Enginuity Online Training Privacy Policy
Purpose of this Privacy Policy
Enginuity Online Training respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly, securely and transparently.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, hold, use, disclose, protect and manage personal information when you:
- visit our website
- create an online training account
- purchase or access a course
- attend a webinar or virtual training session
- complete an assessment or quiz
- receive a certificate;
- make an enquiry
- subscribe to our communications
- participate in corporate training or
- otherwise interact with Enginuity Online Training.
We manage personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles to the extent that they apply to us. We also seek to follow those principles as a matter of good privacy practice.
Who We Are
Enginuity Online Training is operated by:
- Legal entity: First Leg Consulting Pty Ltd
- Trading name: Enginuity Online Training
- ABN: 14631181809
- Website Enginuitytraining.com.au Email: TBA
- Telephone: +61 459 081671
- Business or postal address: TBA
In this Privacy Policy, “Enginuity Online Training”, “Enginuity Training”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to the legal entity identified above.
Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through:
- the Enginuity Online Training website our learning management system course registration and checkout pages webinars and virtual meeting platforms; assessment and certification systems
- email, telephone and online enquiry forms; surveys and feedback forms;
- social media interactions
- public and corporate training bookings and
- authorised third-party service providers acting on our behalf.
This policy does not apply to the independent handling of personal information by third- party websites or services that are not controlled by us.
What Is Personal Information?
Personal information is information or an opinion about an identified individual or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.
The personal information we collect will depend on how you interact with us.
Identity and contact information
We may collect:
- your full name
- preferred name
- email address
- telephone number
- residential, business or postal address
- job title
- employer or organisation
- industry sector
- professional role and
- account username or participant identification details.
Account information
When you create an online training account, we may collect:
- your login credentials
account settings - communication preferences
- course enrolments
- access history
- account activity and
- password reset and security information.
Passwords should be stored in an encrypted or securely hashed form by our learning platform. We do not have access to your readable password where the platform operates as intended.
Purchase and transaction information
When you purchase a course or service, we may collect:
- billing name and address;
- products or courses purchased
- transaction date and amount
- invoice information
- discount or promotional code information
- purchase order details
- payment status and
- refund or account credit information.
Payments may be processed by an independent payment provider.
We do not ordinarily receive or retain complete credit or debit card details. Payment
providers may provide us with limited transaction information, such as the card type, the
last digits of the card, transaction status, and payment reference.
Course participation information
We may collect information about:
- courses commenced and completed
- lessons viewed
- course progress
- attendance at live sessions
- time spent within the learning platform
- downloads and resources accessed
- webinar participation
- discussion or chat contributions
- questions submitted to a presenter
- course expiry dates and completion status.
Assessment and certification information
Where a course includes an assessment, we may collect:
- answers submitted
- assessment attempt numbers
- scores and results
- pass or incomplete status
- dates and times of attempts
- feedback provided
- suspected assessment irregularities
- certificate issue dates
- certificate numbers and
- records required to verify a certificate.
Some assessments may be automatically marked against predetermined answers. An automated result may determine whether you have passed, must attempt an assessment again or qualify to receive a certificate.
You may contact us if you believe an automated assessment result is incorrect or has been affected by a technical problem.
Communications and support information
When you contact us, we may collect:
- the content of your enquiry
- correspondence and support history complaints and requested resolutions; technical support information
- telephone notes
- email records
- survey responses and
- feedback or testimonials.
Website and technical information
When you use our website or learning platform, we or our service providers may automatically collect:
- internet protocol address
- browser type
- device type
- operating system
- approximate geographic area
- referring website
- pages visited
- course pages viewed
- session duration
- access dates and times
- cookie and tracking identifiers
- error logs and
- security and fraud detection information.
Marketing information
We may collect:
- newsletter subscription details
- marketing preferences
- campaign engagement
- email opening or link activity, where enabled
- event interests
- course interests and
- records of consent or requests to unsubscribe.
Sensitive information
We do not generally require sensitive information to provide online training.
In limited circumstances, you may voluntarily provide information about:
- accessibility requirements
- dietary requirements for an in-person event
- illness or injury relevant to a cancellation or special arrangement or another matter requiring reasonable assistance or adjustment.
We will only collect sensitive information where it is reasonably necessary and where you have consented, or where collection is otherwise permitted or required by law.
