Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the services offered by Kids Central Early Learning Centre and is not intended to limit or exclude your rights under the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth).

1. Personal information

Kids Central ELC is committed to safeguarding personal privacy. It recognises that individuals have a right to control how their personal information is collected and used. Providing personal information is an act of trust and it is taken seriously. Unless given consent to do otherwise, Kids Central ELC will only collect and use personal information as set out below.

2. Collecting personal information

Kids Central ELC will not collect or monitor any personal information about an individual without their consent. The only personal information collected is what has been provided voluntarily.

Kids Central ELC will only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary for Kids Central ELC to fulfil the services or activities of Kids Central ELC. As an approved education and care provider, Kids Central ELC is required to collect some personal information under law, under the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations, Family Assistance legislation and Public Health legislation.

If you do not wish for your personal information to be collected you should discuss this with a Kids Central ELC employee. Kids Central ELC employees will act strictly in accordance with this policy and will be happy to discuss the reasons for seeking to collect your personal information. They will also discuss with you any consequences of not providing your personal information, or providing incomplete or inaccurate personal information, which may include an effect on what services Kids Central ELC can provide to you.

3. Use of tracking technologies

Kids Central ELC uses tracking technologies such as cookies or web beacons to make use of the website and services as convenient as possible. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to a computer’s hard disk for record keeping purposes. Most web browsers are set to accept tracking technologies such as cookies or web beacons. These tracking technologies do not themselves personally identify users, although they do identify a user’s browser.

4. Using and disclosing your personal information

Kids Central ELC collects personal information of parents and guardians, children, employees and stakeholders for the primary purposes of providing early childhood education and care services and advocating for the well-being, protection and development of children. Kids Central ELC will only use your personal information for the purpose it was collected or a reasonably expected or related secondary purpose.

For the purpose described above, information may be shared with Kids Central ELC group or associate companies either in Australia or overseas. Also, in order to operate the web site or deliver a service, personal information may also be shared with a service provider, which may be a business or company that is not related to Kids Central ELC.

Kids Central ELC will not otherwise disclose personal information to a third party for any other purpose without your consent unless it is authorised or required by law.

5. Contact by Kids Central ELC

Kids Central ELC may contact individuals using the information, which was provided by them in order to:

  • Provide information that may be of interest about the childcare industry and developments, new Kids Central ELC services, special offers and other matters that may be of interest.

  • To send newsletters.

  • To send marketing material and promotional offers.

If Kids Central ELC has collected your information directly from you and we believe you reasonably expect us to, we will use or disclose your personal information to communicate directly with you to promote our services. Kids Central ELC will provide you with a way to easily opt out of receiving direct marketing messages, and will stop sending direct marketing communications if you ask us to.

6. Individual’s right of access

Individuals have the right to review the information that may be recorded on Kids Central ELC’s database. Information may be reviewed by contacting Kids Central ELC.

If at any time you believe that Kids Central ELC’s record of your personal information is incorrect, please let Kids Central ELC know.  We will take reasonable steps to correct the information so that it is accurate, complete and up to date.
In some circumstances which are prescribed by the Privacy Act, such as where to do so might put a person at risk of harm or have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others, Kids Central ELC may decline access to personal information. If your request for access is denied, Kids Central ELC will provide you with a reason.

7. Kids Central ELC and links to other web sites

Kids Central ELC provides links to web sites outside of the Kids Central ELC site. These linked sites are not under the control of Kids Central ELC, and Kids Central ELC is neither responsible for the conduct of companies linked to the Kids Central ELC web site, nor for the performance or otherwise of any content and/or software contained in such external websites.

8. Problems or queries

Queries relating to the Privacy Policy, or any problems or complaints may be directed to:

Attention: Owner
Kids Central Early Learning Centre
(02) 8112 5000
79 Swan Road, Edensor Park NSW 2176