Last Updated: April 29, 2026
Collection Notice
This Collection Notice explains how CourseMatch Pty Ltd (ACN 693 408 409) of GPO Box 1008, Brisbane QLD 4001 ("CourseMatch", "we", "us" or "our") collects personal information in connection with the CourseMatch platform and related services.
CourseMatch operates an online service that helps secondary school students explore post-school study and career pathways, including through personality, trait, career and course matching.
This Collection Notice applies to personal information collected through the CourseMatch website, platform and user dashboard, account registration and login, assessment activities and related user inputs, school-based access arrangements and direct access codes, enquiries, support requests and feedback, and other communications and dealings with CourseMatch.
This Collection Notice is intended to notify individuals of the matters required by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles, including APP 5.
Table of contents
1. Who Collects Personal Information
The entity collecting personal information is:
CourseMatch Pty Ltd
ACN 693 408 409
GPO Box 1008, Brisbane QLD 4001
Email: contact@coursematch.au
Website: www.coursematch.au
2. Direct Collection from Students
CourseMatch collects personal information directly from students and determines the purposes and means of handling that information.
Schools may facilitate student access to the Platform, but:
- schools do not provide student personal information to CourseMatch as part of the ordinary operating model;
- schools do not control how CourseMatch handles information collected by CourseMatch through the Platform; and
- schools do not act as a data controller or processor in relation to CourseMatch-held student data.
3. What Personal Information CourseMatch Collects
CourseMatch collects personal information that is reasonably necessary for its functions and activities.
The personal information collected may include the following.
3.1 Account information
- name;
- personal email address;
- school email address, where registration occurs through a school;
- date of birth;
- password;
- year group, where registration occurs through a school; and
- gender, where provided optionally on a self-reported basis.
3.2 Assessment and platform information
- responses to personality, trait, career and course matching assessments;
- results, summaries and recommendations generated through the Platform;
- written responses entered into free-text fields;
- progress information, including when assessment components are started and completed; and
- account and platform activity records.
3.3 Feedback and communications
- ratings, feedback and comments submitted through the Platform;
- enquiries and correspondence sent to CourseMatch; and
- records of support requests and related communications.
3.4 Technical information
- session cookie information used to keep users logged in;
- IP address, where collected for security and audit purposes for certain access methods; and
- limited system and access information necessary to operate, secure and maintain the Platform.
CourseMatch does not collect detailed behavioural data such as mouse movements or individual keystrokes.