Recruitment Partners

Recruitment Partners - Professional Recruitment Firm in Perth Australia for Major Global Recuritment Consultancy and International Recruitment Consultancy in the Recruitment Industry Privacy

Statement of intent:

Our Privacy Policy has been created as a result of The Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000. The policy adheres to the National Privacy Principles regulating the collection, storage, access to, use of, disclosure and de-identification of personal information.

What is your personal information?

Personal information is any information or an opinion (whether true or not) about you. It may range from the very sensitive (e.g. medical history and condition) to the everyday (e.g. address and phone number). It could include the opinions of others about your work performance (whether true or not), your work experience and qualifications, aptitude test results and other information obtained by us in connection with your possible work placements. Personal information includes sensitive information.

What is sensitive information?

Sensitive information is a special category of personal information. It is information or opinion about your:

Racial or ethnic origin;
Political opinion;
Membership of a political association or religious beliefs, affiliations or philosophical beliefs;
Membership of a professional or trade association or membership of a trade union;
Sexual preferences or practices;
Criminal record;
Health or disability (at any time);
Expressed wishes about the future provision of health services.

Sensitive information can, in most cases, only be disclosed with your consent.

What type of personal information can be collected?

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 positions;
Information obtained to assist in managing client and business relationships.

For what purpose do we hold personal information?

We primarily hold personal information for the following purposes:

Executive permanent recruitment
General permanent recruitment
Client and business relationship management;
Client and candidate marketing

How will your information be collected?

Personal and sensitive information will be collected from you directly from any written documentation you freely give us to access or verbal information you have shared through an interview process.

Personal and sensitive information will also be collected when:

We receive any reference about you;
We receive results of inquiries that we might make of your former employers, work colleagues, professional associations or registration body;
We receive the results of any competency or medical test;
We receive performance feedback (whether positive or negative);
We receive any complaint from or about you in the workplace;
We receive any information about a workplace accident in which you were involved;
We receive any information about an insurance investigation, litigation, registration or professional disciplinary matter, criminal matter, inquest or inquiry in which you are involved;
You provide us with any additional information about you.

Who will be collecting your personal and sensitive information?

Your personal and sensitive information will be collected by any employee or contractor of GSMB Holdings Pty Ltd trading as Recruitment Partners. The information will be for its own use and for those who might require access to your personal and sensitive information in connection with your employment placement.

When will your information be used?

Your personal and sensitive information may be used in connection with:

Your actual or possible employment placement;
Our assessment of your ongoing prospects;
Any psychological/personality test or skills assessment that you might be required to undergo;
Our management of any complaint, investigation or inquiry in which you are involved.
Any claim or proposal that requires disclosure of your personal or sensitive information.

Who will my personal and sensitive information be disclosed to?

Actual and potential employers and clients of Recruitment Partners;
Referees;
Any professional association or registration body that has a proper interest in the disclosure of your personal and sensitive information;
Our contractors and suppliers - eg our IT contractors and/or database designers;
Any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information.

What if I choose not to give you the information you seek?

If you do not give us the information we seek:

We may be limited in our ability to locate suitable employment for you;
We may be limited in our ability to place you in a client's employ.

Where and to whom do I make further inquiries or complaints?

You can make further inquiries about our privacy policy or direct complaints to our Privacy Officer whose contact details are as follows:

Geoff Mitchell-Burden
Director
Recruitment Partners
Phone:(08) 9389 7277
Email: inquiries@rp.net.au

You can also make complaints to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner.

Can I correct information you hold if it is wrong?

Subject to some exceptions which are set out in the National Privacy Principles (Principle 6 - Access and Correction), you have a right to see and have a copy of personal and sensitive information about you that we hold.

If you are able to establish that personal or sensitive information that we hold about you is not accurate, complete or up to date, we will take reasonable steps to correct it so that it is accurate, complete and up to date. If we are unable to agree that personal or sensitive information that we hold about you is accurate, complete and up to date, you may ask us to place with the information a statement by you that claims that particular information is not accurate, complete and up to date.

If you wish to exercise your rights of access and correction you should contact our Privacy Officer whose details are shown above.

Your consent to collection, use and storage of your personal and sensitive information:

By providing us with your CV you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as contemplated by this privacy statement.

Our Compliance with the Legislation

GSMB Holdings Pty Ltd (trading as Recruitment Partners) is committed to their obligation to safeguard the personal information of their candidates and clients. Our Privacy Policy formalises and strengthens this commitment and demonstrates our full compliance with the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) in the Privacy Act 1998

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