7. Copyright and privacy

7.1 Using your material

NESA publishes a range of educational materials based on the HSC exams to help teachers and students understand the required standards. These materials include samples of de-identified students’ work and may be in printed or electronic form.

NESA may use your original HSC exam responses, in our educational publications, this includes:

• performances
• language-speaking exams
• submitted works.

7.2 Giving your details to other organisations

The Technical Committee on Scaling calculates your ATAR for UAC. We will give the personal details and HSC results of all NSW HSC students to this committee and UAC, to undertake annual ATAR calculations.

With your consent, we will also give your Year 10 and Year 11 grades to UAC to help with early offers under the Schools Recommendation Scheme. This consent is recorded on your Confirmation of Entry.

We also provide your contact details and school results to the NSW Department of Education to allow the Department to conduct research and surveys related to its functions. The sharing of information for this purpose is authorised by section 16 of the Education Standards Authority Act 2013 (NSW).  You will not be identified in any publications resulting from the research or survey. Please note that participation in surveys is optional.

Your school or TAFE and your school sector (for example, the Department of Education or Catholic Schools NSW), if applicable, can also access information about your results.

7.3 Recognising your achievement

We publish HSC merit lists on our website and give these lists to some media outlets. These lists show the name, school and course of all students who, for example, achieve an HSC mark in the top band in any course. We do not give any other students’ names or results to the media.

We also give student details to several organisations to:

• award prizes or scholarships, or
• recognise high achievement in other ways.

You can ask us to keep your details confidential by requesting a privacy flag for your records. If you do, your name will not be:

• published in our merit lists, or
• given to the media or any organisation that awards prizes for HSC achievement.

You can see our privacy policy.

If you need more information on HSC privacy issues, email privacy@nesa.nsw.edu.au. To request a privacy flag, email Student Records at records@nesa.nsw.edu.au.