|
Profiling Works are specialists in Career suitability profiling. Our company values and respects the confidential nature of the personal information supplied to it by organisations and private individuals. It takes every care to safeguard such personal information with regard to its proper use, storage, transfer and disposal.
We are committed to full compliance with the National Privacy Principles in all aspects of our business. These principles cover the following range of activities:
- Collection of personal information.
- Storage and disposal of personal information.
- Transfer of information from ourselves to another person.
- Use and disclosure of personal information.
- Access and correction.
- Identifiers.
- Anonymity.
- Performance and statistical research.
- The type of personal information that we collect and hold.
and includes the following:
Information that a person, either a job applicant or a person seeking career advice, provides about his/her own work preferences. The questionnaire also asks for the person's name, for identification purposes. Questions covering age, gender and ethnic origin can be answered optionally.
Information that people provide so that we can contact them. This often includes telephone numbers, mobile telephone numbers, fax numbers or email addresses and sometimes home addresses.
Information about a person's work place performance, as evaluated by his/her managers.
Why we need this information.
- In order to assess the suitability of a person to a job, job type or various jobs using profiling tools (job-related questionnaires).
- In order to conduct performance research into the traits that are closely correlated with high performance in a specific job, in a specific organisation.
- In order to provide anonymous profiles for statistical research to the developer of the profiling tools that we use. This research is undertaken periodically to ensure that the questionnaire is not biased against any specific age group, gender or ethnic group.
- In order to conduct employment interviews and reference checks at our client's request.
- In order to maintain contact with our clients and users of our services.
Storage, transfer and disposal of personal information.
- Hard copy personal information or personal information data entered into the computer is stored securely and cannot be accessed by unauthorised persons.
- When information is transferred by email, mail or fax, all care is taken to ensure confidentiality and to protect the privacy of the information until it reaches the intended recipient.
- We dispose of personal information by shredding hard copy or by deleting personal information data from the software.
- Although we do not guarantee to retain profiles for any period of time, we may retain them for a reasonable period of time, for example one year.
- Personal information is never given to an unintended party without the express permission of the person profiled. It is only given to the intended party. By "intended party" we mean the person who requests the profiling to be undertaken. This could be the person himself/herself, the person's employer, consultant or prospective employer.
Access and correction of personal information.
- All persons profiled by us may have access to their own profiles on request.
- If a person has been profiled by us at the request of an employer, consultant or prospective employer, then we prefer the person to obtain his/her profile from that employer, consultant or prospective employer. However, if access is denied by the employer, consultant or prospective employer, the person may access his/her profile from us. A small administration fee may apply to cover reproduction and mailing costs.
- At any stage, a person profiled by us may request to have his/her profile deleted from our system and we will comply with this request.
What to do in case of a breach of privacy?
If a person believes that his/her privacy has been breached by any action of this company, he or she can address the concern to us directly by phone, fax, email or post. Contact details are below:
Don Dobie
Managing Director
Employment Profiling Pty Ltd
P O Box 299
BLACKWOOD 5051
Tel: (08) 8374 0700
Mob: 0408 740 700
Email: info@profilingworks.com.au
We will respond to any such communication immediately wherever possible. If the person feels that their complaint has not been dealt with satisfactorily, they can take the complaint to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, whose determinations are enforceable in the Federal Courts.
|