Please do not provide unnecessary medical, legal, commercially sensitive or confidential project information through course discussions, assessments, surveys or support requests.
How We Collect Personal Information
We may collect personal information directly from you when you:
- create an account
- complete a registration or checkout form
- purchase a course
- submit an assessment
- attend a webinar
- complete a survey
- request a certificate
- contact us
- subscribe to a newsletter
- download a resource
- participate in a promotion or
- interact with us through social media.
We may also receive personal information from:
- your employer or organisation
- a person booking training on your behalf
- corporate training coordinators
- payment processors
- learning management providers
- webinar and virtual meeting providers
- website analytics providers
- email delivery platforms;
- certificate providers
- professional advisers
- referral partners and
- publicly available professional sources where appropriate.
Where an employer, client or other organisation enrols you, that organisation is responsible for ensuring it has authority to provide your information to us.
Anonymity and Pseudonyms
You may browse general sections of our website without identifying yourself.
You may also make a general enquiry using a preferred name where it is practical to do so.
However, we will usually require accurate identifying information where necessary to:
- create a secure course account.
- process a payment.
- enrol you in training.
- record assessment results.
- issue or verify a certificate.
- respond to an account-specific request.
- investigate misuse or
- comply with legal, taxation or recordkeeping requirements.
Certificates must ordinarily be issued in the participant’s correct name.
Why We Collect and Use Personal Information
We may collect, hold and use personal information to:
- provide and administer online training create and maintain participant accounts process enrolments, payments and refunds
provide access to purchased courses - monitor course progress
- administer and mark assessments
- issue and verify certificates
- provide webinars and virtual training
- communicate course instructions and updates
- respond to enquiries and support requests
- provide accessibility assistance
- manage corporate training arrangements
- maintain accounting and business records
- prevent fraud, misuse and unauthorised account sharing
- protect our systems, participants and intellectual property; investigate complaints or suspected misconduct; obtain and analyse participant feedback
- improve course content and website performance develop new courses and services
- conduct internal reporting and business analysis
- send marketing communications where permitted
- comply with legal and regulatory obligations
- establish, exercise or defend legal rights and
- manage a business restructure, transfer or sale.
We may use aggregated or de-identified information for reporting, course improvement and business planning where the information no longer reasonably identifies an individual.
Service and Course Communications
When you enrol in a course, we may send communications reasonably necessary to provide the service, including:
- account activation messages
- password reset messages
- payment receipts
- course access instructions
- webinar links
- assessment reminders
- course expiry notices
- changes to delivery arrangements
- certificate notifications
- security alerts and
- responses to support requests.
These are operational communications rather than promotional communications. You may not be able to opt out of essential messages while your account, enrolment or transaction remains active. Corporate training will be delivered in accordance with the accepted quotation or proposal.
Corporate and Employer-Funded Training
Where an employer, government agency, contractor, consultant or other organisation purchases training for you, we may provide that organisation with information reasonably connected with the training arrangement.
This may include:
- confirmation of enrolment
- attendance
- course commencement;
- completion status
- assessment status or result
- certificate issue information and
- administrative information needed to manage the booking.
We will not ordinarily provide detailed assessment answers, private support communications or unrelated personal information to the purchasing organisation unless:
- this was clearly explained as part of the training arrangement
- you have consented;
- disclosure is reasonably required under the relevant corporate agreement or
- disclosure is required or authorised by law.
Participants should review any internal privacy notices or training requirements issued by their employer or sponsoring organisation.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose personal information to parties that assist us in operating our business and delivering training, including:
- learning management system providers
- website hosting and cloud-storage providers
- payment processors
- accounting and invoicing providers
- email and customer communication providers
- webinar and videoconferencing providers
- certificate-generation providers
- website analytics and security providers
- course presenters and facilitators
- contractors providing administrative or technical support
- professional advisers, including accountants, insurers and lawyers
- regulators, courts, law-enforcement agencies and government authorities
- a purchaser or adviser involved in a proposed business sale or restructure and
- other parties where you have consented or disclosure is permitted or required by law.
Service providers are only authorised to handle personal information for the purposes for which it was provided or as otherwise permitted by their agreement with us and applicable law.
We do not sell participant contact details or assessment information to unrelated third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
Overseas Storage and Disclosure
Some technology and service providers used to operate our website, learning platform, payment systems, webinars, email communications, analytics or cloud storage may store or process information outside Australia.
