The Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD) hosts this website on behalf of Skills Victoria. Accordingly, this privacy statement applies only to DIIRD and this particular website and is consistent with the Department’s privacy policy.
DIIRD’s privacy policy is available from the Privacy Officer at the contact details below.
DIIRD Privacy Officer
Level 31, 121 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, Vic, 3000, AUS
Tel: (+ 61 3) 9651 9749
Fax: (+ 61 3) 9651 9129
Email: privacy@diird.vic.gov.au
Similarly, if you are referred to any other third parties (public or private sector), it is your responsibility to check their privacy precautions.
DIIRD staff use personal information collected from forms and email enquiries to respond to individuals and discuss their particular enquiries.
Email addresses and any other contact details you provide will not be added to a mailing list without your consent.
Requests for access to documents containing personal information and held by Privacy Victoria are handled under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and can be addressed to:
Freedom of Information Officer
Level 31, 121 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, VIC, 3000, AUS
Tel: (+61 3) 9651 9749
Email: foi@diird.vic.gov.au
If the Freedom of Information Act is not applicable, DIIRD will examine whether access can be given under IPP6, the access principle under the Information Privacy Act.
We will not disclose your personal information to a third party without your consent, unless we are required or authorised to do so by law or other regulation. In the event of an investigation into suspected unlawful or improper activity, a law enforcement agency or government agency may exercise its legal authority to inspect the web server's records (eg. in relation to hacking or abusive messages).
This site uses 'cookies'. A cookie is a block of data that is shared between a web server and a user's browser. Cookies give the server information about a user's identity and website visiting patterns and preferences.
In using cookies, DIIRD does not record any personal information or collect names or details of commercial transactions. In addition, the Department does not use cookies as the basis for direct marketing.
The following non-personal information is automatically recorded by this site's web server for statistical and system administration purposes only:
To the extent that this data could make you identifiable, DIIRD will not attempt to identify individuals from the records the server automatically generates unless that is necessary to investigate a breach of law or regulation.
A web beacon is a small graphic image that is placed on a page or in an email which is used to the behaviour of the user. They are related to both clickstream data and cookies. When the HTML code for the Web beacon points to a site to retrieve the image, at the same time it can pass along information such as the IP address of the computer that retrieved the image, the time the Web beacon was viewed and for how long, the type of browser that retrieved the image and previously set cookie values.
Web beacons are used on this site for statistical purposes only, and no attempt will be made to identify you or your browsing activity.
This website currently uses Google Analytics as its web monitoring service provider.
The Privacy Officer and all employees of DIIRD have a statutory duty to deal with your personal information confidentially (Information Privacy Act, section 67).
This web site uses secure transmission facilities when appropriate. You should be aware that there are risks in transmitting information across the Internet. If you are concerned about conveying sensitive material to Skills Victoria over the Internet, you might prefer to contact us by telephone or mail.