All about privacy

• names and date of birth,
• address and contact details,
• health issues and cultural background,
• name of your child's school and year level,
• how your child is going at school, such as attendance, grades and support needs,
• any issues affecting your child's education.

If your child participates in a Smith Family program, like a reading program or Learning Club, we might ask them to fill in a survey or form to share their thoughts about the program and ideas for improvement.

If we ever plan to talk to your child directly when you're not with them (e.g. at school about starting Year 11 or 12 or post-school plans), we will ask for your consent separately.

If we have lost contact with you, we might need to ask the school for your most recent contact details.

We might also ask your child's school for information about:

• your child's attendance,
• their school report,
• whether your child is a good fit for one of our programs, or
• if they need any extra help.

We might ask the Education Department to for information such as:

• your child's attendance,
• how they are going with their schoolwork,
• if they change schools, and
• information related to their education.

The Education Department in each state/territory can share slightly different information. Your Family Partnership Coordinator will discuss what can be shared about your child with you.  

We might share the following information with your child's school:

• that your child is part of the Learning for Life Program,
• if your child is participating in one of our educational programs, or
• what support needs your child might have.

You can tell us if there are some things you don't want us to share with the school.

To collect information from the Education Department, we need to share with them some basic information about your child. This information includes your child's:

• name,
• gender,
• date of birth,
• school,
• year level, and
• home address.

We might share the following information with researchers:

• how many Learning for Life families or students don't have internet access or a working computer,
• how well students improved on our educational programs, e.g. our student2student reading program.

We need your information to enrol you and your child in the Learning for Life Program. If we can't collect, share and use this information, we cannot continue.

The information you share is also used to offer your children additional programs and support that are part of Learning for Life, e.g. our reading program.

You and your child can choose not to participate in any support or educational programs offered.

The information we collect from you and your children is used to determine what is helping their education or making it harder.

This helps us understand what changes or improvements we should make and what other programs or support we can provide.

When we share this information, we make sure we don't identify you or your children. We only share a summary of the information from many families and students.