If you are concerned that a University system may have been breached, contact the ICT helpdesk immediately on (02) 9351 2000 (select 2 for ICT) or ict.support@sydney.edu.au.
The University of Sydney is committed to protecting your privacy.
We will manage your personal information as required by the Privacy and Personal Information Protection 1998 (NSW), as well as the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) and international privacy laws where applicable.
Our website privacy statement applies to the personal information we collect from you when you visit or interact with a website we control (‘our websites’).
This statement describes the types of information we collect use and share through our websites, how to access or amend your information, how to enquire or make a complaint about our handling of your information, and how to opt-out of certain processing of your information by our service providers.
Read this statement together with our Privacy Policy and Privacy Procedures.
Personal information is any information that identifies you.
When you visit our websites, we will collect personal information about you in several ways.
We will use your personal information for the purpose for which we collected it or a directly related purpose.
We will share your personal information with third parties in certain circumstances.
The University has security measures in place to safeguard personal information from misuse, and unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure, including those in the University’s Cyber Security Policy 2019 (pdf, 218KB) and the Acceptable Use of ICT Resources Policy 2019 (243KB).
We retain your personal information in accordance with our Recordkeeping Policy 2017.
Our websites include links to several external websites operated by third parties. This privacy statement does not apply to external websites, and we recommend that you read the privacy information on those websites to understand how the owner or operator will handle your personal information.
We are not responsible for monitoring and reviewing content of external websites, nor do we endorse, approve or recommend the content, owners or operators of websites and applications available through this website.
Under NSW privacy laws, you have the right to request access to and correct any personal information concerning you held by the University.
If you live or are located outside Australia, you may have additional rights including:
to restrict or object to our handling of your personal information
to withdraw your consent to our handling of your personal information at any time
to object to direct marketing (including any profiling) at any time
to the erasure of your personal information, if we no longer have lawful basis to handle it
to the portability of your personal information
Information about requesting access to or amending your information can be found on the Accessing University information page.
You have the right to complain if you think the University has breached your privacy in the way it has handled your personal information. Complaints, also known as applications for internal review, should be made in writing within six months from when you first become aware of the breach.
You can use the privacy complaint form (pdf, 109KB) to make your complaint.
For further Information about making a complaint, please visit: Privacy at the University - The University of Sydney.