SEDS privacy information
How we use your personal information when you register for Student Equity and Disability Services.
Reasons we collect your personal information
Student Equity and Disability Services (SEDS) collects information to:
- To determine eligibility for SEDS registration
- Inform available outcomes
- Develop and implement Academic Adjustment Plans (AAPs) including alternative exam arrangements and accessibility supports
- Inform reporting and planning activities. This includes government funding reporting requirements. This may inform student services improvements (non-identifying information only).
How we process your personal information
We will process your personal information as necessary for our legitimate interests, in accordance with applicable privacy laws, and only under the following circumstances:
- For the purpose for which it was collected; or
- A related purpose which you might reasonably expect; or
- Where you have consented to the processing; or
- If we are required or permitted to do so by law.
Collecting information
We collect your personal information directly from you. We may source some information from our student database, if necessary. We will validate curriculum and assessment details with the relevant faculty.
Sharing information
We will only share your personal information with the University of Melbourne staff members who are involved in assessing your application and in determining the appropriate outcomes.
The information may also be made available to authorised staff when it involves alternative exam arrangements and priority timetabling.
Where relevant, sharing of your Academic Adjustment Plan (AAP) with others such as academic staff will be done with your consent. If you choose not to share your AAP, this may limit what adjustments can be made.
Your SEDS registration is not listed on any academic transcripts or statements.
There may be some instances where your personal information may be transferred outside of Victoria or Australia (for example, where providers are located internationally or use a cloud-based system with servers based in international jurisdictions). We take all reasonable steps to ensure that the interstate or overseas transfer of personal information is in accordance with our privacy obligations as outlined in the University’s General Privacy Statement.
Choosing not to share your information
If you choose not to provide requested information, it may mean that your application is deemed ineligible and/or cannot be approved and implemented.
Further privacy information
Privacy statements
Refer our privacy statements:
These provide general information about how we process and protect personal information, including:
- Our lawful basis for processing personal information;
- Collection, use and disclosure of personal information;
- Accuracy, security and storage of personal information;
- Retention and disposal of personal information;
- Your individual rights; and
- Applicable privacy laws.
Your rights
You may request access to, or correction of, your personal information we hold, or exercise your individual rights as applicable under relevant privacy laws, unless this would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others or would contravene the University’s other legislative obligations.
If the lawful collection of your personal information is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of our processing of your information prior to you withdrawing your consent.
Privacy contacts
SEDS team
Contact Equity and Disability Support equity-disability@unimelb.edu.au
University’s Privacy and Data Protection Officer
Contact us to find out more about how the University manages personal information. Also, find details on how to make an enquiry and lodge a complaint.
- Refer to our Privacy webpage
- View the University's Privacy Policy
- Contact privacy-officer@unimelb.edu.au.
Last updated: Monday 16 June 2025.