Personal information is defined as any information that would allow an individual to be identified. Personal information can be an opinion, which need not be true, or anything from which the person’s identity could be reasonably ascertained. Common examples of personal identifiers are name, date of birth, and physical characteristics.
IAUSS only collects and holds a party’s personal information to provide services to that party. For example, IAUSS may collect your personal information to enable you to participate in an IAUSS promotion or to allow IAUSS to market its programs and services to interested parties.
IAUSS tries to collect personal information directly from you. That collection generally occurs when you:
1) Request information from, or have dealings directly with IAUSS or one of its host or partner universities;
2) Participate in a program or promotion conducted by IAUSS or one of its host or partner universities;
3) Participate in a survey conducted by IAUSS or one of its host or partner universities;
4) Access or request information from IAUSS’s website or the website of one of its host or partner universities;
5) Inquire about potential job opportunity or partnership interest; or
6) Provide information to IAUSS’s customer service call centre.
In some circumstances however, IAUSS may also collect your personal information from other entities covered by this policy or third parties, but where it does so, it will ensure that it acts in strict accordance with relevant privacy laws. IAUSS will take reasonable steps in the circumstances (if any) to ensure that you are aware of the purposes for which it collects your personal information.
IAUSS uses your personal information for the purpose it was collected, including (but not limited to):
Providing you with the IAUSS programs or services you request;
Promoting and marketing IAUSS’s current and future programs and services (including to you);
Contacting you for potential career or partnership interest;
Informing you of upcoming events, special promotions and offers, discounts and other matters which IAUSS considers may be of interest to you;
Conducting research (including but not limited to client surveys) concerning IAUSS’s current and future programs or services;
Improving the operation or navigation of IAUSS’s website.
IAUSS may also use your personal information for other purposes which are related to those listed above and which will be made clear to you at the time IAUSS collects that information, or for such purposes as may be required or permitted by law.
If IAUSS uses your personal information for direct marketing purposes, all correspondence sent to you by IAUSS will give you the opportunity to “opt out” of receiving any further direct marketing correspondence. If we use your personal information to send you any direct marketing communications, you have the right to request that we provide you with the source of that personal information. There is no fee for requesting this information. Unless it is impracticable or unreasonable to do so, we will provide you with the source of the personal information.
All information collected is for the purposes of the operations of IAUSS or where dictated by legislative guidelines. For example, administering and managing the services provided to prospective and current students, including admissions, enrolment, education, billing, maintaining our information technology services, data storage, marketing the services of IAUSS and its related entities/partners, hiring and managing employees and contractors, providing travel advice and evaluating and improving service provision. IAUSS may use personal information to contact the discloser by mail, email, SMS or telephone. IAUSS may engage other companies to provide services, who will need access to personal information to perform the service.
IAUSS may be required to collect and disclose information during a student’s admission and enrolment to an IAUSS program in order to meet obligations under a range of legislative requirements.
Individuals can obtain information about personal information which IAUSS may hold about them by contacting our representatives. IAUSS will take reasonable steps to ensure personal information is accurate, though individuals can also contact us to request amendments to the personal information held about them.
Requests for access to personal information must be made in writing to us, at contact@iauss.org. IAUSS reserves the right to recover reasonable costs associated with providing information requested.
IAUSS takes reasonable steps to ensure personal information it holds about you is protected from risks such as misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, use, destruction, modification or disclosure. However, no system is 100% secure and to the extent permitted by law, IAUSS excludes any liability in contract or otherwise for any security breach.
IAUSS takes all reasonable steps to destroy hard copies of personal information that is no longer required, and destruction of personal information is undertaken by secured means.
IAUSS reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy when needed. If IAUSS changes this Privacy Policy, it will post a copy of the updated policy on this website and your continued use of this website or interactions with IAUSS following that posting will constitute your acceptance of the terms of the updated policy.