Your privacy is important to us, and we take considerable care to protect the confidentiality of personal information we hold about you.  We class ‘Personal information’ as any information, from which your identity may be ascertained.


Why do we need to collect your personal information?

In accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (amended by the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000), we will only use your personal information for recruitment purposes.  To that end, the information you provide will help us to:

• assess your application for the position you have applied for within Wesfarmers Resources
• assess your suitability for other positions within Wesfarmers Resources
• conduct personal reference checks

What happens if you choose not to provide the information?

You are not obliged to provide us with your personal information. However, if you choose not to provide Wesfarmers Resources with the personal details, we may not be able to provide you with the full range of our recruitment services.


What personal information do we hold?

Wesfarmers Resources holds the following personal information for recruitment purposes:

• your name
• your date of birth
• your address
• career history
• references
• results of abilities and/ or other testing

How do we collect your personal information?

We collect personal information directly from you wherever possible, via an online application form, by email, by telephone or face-to-face interview. However, some personal information may be collected from other parties such as referees, health professionals, police or security checks if appropriate, academic institutions and if appropriate, psychological assessment results.

We will not collect your personal information from any other third party without your prior knowledge or consent.


Disclosure of your personal information

For recruitment purposes, it may be necessary to disclose your personal information to:

• former employer or employers
• the police
• academic institutions
• professional membership organisations
• our service provides (e.g. organisations that conduct screening testing services to us)
• our insurer/s
• all other reasonable parties that will assist us to place you in appropriate employment

Storage

We will take all reasonable steps to protect the security of the personal information that we hold. This includes appropriate measures to protect electronic materials and materials stored and generated in hard copy.

Access to your Personal Information

In most circumstances, Wesfarmers Resources will make available to you the personal information that has been collected about you.  Requests for access to your personal information should be made in writing to the Human Resources Manager.

We will respond to a request for access to information within a reasonable time frame.