Privacy
National Privacy Principles
The Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 regulates the way private sector organisations (including contract and recruitment agencies) can collect, use, keep secure and disclose personal information. Peoplebank Australia is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information and we have outlined what type of information we retain and the purpose for which we use this information.
Type of Personal Information Held
Personal information that we collect and hold usually falls into the following categories
- Candidate Information submitted and obtained from the Candidate and other sources in connection with applications for work
- Work performance information
- Information about incidents in the workplace
- Staff information
- Information submitted and obtained in relation to absences from work due to leave, illness or other causes
- Information obtained to assist in managing client and business relationships
Purposes for which we hold Personal Information
We primarily hold personal information for the following:
- Placement Options
- Recruitment
- Staff Management
- Training
- Client and Business Relationship Managment
- Marketing
Disclosures
We may disclose your personal information for the purposes for which it is primarily held or for a related secondary purpose.
In some cases we may only disclose information with your consent. We may disclose your personal information where we are under a legal duty to do so, including circumstances where we are under a lawful duty of care to disclose information.
Contractors
We contract out a number of services from time to time. Our contractors may see some of your personal information. Typically our contractors would include I.T. contractors and database designers.
Inquiries and Complaints
You can make further inquiries or complaints about our privacy policies to our Privacy Co-ordinator whose contact details are:
Email: privacy@ambitengineering.com.au
Access
Subject to some exceptions that are set out in the National Privacy Principles, you can gain access to the personal information that we hold about you.
We do refuse access if it would interfere with the privacy rights of other persons or if it breach any confidentiality that attaches to that information.
If you wish to obtain access to your personal information you should contact our Privacy Co-ordinator. You will need to be in a position to verify your identity.
We might impose a moderate charge in providing access. Our Privacy Co-ordinator would discuss this with you.
You should also anticipate that it may take a little time to process your application for access as there may be a need to retrieve information from storage and review information in order to determine what information may be provided.
