PRIVACY POLICY

Your Privacy Is Important To INK IT Solutions

Your privacy is important to us. This statement outlines INK IT Solution’s policy on how we collect personal information and how we maintain, use, store and disclose the personal information we hold and reflects our commitment to you. It applies to all operations within INK IT Solutions in Australia, including visitors to our website.

It is the policy of INK IT Solutions to respect the confidentiality of information and the privacy of individuals. We are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (as amended) (Australian Act) in Australia.

The INK IT Solutions privacy policy will be reviewed and updated from time to time to take account of new laws and technology, changes to our operations and practices and to make sure it remains appropriate to the changing environment. Please regularly check our privacy policy so that you are aware of these updates and changes. Any information we hold will be governed by the most current version of the INK IT Solutions privacy policy.

The INK IT Solutions Privacy Policy Is Based On Transparency

We are committed to being open and transparent about how we manage personal information.

Types Of Personal Information Held By INK IT Solutions And When And How It Is Collected

Personal information includes information regarding your contact details, work experience, qualifications, aptitude test results, opinions about your work performance (eg references), incidents at the workplace, and other information obtained or received by us in connection with your possible and actual work placements.

Sensitive Information (Australia Only)

Personal information includes information regarding your contact details, work experience, qualifications, aptitude test results, opinions about your work performance (eg references), incidents at the workplace, and other information obtained or received by us in connection with your possible and actual work placements.

Collection

We may collect personal or sensitive information about you when:

• You complete one of our application forms or provide any other information in connection with your application
• We receive any reference about you
• We receive results of inquiries that we might make of your former employers, work colleagues, professional associations or registration body
• We receive the results of any competency or medical test or any background check, including credit and criminal record checks
• We receive any complaint or other information from or about you in the workplace
• We receive any information about any insurance investigation, litigation, registration or professional disciplinary matter, criminal matter, inquest or inquiry in which you were involved
• We receive any information about a workplace accident in which you are involved
• We collect information about you from public domain sources
• You provide us with any additional information about you

Purposes And Use For Which We Collect Personal Information

Your personal and sensitive information may be used in connection with:

• Your actual or possible work placement
• Career guidance or management
• Your performance appraisals
• Our assessment of your ongoing performance and prospects
• Any test or assessment (including medical tests and assessments) that you might be required to undergo
• Our identification of your training needs
• Informing you of possible work opportunities, relevant candidates, or other events such as training or information sessions by direct mail/email/sms
• Any workplace rehabilitation
• Our management and resolution of any complaint, inquiry or investigation in which you are involved
• Any insurance claim or proposal that requires disclosure of your personal or sensitive information
• Undertaking criminal reference checks and other background checks, including credit checks for positions in New Zealand involving significant financial risk and otherwise as permitted by law
• For research, development, business systems and infrastructure testing, and other business purposes to assist us in providing our services to you
• Our direct marketing to you

If You Do Not Give Us The Information We Seek

Your personal and sensitive information may be used in connection with

• We may be limited in our ability to locate suitable work for you
• We may be limited in our ability to place you in work

Disclosures

We may disclose your personal information (including to trusted third parties) for the purposes for which it is primarily held or for a related secondary purpose and in some cases we may only disclose information with your consent. Your personal and sensitive information may be disclosed to

• Potential and actual employers, clients of INK IT Solutions and trusted third parties who may be based outside of Australia
• INK IT Solutions employees and potential employers located in Australia and elsewhere
• Referees
• External providers of on-line training and induction – eg mandatory on-line H&S Induction, and background checking agencies – eg criminal record and credit checking
• Third party contractors for the purposes of assisting us to provide you with our services, and/or to improve the services we offer you.
• Our insurers
• A professional association or registration body that has a legitimate interest in the disclosure of your personal and sensitive information
• A Workers Compensation body
• Any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information

We do not disclose information about your individual visits to the INK IT Solutions’ website.

Management Of Personal Information

At INK IT Solutions, we train our staff to respect the confidentiality of customer information and the privacy of individuals. INK IT Solutions regard breaches of your privacy very seriously and any breach will result in disciplinary action being taken, dependent upon severity. INK IT Solutions have appointed a Privacy Officer to ensure that our management of personal information is in accordance with this policy and the relevant Privacy Acts.

How Do We Store And Protect Personal Information?

Safeguarding the privacy of your information is important to us, whether you interact with us personally, by phone, mail, over the internet or other electronic medium. We hold personal information in a combination of secure computer storage facilities and paper-based files and other records, and take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to protect the personal information we hold from misuse, interference and loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We may need to maintain records for a significant period of time. However, when we consider information is no longer needed, we will remove any details that will identify you or we will securely destroy the records.

How Do We Keep Personal Information Accurate And Up To Date?

INK IT Solutions takes such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the personal information it holds and discloses is accurate, up to date, complete,relevant and not misleading. We recognise that information changes frequently with changes of address and other personal circumstances. We generally update your customer information over the telephone. Please advise your consultant when your personal details change

If you have created a profile with INK IT Solutions via our website, you are able to review and edit your personal information at any time by logging into your account and reviewing your profile. You can delete your personal information or close your account by contacting the Privacy HR Officer. If you do choose to close your account with INK IT Solutions, INK IT Solutions may retain personal information from your account as and where required by law.

General Information Collected From Visitors To Our Website

We gather information about all our website users collectively, such as what areas users visit more frequently and what services users access the most. We only use such data anonymously and in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall website experience for you.

Your Personal Information Collected On The INK IT Solutions.Com.Au And INK IT Solutions.Com Websites

In some instances we may need specific information about you, such as name, address, email address, telephone number etc. We will collect this information if you apply for a job or sign up for a service via our website. We may also ask you for other information such as the types of jobs you are interested in and your workplace concerns in order to provide you with the best possible service and internet experience.

Enquiries & Complaints

You can make enquiries, requests to access/delete or correct your information, or complain about alleged breaches of the APP’s or IPP’s to our Privacy HR Officer:

Complaints

We aim to acknowledge receipt of all complaints within 10 working days, and aim to resolve all complaints within 30 working days. This may not be possible in all circumstances depending on the contents of the complaint. In this situation, we will respond to your complaint in a reasonable time. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, in Australia you can contact the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

Correction

You may request that we correct the personal information that we hold about you if you deem it to be inaccurate, incomplete, out-of-date, irrelevant or misleading. We will take reasonable steps under the circumstances to correct the information.

If we refuse to correct your personal information, we will notify you in writing of the reasons detailing our refusal to correct the information and the process for escalation regarding this refusal. Should we refuse you may ask us to place with the information a statement that the information is inaccurate, incomplete, out-of-date, irrelevant or misleading and we will take such reasonable steps under the circumstances to associate the statement with your information. If you wish to exercise your rights of correction you should contact our Privacy Officer for an application form. We will not charge you for making the request to correct your information, correcting the information, or associating a statement.

Feedback

INK IT Solutions have several areas on our website where you can submit feedback, under the ‘contact us’ section. Any feedback that is submitted through this area becomes the property of INK IT Solutions. We may use this feedback, such as success stories or responses to surveys, for marketing purposes, or to contact you for further feedback on the site.

Change To Our Privacy Policy

Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any time we decide to use Personal Data in a manner significantly different from that stated in this Privacy Policy, or otherwise disclosed to you at the time it was collected, we will notify you by email, and you will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in the new manner.