Privacy statement

Your personal information is protected by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). CSIRO will handle your information in accordance with this Act and the National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023), or as otherwise required by law.

Your personal information, including your full name, email address and mobile number, is being collected for the purposes of conducting the India Australia Commercialisation Technology Challenge (the “Challenge”), and related scientific research.

Sensitive information may be collected, including images, audio and/or video recordings of you for the purposes outlined above, including during your attendance at interviews and webinars, or for use in promotional materials in connection with the Challenge. By participating in the Challenge you consent to the use of images, audio and/or video recordings taken of you during the Challenge being used for promotional and social media purposes.

CSIRO may disclose your personal information to third parties including relevant Australian government entities (including DCCEEW, AusTrade, DFAT), suppliers, mentors, coaches, experts, corporates, sponsors, industry partners and research institutes, and international partners, for the purposes of assessing eligibility to participate in the Challenge and for the purposes of delivering and monitoring and evaluating the Challenge. By virtue of your participation, your personal information may be disclosed to other participants during your attendance at Challenge activities. Critical to the Challenge is participation of personnel of Indian industry. The Challenge activities will be delivered through a mix of online and in-person modes of delivery, with several travel components (domestic and international) to bring participants together. As a result, your personal information will be disclosed to overseas recipients (including Indian industry, Atal Innovation Mission (the Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country), suppliers, mentors, coaches, experts, corporates and industry partners) for the purposes of facilitating participation in the Challenge.

Overseas disclosure of your personal information will occur for the purpose of assessing applications to participate in the Challenge, to introduce you to Indian industry stakeholders and during your attendance at components of the Challenge delivered internationally, such as your attendance at seminars and events.

AIM and Indian industry stakeholders are based in India and use servers located outside of Australia. Our collaboration with AIM and Indian industry stakeholders means your personal information will be disclosed to AIM and nominated Indian industry stakeholders, and will accordingly be accessed and used overseas for the purpose of delivering the Challenge. As a result, your personal information may be stored on servers which are located outside Australia, in order to facilitate AIM and Indian industry stakeholder’s usage and access to information as part of the Challenge.

The Challenge will be supported and delivered by relevant Australian government entities (including DCCEEW, AusTrade, DFAT), suppliers, mentors, coaches, experts, corporates, sponsors and industry partners. These entities may have access to your personal information for the purpose of assessing applications, Challenge delivery, and monitoring and evaluating components of the Challenge.

This project is also partnering with Creative Force Ltd/Award Force Pty Ltd, specifically through the ‘Good Grants’ platform to assist with the delivery of the Challenge. CSIRO may also engage a consultant to conduct monitoring, evaluation and learning in respect of the Challenge. These providers will collect some personal information about you on CSIRO’s behalf (and may share this information with CSIRO) for the purposes of administering the Challenge. While CSIRO has taken steps to ensure that your personal information is stored in Good Grants servers based in Australia, it cannot completely remove the risk that your personal information may be transferred to servers located outside of Australia.

By participating in the Challenge, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to overseas recipients (located outside of Australia) and you acknowledge that, once transferred overseas, your personal information may not be subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act. If you have any concerns about this, you should not participate in the Challenge.

Results from the Challenge will be de-identified and/or aggregated and published/presented or shared in a variety of forums and with third parties. This includes presentations to collaborators, sponsors, corporates and industry partners to demonstrate Challenge outcomes and impacts.

While CSIRO will make all attempts to ensure you cannot be reidentified from the information contained within the publications, this risk can never be completely removed. It is possible that you may be able to be reidentified within the publications due to the small number of participants in the Challenge or due to unique information known to an individual such as personal friend/acquaintance/colleague.

Your personal details including your name will only be published with your explicit consent.

For further information on how CSIRO handles your personal information and our access, correction and complaints process please read our Privacy Policy or by contacting us at privacy@csiro.au.

For information about how Good Grants generally handle personal information, please refer to their general privacy policies:

Creative Force Privacy Policy (operating the Good Grants cloud software)