Can the Institute collect third party information form students e.g., parents date of birth/education?
Section 34 of the Act governs the collection of personal information. In order for the Institute to collect such information about third parties, it would have to be able to prove that the information was necessary to determine or verify the eligibility of the student to participate in a program of receive a benefit, service or product from the Institute (section 34(1)(k)). If it cannot do this, then the parents would have to authorize collection by the Institute from their son or daughter, or the information would have to be collected directly from the parents (e.g., credit cared information). The Institute should take care to collect only that information which is related directly to and necessary for student admission and attendance at the Institute. Can the Institute disclose to a parent or spouse information about whether their child or spouse is enrolled as a student at the Institute? Yes. Such disclosure would not be considered an unreasonable invasion of the student’s personal
