Venture Exchange Program Future Food 2.0 
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. 

Collection, use and disclosure 

Your personal information, including your full name, email address and mobile number, is being 
collected for the purposes of conducting the CSIRO Venture Exchange program (“Program”), and 
related scientific research. 

CSIRO may also collect your sensitive information, including information about your ethnicity and 
gender to determine whether you are an Indigenous Australian, ethnic or female led business. 

Other sensitive information may also 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 Program. By participating in 
the Program you consent to the use of images, audio and/or video recordings taken of you during 
the Program being used for promotional and social media purposes. 

CSIRO may disclose your personal information to third parties including relevant Australian 
government entities (including AusTrade, DFAT), suppliers, mentors, coaches, experts, corporates, 
sponsors, industry partners and research institutes for the purposes of assessing eligibility to 
participate in the program and for the purposes of delivering, and monitoring and evaluating the 
Program. By virtue of your participation, your personal information may be disclosed to other 
participants during your attendance at program activities. 

The Program includes several travel components (domestic and international). Your personal 
information may be used to facilitate travel arrangements and or travel cost reimbursements for 
you. 

Overseas disclosures 

Due to the international aspect of the Program, our partnerships with suppliers, mentors, coaches, 
experts, corporates and industry partners may involve the transfer of your personal information to 
servers located outside Australia (and in particular those located in Singapore). Overseas disclosure 
of your personal information may occur for the purpose of assessing applications to participate in 
the Program, or during your attendance at components of the Program delivered internationally, 
such as your attendance at seminars and events. The Program is delivered through a mix of online 
and in-person modes of delivery, with several travel components (domestic and international) to 


bring participants in the cohort together. As a result, your personal information will be disclosed to 
overseas recipients (including CSIRO, relevant Australian government entities, suppliers, mentors, 
coaches, experts, corporate and industry partners) for the purposes of facilitating participation in 
the Program. This Program also utilises software from Intersective Pty Ltd trading as ‘Practera’ to 
assist with the delivery of the Program. While CSIRO has taken steps to ensure that your personal 
information is stored in Practera 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 Program, 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 Program. 

Project outputs and re-identifiable information 

Results from the Program 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 Program 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 Program 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 Practera generally handle personal information, please refer to their general 
privacy policies: 

• Practera Privacy Policy