Privacy Policy

a&co Recruitment Partners is committed to maintaining privacy when dealing with personal information. We believe that respect for your privacy forms part of the ongoing trust we wish to develop with you. a&co is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (and

subsequent amendments). The Australian Privacy Principles set out the way in which organisations can collect, use, keep secure and disclose personal and sensitive information. It also gives individuals the right to know what information an organisation holds about them and the right to correct that information if it is wrong. Further information on the Australian Privacy law is available from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

(www.oaic.gov.au)

Our Privacy Policy outlines how we manage the personal information provided by clients, individuals, job applicants and prospective employees and details the following:

• Definition of Personal Information
• Collection of Information
• Use and Disclosure of Information
• Access to Information
• Security of Information
• Inquiries and Complaints

DEFINITION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

‘Personal information’ is defined as information which identifies you as an individual, or from which your identity can be determined and may include

any personal information or opinions about you, whether true or not, no matter how the information or opinions are recorded.

KINDS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOLD

a&co may collect and store personal information about you and this may consist of:

Information submitted and obtained from you relating to previous employment

• Qualifications and professional affiliations
• Work performance information
  
• Information and opinions from referees
• Results of testing relating to particular applications

HOW WE COLLECT AND HOLD INFORMATION

We collect personnel information when you interact with a&co and use our services as a recruitment company. This is typically through your application for a new job.

We store personal information in electronic and hard copy format.

• Placement operations
• Recruitment
• Staff management
• Training
• Client and business relationship management
• Marketing
• Disclosures

We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ('third parties') who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. While most of the personal information we collect about you is retained in country in which it was collected, there are circumstances where we provide personal information to overseas recipients. We have contracts in place with our third parties, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct.

YOUR ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You may request access to or update or to delete your personal information held at a&co Recruitment Partners by contacting us directly, subject to some exceptions that are set out in relevant legislation such as the Privacy Act. We do refuse access if it interferes with the rights of other persons or breaches any confidentiality that attaches to that information.

To make a request to access your personal information, you will need to complete an application form verifying your identity and specifying what

information you require. This will be provided when requested. We will impose a small charge in providing access to your information to cover

administration costs.

COOKIES

Our website uses server logs and web analytic tools (such as “cookies”). Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your device by websites that you visit. When you use our website, these tools collect information such as the browser and operating system that you use, the internet protocol address of the device you use to access the site, search terms, your location and the content that you view when visiting the website.
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You can set your browser to block all cookies, including cookies associated with our website, or to indicate when a cookie is being set by us. If you set your browser to reject cookies you may not be able to access all the features of the website.

SECURITY OF INFORMATION

a&co cannot accept responsibility for the security of information you send or receive from us over the Internet. We take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of information we hold.

INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS

If you have any questions regarding this policy, concerns that you may have regarding our privacy practices, or our handling of your personal information, you may contact us using the contact details on our website, preferably by email, with the subject heading “APP Complaint”.

We will then contact to you to understand the specific nature of your complaint and will confirm in writing to you our understanding of your

complaint, the actions we are taking to investigate your complaint and the timing for this action. If we agree there has been a specific breach of the

Australian Privacy Principles, we will act on this immediately. 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY

a&co Recruitment Partners Pty Ltd is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and complies with the following legislation:

• The Racial Discrimination Act
• The Sex Discrimination Act
• The Disability Discrimination Act
• The Age Discrimination Act

We understand that it is unlawful to discriminate against a person, by not offering a person employment, not promoting a person, by providing less

favourable conditions of employment or dismissing a person from their job on the grounds of the person’s:

• Race (including past, present or future; or a person’s association with a person with a disability)
• Sex (including pregnancy, family responsibilities and sexual harassment)
  
• Disability (including past, present or future; or a person’s association with a person with a disability)
• Age

a&co encourages all job seekers to investigate their rights with The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (www.hreoc.gov.au), a national

independent statutory organisation established to promote and protect human rights in Australia. One of its main functions is to investigate and

conciliate complaints concerning discrimination. The majority of complaints lodged with the Commission concern alleged discrimination in employment.

You have the right to make a complaint to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission if you think you have been refused employment or

promotion, given less favourable conditions of employment or dismissed from your job because of your race, sex, disability or age.