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Privacy Policy

David Morgan Williams Pty Limited (ABN 84 002 315004) adheres to the National Privacy Principles established by the Privacy Act 1988. 

The National Privacy Principles are:

The collection of personal information must be fair, lawful and not intrusive.  A person must be told the organisation's name, the purpose of collection, that they can access the information, and what happens if no information is given.

Information should only be used or disclosed for the purpose it was collected unless the person has consented.

Reasonable steps must be taken to ensure personal information collected, used or disclosed is accurate, complete and up-to-date

Reasonable steps must be taken to protect information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access or disclosure.

An organization must have a policy document available outlining information handling practices

Individuals must be given access to personal information on request
An identifier assigned by a Commonwealth Government Agency must not be adopted, used or disclosed

People must be given the option to interact anonymously
Personal information can only be transferred internationally if there is appropriate protection

Sensitive information must not be collected unless the individual has consented; it is required by law, or in special circumstances such as health services provision.

The Information we collect:

The personal information we collect and hold usually falls in the following categories:

  • Candidate information (eg resumes, electronic registration forms) submitted and obtained from the candidate and other sources in connection with applications for employment
  • Work performance information (eg evaluations, reviews)
  • Information pertaining to incidents in the workplace
  • Staff information (eg statement of employment, banking details, tax file number)Information submitted and obtained in relation to absences from work due to leave, illness or other causes
  • Information obtained to assist in managing client and business relationships
    Reference checks (work and personal)
  • Medical results
  • Test results (eg psychological evaluations)
  • Education transcripts and certificates
  • Complaints and praise
  • Working Visa information
  • Other

How the DMW Group uses this information:

We primarily hold personal information for the following:

  • Recruitment
  • Placement Operations
  • Staff Management (eg temporary or contract staff personal information)
  • Training
  • Client and Business Relationship Management
  • Marketing
  • Other
  • General Information Disclosure

We may disclose your personal information for the purposes for which it is primarily held or for a related secondary purpose 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 lawful information.

Contractors that may have access to your details:

We contract out a number of services from time to time.  Our contractors may see some of your personal information.  Typically, our contractors would include:

  • IT Contractors and Database Designers
  • Network Administrators
  • Contract Recruitment Consultants and Administrative Staff
  • Accounting Auditors

Organisations that may have access to your details:

From time to time David Morgan Williams Pty Limited may be required to disclose information to authorities or institutions such as Department of Industrial Relations, WorkCover, Workers Compensations Insurance Organisations or The Australian Tax Office.   These authorities and institutions may have access to your personal information.

Enquiries and Complaints

You may make further enquiries or complaints about our Privacy Policies to The David Morgan Williams' Privacy Co-ordinator whose contact details are:

David M Williams
Managing Director
Level 1, iC Central, Innovation Campus
Squires Way, North Wollongong
NSW 2500

Ph (02) 4222 9111
Fax (02) 4222 9110
Email  david@dmwgroup.com.au

If these complaints are not able to be resolved to your satisfaction you are then able to contact the office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner:

Director of Complaints
Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner
GPO BOX 5218
SYDNEY  NSW  1042

Phone: 1300 363 992
Web Page: www.privacy.gov.au/privacy_rights

Access to your information

Subject to some exceptions that are set out in the national privacy principles, you may 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 that attaches to that information.  If we do refuse your request we will provide you with the reason for our decision and, in the case of amendment, we will note, with your personal information, that you have disputed its accuracy.

If you wish to obtain access to your personal information you should contact David Morgan Williams' Privacy Co-ordinator.  You will need to be in a position to verify your identity.

We may impose a moderate charge in providing access.  David Morgan Williams' Privacy Co-ordinator will discuss these charges with you.

You should also anticipate that it might take a little time to process your application for access, as there may be a need to retrieve information from storage and review information in order to determine what information may be provided.  If at any time you feel your personal information is out of date or inaccurate you may provide David Morgan Williams with updated or amended information through our usual collection processes.  After notice from you we will take reasonable steps to correct information which is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.  If you wish to have your personal information deleted please let us know and we will delete this information wherever practicable.

Security

David Morgan Williams Pty Limited will take all reasonable steps to keep any personal information that we hold accurate and up-to-date.  Personal information is stored securely both electronically and manually.  David Morgan Williams' offices are further secured by a 24-hour security service.  'Back-ups' are conducted and stored off-site each day and safely secured.  Off-site archived data is stored in a secure storage facility.

The internet is not always a secure method of transmitting information, accordingly David Morgan Williams Pty Limited cannot accept responsibility for the security of information sent to, or received from, us over the internet or for any unauthorised access or use of that information.

Changes to David Morgan Williams Pty Limited Privacy Policy

David Morgan Williams Pty Limited may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.  We will post these changes on our website to keep you informed on what information we gather, how we might use this information, and how we disclose this information.  If you wish to make comments or complaints, please follow the complaints process as listed above.