Confidentiality

Personal Information

Information that you provide to Student Housing Services is confidential and will not be disclosed beyond our Service without your permission or unless permitted or required by law.

Student Housing Services may be obliged to disclose personal and identifying information without your permission if:

• there is concern of the possibility of you causing harm to yourself or to another person;
• we are legally obliged to do so.

Our Obligation

The University of Melbourne has a statutory obligation to comply with the Information Privacy Act (VIC) 2000 and the Health Records Act (VIC) 2001 in its treatment of personal and health information regarding students.

An individual has a right to gain access to their personal information held by the University.

The University's Privacy website provides detailed information about the contact details, complaints procedures and other aspects of the University's privacy regime.