Student Consent to Disclosure of Information to other Organisations

The VCAA Privacy Notice for Students informs students:

• that the VCAA is collecting their personal information, and how to contact the VCAA
• of the purposes of collection of their personal information
• of the organisations to which their personal information will be disclosed and the purpose of this disclosure.

The two organisations to which student personal information is disclosed are the student's home school, and assessing school where appropriate, and to Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC).

The Privacy Notice also states that the VCAA will not provide identifiable student data to any other person or organisation without the consent of the individual student, unless required by law or regulation to do so.

Organisations to which Student Information is Divulged

There are several organisations for which student personal information is divulged if the student provides their signed consent. Following is a summary of the organisations for which students may authorise release of their personal information:

Which students?	Organisation	Purpose
VCE	Victorian daily newspapers	Publication of study scores of 40 or greater
	Government Departments Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Department of Education Science and Training	On-Track project (www.sofweb.vic.edu.au) Premier's VCE Award Australian Students Prize
VCAL	Government Departments Depatment of Education and Early Childhood Development	VCAL Awards On-Track project (www.sofweb.vic.edu.au)
	Victorian daily newspapers	Publication of study scores of 40 or greater and VCAL results
IB	Government Departments Department of Education Science and Training (Commonwealth)	Australian Students Prize On-Track project (www.sofweb.vic.edu.au)
Year 10	Department of Education Science and Training (Commonwealth)	On-Track project (www.sofweb.vic.edu.au)

Schools are advised to have procedures in place to ensure that students understand the consequences of not signing for disclosure of their personal information to these organisations.

Student Personal Details Forms

The forms to be used for this purpose are available to schools through VASS:

• VCE Student Personal Details
• VCAL Student Personal Details
• Year 10 Student Personal Details