National Privacy Principles

The National Privacy Principles established by the Privacy Act 1988 apply to Horner Recruitment.

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;
• 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;
• Payroll details of all working Candidates.

Purposes for which We Hold Personal Information

We primarily hold personal information for the following:

• Recruitment activities;
• Temporary staff management;
• Client and business relationship management;
• Marketing;
• Providing candidate details to prospective employers;
• Payroll / Superannuation.

Disclosures

We may disclose your personal information for the purpose for which it is primarily held or for a related secondary purpose as outlined in the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000.

Furthermore 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

Our contractors may see some of your personal information. Typically our contractors would include:

• I.T. contractors and database designers;
• Recruitment contractors.

Inquiries and Complaints

You can make further inquiries or complaints about our privacy policies to our Privacy Coordinator whose contact details are:

Peter Langford
Level 8, 160 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone (03) 9604 2800, Fax (03) 9604 2828.
Email: peter.langford@horner.com.au

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

Access

Subject to the exemptions that are set out in the National Privacy Principles, you can gain access to the personal information that we have on file.

Access may be declined if it would interfere with the privacy rights of other persons or if it breaches any confidentiality that attaches to that information.

If you wish to obtain access to your personal information you should contact Peter Langford, our Privacy Coordinator. You will need to be in a position to verify your identity.

Charges may apply for accessing information.

Your information will be retrieved in a timely and efficient manner.