The Skilling Australia Foundation Privacy Policy
Skilling Australia Foundation is committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. Skilling Australia Foundation is subject to the National Privacy Principals under the Privacy Act 1988. The following Privacy Policy explains how Skilling Australia Foundation manages and protects the privacy of your personal information.
WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Personal information held by Skilling Australia Foundation may include your name, date of birth, current and previous addresses, telephone/mobile phone numbers, e-mail address and bank account/credit card details. If you choose not to provide us with the personal information we request from you, we may not be able to provide you with the services you require, or the high level of service on which we pride ourselves.
HOW DOES SKILLING AUSTRALIA FOUNDATION COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Generally, Skilling Australia Foundation will collect personal information directly from you, when you submit your resume, complete one of the forms on our website, or deal with Skilling Australia Foundation by correspondence, telephone or in person. Sometimes Skilling Australia Foundation also collects sensitive information about you, such as information about your membership of an association. Skilling Australia Foundation only collects sensitive information with your consent.
On occasions Skilling Australia Foundation will collect personal information about you from someone else. For example, Skilling Australia Foundation may collect personal information when we receive:
- A reference about you;
- Results of inquiries made to former employers, work colleagues, professional associations;
- Results of any competency tests;
- Performance feedback about your work.
HOW DOES SKILLING AUSTRALIA FOUNDATION USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Skilling Australia Foundation uses personal information for the primary purpose for which it was collected, or for secondary purposes, which are related to the primary purpose.
Generally, Skilling Australia Foundation uses personal information for the following purposes:
- Verifying your identity
- Providing and improving the services you require through a number of media avenues
- Administering and managing services (e.g: invoicing, payroll etc)
- Administering and managing scholarships and grants
- Conducting appropriate credit checks
- Informing you of ways the products and services provided to you could be improved
- Maintaining and developing our business systems
- Researching and developing our products and services
- Undertaking other marketing activities
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In order to deliver the products and services you require, Skilling Australia Foundation may disclose your personal information to:
- Potential employers and clients of Skilling Australia Foundation; referees;
- Skilling Australia Foundation’ insurers;
- Skilling Australia Foundation’ service providers and specialist advisers;
- Any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information;
- Your current employer, if they are paying for your training.
If Skilling Australia Foundation engages a third party contractor to perform services which involves handling personal information Skilling Australia Foundation requires the contractor to comply with the National Privacy Principles. Skilling Australia Foundation also takes reasonable steps to prohibit the contractor from using personal information except for the purposes for which it was supplied.
ACCURACY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If Skilling Australia Foundation has accurate personal information about you, it enables Skilling Australia Foundation to provide you with the best possible service.
Skilling Australia Foundation takes reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information Skilling Australia Foundation collects, uses and discloses is accurate, complete and up to date. Please contact Skilling Australia Foundation as soon as possible if you find that the personal information Skilling Australia Foundation holds about you is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. Skilling Australia Foundation will take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is corrected.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Skilling Australia Foundation protects your personal information from loss, misuse, modification and disclosure. Skilling Australia Foundation uses industry standard safeguards to ensure the security of your personal information through physical, electronic and managerial procedures.
When Skilling Australia Foundation no longer requires your personal information Skilling Australia Foundation securely destroys the information and deletes it from its systems.
ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may request access to any of the personal information Skilling Australia Foundation holds about you. Skilling Australia Foundation will, on written request, provide you with access to the Personal information Skilling Australia Foundation holds about you, unless there is an exemption, which applies under the Privacy Act.
Your request for access will be dealt with in a reasonable time. Skilling Australia Foundation may charge you a fee to cover the reasonable cost of retrieval and the supply of the information to you. If Skilling Australia Foundation refuses your request for access, it will provide you with reasons for the refusal.
TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OVERSEAS
Skilling Australia Foundation does not transfer your personal information overseas unless Skilling Australia Foundation is authorised by law to do so or you have consented to it as part of the services Skilling Australia Foundation provides to you.
