General Privacy Policy
National Privacy Principles
The National Privacy Principles established by the Privacy Act 1988 apply to Brainhunters, a division of Brightpower Consulting Pty Ltd.
Brainhunters Privacy Statement
Brainhunters is committed to protecting your privacy rights and the privacy of personal data collected on this website. This statement reflects the policies of this website regarding the collection, use, and transfer of your personal data and information, and the security measures Brainhunters employs to protect such data.
We are also committed to ensuring that the highest standards of ethics, professionalism and respect are maintained in the relationships we have with our clients and candidates.
The Information we Collect
Brainhunters will never sell or rent information collected, nor will it share information collected in ways other than those disclosed in this Privacy Policy. Brainhunters will never disclose information collected on this website to any third party without first obtaining permission from the owner of the information.
Brainhunters is a recruitment and executive search firm and, by definition, collects a variety of personal data necessary to provide this service. By choosing to enter your personal information on this site you indicate your willingness to disclose this information to Brainhunters, and to be considered and put forward, as appropriate, for one of Brainhunters healthcare recruitment or executive search assignments.
It is not the policy of Brainhunters to seek any sensitive information through our website unless legally required for recruitment purposes.
Information obtained by the site is used only for the intended purposes stated below. It is Brainhunters policy not to sell or share your personal information for related or unrelated purposes to non-affiliated third parties, unless otherwise stipulated at the time of collection. If at any time we decide to use personal data in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you and give you the choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. No notification or choice will be sought if Brainhunters is compelled or required by applicable law, statute, regulation, ordinance, or court order to disclose personal data.
The 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
- Information obtained to assist in managing client and business relationships
- 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 and opinions from referees
Purposes for which we hold or disseminate personal information
We primarily hold or disseminate personal information for the following purposes:
- Placement operations
- Recruitment
- Staff management
- Training
- Client and business relationship management
- Marketing
Information Security
Brainhunters recognises its responsibility for protecting the privacy of your personal information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain accuracy of data and ensure proper use of information, Brainhunters has authorized appropriate physical, electronic and managerial security procedures to safeguard all information/data collected online.
We will not process your personal information in a way that is incompatible with what is outlined in this Privacy Policy and will use our best efforts to ensure that data/information is accurate, complete, current and reliable for its intended use.
We will also use our best efforts to protect your information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. We will review and update from time to time to ensure utmost security is maintained.
If you have any questions about your personal information, or no longer wish to participate in the BrainHunters recruitment service, please email us at recruit@Brainhunters.com.au
Links
Please be aware that this website may contain links to third party websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by the Brainhunters website and does not apply to, nor is Brainhunters responsible for, any content, privacy practices, or conduct of any third party websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site, and to read the privacy policies of every website they visit, particularly those that collect personally identifiable information.
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
From time to time we contract out services. Our contractors may see some of your personal information. Typically our contractors would include:
- I.T. contractors and database designers
- Bookkeepers
- Recruitment consultants
Enquiries and Complaints
You can make further enquiries or complaints about our Privacy Policy to our Director, see Contact Us for contact details. You can also make complaints to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner.
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 breaches any confidentiality attached to that information.
If you wish to obtain access to your personal information you should contact one of our Directors. You will need to be in a position to verify your identity.
We may choose to impose a moderate charge to provide access. One of the Directors would discuss this with you.
You should also anticipate that it may take a little time to process your application for access as we may need to retrieve information from storage and review it in order to determine what information may be provided.
