Privacy

Declaration/Conditions

Privacy – Front-Line collects and stores information from this form to:

• Manage the business of the Institute (including internal reporting, administrative processes and selection of scholarship and prize winners)
• Comply with the requirements if the Education Act 1989 and other legislation relating to maintenance of records and accountability for public funding.
• Supply information to government agencies and other organisations as set out below.

In signing this enrolment form you authorise such disclosure on the understanding that the Institute will observe conditions governing the release of information, as set out in the Privacy Act 1993, the Education Act 1989 and other relevant legislation. You may see any information held about you and amend any errors in that information. To do so, contact the Enrolments Office.
NB: The Privacy Act came into force on 1 July 1996 with the stated aim of protecting the privacy of natural persons. It requires the Institute to collect, hold, handle, use and disclose personal information in accordance with the twelve information privacy principles in the Act which can be viewed on the Privacy Commissioner’s web site: http://www.privacy.org.nz/.

Supply of Information to Government Agencies and Other Organisations
The Institute supplies data collected on this form to government agencies, including:

• The Ministry of Education.
• The New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
• The Tertiary Education Commission.
• The Ministry of Social Development (in relation to student loans and allowances) and Inland Revenue (student loans).
• Immigration New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (for those who are not New Zealand Citizens or permanent residents).
• Agencies who support particular students through scholarship, payments of fees or other awards (if you are recipient of one of these awards).

Those agencies use the data collected from tertiary education organisations to:

• Administer the tertiary education systems, including allocating funding.
• Develop policy and advice for government.
• Conduct statistical analysis and research.

Your personal details (name, date of birth and residency) entered on this form will be included in the National Student Index, if not already registered, and may be used in an authorised information matching programme with New Zealand Birth Register.
The government agencies above may supply data collected on this form to Statistics New Zealand for the purposes of integrating data with data collect by other government agencies, subject to the provisions of the Statistics Act 1975. Integrated data is used for the production of official statistics, to inform policy advice to government and for research purposes.
In the handling data supplied by you on this form, the government agencies are required to comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993.
When required by law, the Institute releases information to government agencies such as the New Zealand Police, Department of Justice, Ministry of Social Development, and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).
Information collected on this form may be supplied to other education organisations for the purpose of verifying academic records.
Fees – In signing this enrolment form you undertake to pay all fees as they become due, and to meet any late fees and collection charges associated with debt recovery. The Institutes policy on withdrawal and refund of fees may be obtained from Reception.

Rules –In signing this enrolment form you undertake to comply with the published rules and policies of Front-Line’s Terms and Conditions with regard to attendance, academic integrity and progress, conduct and use of information systems.

Identity – If you have supplied a National Student number on this enrolment form, and your National Student Index status is verified, you are deemed to have declared that you are the legitimate owner of the claimed identity.