The countries in which personal information may be stored or accessed may include:
- Australia;
- [United States]
- [New Zealand]
- [Singapore]
- [Ireland or other
- European Union locations] and
- [insert other countries used by actual providers]
The location of cloud-based information may change depending on the provider’s infrastructure and subcontractors.
Where required, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that overseas recipients handle personal information consistently with applicable Australian privacy requirements.
Before publishing this policy, the above country list should be checked against the current locations used by our website host, learning management system, payment provider, email service, webinar provider and other relevant services.
Direct Marketing
With your consent, or where otherwise permitted, we may use your contact details to tell you about:
- new training courses
- upcoming webinars
- downloadable resources
- newsletters
- relevant industry content
- special offers and
- Enginuity Training services.
Marketing communications will identify the sender and provide a means of unsubscribing.
You may opt out at any time by:
- using the unsubscribe link in the communication;
- changing your account preferences, where available; or
- contacting us using the details at the end of this policy.
We will process unsubscribe requests within the period required by applicable law.
Unsubscribing from marketing will not prevent us from sending essential account, transaction, security or course-delivery communications.
We do not use sensitive information for direct marketing without your consent.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website and learning platform may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small data files stored on a device or browser.
- They may be used to
keep you signed in - maintain course sessions
- remember account preferences
- process checkout activity
- protect the website from misuse
- understand website usage
- measure course and marketing performance
- dentify technical problems and
- improve website functionality.
Cookies may include:
Essential cookies
These are required for core functions such as secure login, account access, checkout and cybersecurity.
Preference cookies
These remember settings and improve the user experience.
Analytics cookies
These help us understand how people use our website and training platform.
Marketing cookies
Where used and permitted, these may help us measure campaigns or provide more relevant advertising.
You can control cookies through your browser settings and any cookie-management tool
made available on our website.
Blocking essential cookies may prevent parts of the website, checkout or learning platform from working correctly.
Third-party services may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Webinars, Recordings and Participant Contributions
A webinar or online training session may be recorded where this has been explained to participants before recording begins.
- A recording may capture:
a participant’s display name - voice
- image
- questions
- chat contributions or
- other information shared during the session.
Where practical, participants who do not wish to appear in a recording may be able to:
- keep their camera and microphone turned off
- use written questions;
- contact the presenter privately or
- view an alternative recording or course resource.
Participants must not disclose confidential, privileged, commercially sensitive or personal information during a webinar unless authorised to do so.
Recordings will only be used for the purposes explained at the time of collection, such as providing course access, internal quality review or creating training material with appropriate permission.
We will not use an identifiable participant testimonial, image or recording for promotional purposes without appropriate consent.
Automated Assessments
Online quizzes and assessments may be scored automatically using predetermined rules.
Automated processing may be used to:
- determine whether an answer is correct
- calculate a score
- record the number of attempts
- determine whether the required pass mark has been met
- provide standardised feedback and
- trigger certificate eligibility.
Automated assessment is not intended to make decisions about employment,
professional licensing, legal rights or a participant’s suitability for a specific project role.
- A participant may request that we investigate a result where they believe:
- the assessment did not operate correctly
- an answer was recorded incorrectly
- the platform failed during submission or
- the result is inconsistent with the published assessment rules.
Security of Personal Information
We take reasonable steps appropriate to the nature of the information and our operations to protect personal information from:
- misuse
- interference
- loss
- unauthorised access
- unauthorised modification and
- unauthorised disclosure.
Security measures may include:
- account authentication
- access controls
- encrypted connections
- password protection
- secure payment providers
- reputable cloud and learning-platform providers
- system updates
- data backups
- malware and security monitoring
- staff and contractor confidentiality requirements and
- restricting access to people who need the information for their work.
No internet transmission, website, email system or storage platform can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Participants are responsible for:
- protecting their login credentials
- using a strong and unique password
- logging out of shared devices
- not sharing course access and
- notifying us promptly of suspected unauthorised account activity.
Data Breaches
A data breach may occur where personal information is lost, accessed without
authorisation or disclosed without authorisation.
If we become aware of a suspected data breach, we will take reasonable steps to:
- identify what occurred
- contain the breach
- assess the affected information
- reduce the risk of harm
- investigate the cause
- improve relevant controls; and
- comply with applicable notification requirements.
