Privacy notice - UTS Sport and Exercise Project Based Learning (PBL)

The University of Technology Sport and Exercise Project Based Learning (referred to as “PBL) is a not-for-profit teaching and learning experience that provides quality services to the community. PBL provides opportunities for students undertaking the UTS Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science degree in the Faculty of Health to gain experience in assessment, prescription and delivery of exercise to athletes/participants.

COLLECTING INFORMATION

Your personal and health information will be collected when you partake in PBL by our students in the initial assessment session. We will be collecting the following information:

  • Your name and contact details.
  • Testing results from initial and post testing sessions
  • Feedback about your progress in the program.
  • Emergency contact details

Collecting your information is necessary for us to determine your suitability for the program and so our students can carry out the most appropriate exercise assessments, prescription and delivery of the exercise program. Providing us your information is voluntary. However, if we do not receive the information required, it may compromise your participation in the program.

USING INFORMATION

Your information will be used:

  • To formulate exercise testing and programming
  • To assess the program’s effectiveness.
  • To investigate and/or manage adverse incidents, legal claims or complaints.
  • For other quality improvement and planning purposes. This includes for this activity, or broader and strategic planning.

For these purposes, your information will be accessible to enrolled 3rd-year Sport and Exercise Science students and their supervisors, as well as subject staff on a need-to-know basis.

DISCLOSING INFORMATION

Your information will only be disclosed with your written consent, unless:

  • It is subpoenaed by a court of law,
  • It is necessary to investigate and/or manage adverse incidents, legal claims or complaints,
  • Failure to disclose information would place you or another person at risk, or
  • Such information is legally required to be reported, or otherwise required or permitted by law.

MANAGING YOUR INFORMATION

Participant files and other material are held in a secure electronic format and retained to support you as a participant and to document the services provided. Your file will be kept for 7 years from your last contact, in accordance with our legal retention obligations.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to request access to your information and to request inaccurate information be corrected or updated. To request access to your information, or to update or correct your information, contact the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) team directly.

If you wish to withdraw from the program at any time please contact the WIL Team.

If you have any concerns about the management of your personal information, please inform the WIL Team at the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation. Further information on making a privacy complaint is also available on the UTS website’s privacy complaints page.

CONTACTS AND FURTHER INFORMATION

You can find further information about how PBL operates from our PBL Information Sheet (PDF, 112KB)

If you have any questions about this notice and how your information will be managed, in reference to the rights referred to above, please contact the WIL team directly:

  • via email SportExerciseClinic@uts.edu.au or
  • via phone on 0491 690 445 or 0419 799 861 Tuesday (1:00pm-6:00pm), Wednesday to Friday (8.00am to 6.00pm).

For further information about privacy and the university’s privacy contacts, see privacy at UTS.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.