other computers. This site will not store any personal information about you in a cookie that you have not provided to us.
Most Internet browsers are set up to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may be able to change the settings of your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your computer, giving you the choice whether to accept it or not.
Our website may include links to other websites. We include these as a service. This does not mean that we endorse all content that appears on linked sites. Linked websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy. You will need to refer to linked sites for information about their privacy policies.
- Security, Access and Complaints
We regard the security of your personal information as a priority and implement a number of physical and electronic measures to protect it. We remind you, however, that the Internet is not a secure environment and although all care is taken, we cannot guarantee the security of information you provide to us via electronic means.
We will provide you with access to most personal Information that we have about you, but sometimes that will not be possible, in which case we will tell you why. If you would like to access your information or to find out what information we have about you please contact us at the contact details given below.
When you request access, we may need to take measures to verify your identity. If you think that any personal Information we hold about you is not accurate, complete or up-to-date, you may request us to correct that information. We will take reasonable steps to correct such personal information unless we disagree with you about whether the information is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
- Contact us
If you would like more information about our approach to privacy please contact us:
ITeachU Limited
703 Silvercord, Tower 2, 30 Canton Rd, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
E-mail: support@iteachu.com