Where the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme applies and a breach is likely to result in serious harm that cannot be prevented through remedial action, we will notify affected individuals and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as required.
Retention and Destruction
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and for legitimate business, contractual, legal, accounting, insurance and dispute-management requirements.
Different records may be kept for different periods.
For example:
- account information may be retained while an account remains active
- transaction and invoice records may be retained to meet financial and legal obligations
- course progress records may be retained while access remains available
- assessment and certificate records may be retained to confirm course completion and verify certificates
- support and complaint records may be retained while a matter remains open and for a reasonable period afterwards
- marketing information may be retained until consent is withdrawn or the
- information is no longer required and
- backup copies may remain temporarily within secure backup systems until they are overwritten through standard retention cycles.
When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete it, destroy it or permanently de-identify it, unless retention is required or permitted by law.
Accessing Your Personal Information
You may request access to personal information we hold about you.
To protect your information, we may need to verify your identity before providing access.
We will respond within a reasonable period and may provide access by:
- confirming information held
- providing an electronic copy
- allowing information to be viewed through your account or
- providing another appropriate form of access.
In some circumstances, access may be limited or refused where permitted by law. Where appropriate, we will explain the reason for the decision and available complaint options.
We will not ordinarily charge for making an access request. A reasonable charge may apply for substantial administrative work where permitted, but we will advise you before incurring the charge.
Correcting Your Personal Information
You may ask us to correct personal information that is:
- inaccurate
- incomplete
- out of date
- irrelevant or
- misleading.
You may be able to update certain information directly through your online account.
For other corrections, contact us using the details below.
We may need to verify your identity or request supporting information before changing significant records, including a participant’s name on an issued certificate.
Deleting an Account or Withdrawing Consent
You may ask us to close your account or withdraw consent for a particular use of your information.
Closing an account may result in the loss of:
- course access
- saved progress
- assessment history
- downloadable resources and
- access to certificates through the learning platform.
We may retain certain information after account closure where reasonably required for:
- transaction records
- certificate verification
- fraud prevention
- dispute resolution
- legal obligations or
- establishing or defending legal rights.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect handling that occurred lawfully before consent was withdrawn.
Third-Party Links and Services
Our website and course materials may contain links to:
- government resources
- legislation
- standards bodies
- industry publications
- video platforms
- professional websites or
- other third-party services.
We do not control the privacy, security or information-handling practices of independent third parties.
You should review the privacy policy of a third-party website or service before providing personal information.
Social Media
When you interact with Enginuity Online Training through a social media platform, both we and the platform provider may receive information about that interaction.
The platform provider will handle information under its own privacy policy and settings.
Please do not post personal, confidential, privileged or commercially sensitive information in public comments or messages.
Children and Young People
Enginuity Online Training is primarily designed for adults working in construction, infrastructure, contract administration, project delivery and related professional roles.
Our services are not directed to children.
A person under 18 should only create an account or enrol with the involvement and consent of a parent, guardian, employer, educational institution or other responsible adult.
If we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child without appropriate authority, we will consider reasonable steps to delete or appropriately manage that information.
Privacy Complaints
You may contact us if you believe that:
- we have mishandled your personal information
- your information has been disclosed without authority
- an access or correction request has not been properly addressed
- you have received marketing after opting out or
- we have not followed this Privacy Policy.
Please provide:
We will:
your name and contact details;
a description of the issue;
relevant dates;
supporting information; and
the outcome you are seeking.
- acknowledge the complaint within a reasonable period
- investigate the matter
- request further information where necessary and
- provide a response or proposed resolution.
We aim to resolve privacy complaints fairly and promptly.
If you are not satisfied with our response and the Privacy Act applies to the matter, you may be entitled to contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to:
- our courses and services
- our website or learning platform
- technology providers
- information-handling practices
- legal requirements or
- business operations.
The current version will be published on our website and will show the date it was last updated.
Where a change is material and affects existing participants, we may also provide notice by email, through the learning platform or by another reasonable method.
Contact Us
Questions, access requests, correction requests and privacy complaints should be
directed to:
Privacy Contact
Enginuity Online Training
Operated by: First Leg Consulting Pty Ltd
ABN: 14 631 181 809
Email: TBA
Telephone: +61 459 081 671
Postal address: TBA
Website: EnginuityTraining.com.au