Nascent Group Pty Ltd is commited to ensuring the privacy of your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (as amended. How we acquire your personal information The information that we collect about you is generally the information included in your application and/or resume; for example, your name, address, telephone number(s), email address, any competency or technical test results, nationality, languages spoken, qualifications, career history or other information relating to your career including professional association memberships. Where possible we will collect your personal information directly from you. We may also collect personal information about you when you deal with us by telephone, email, fax, letter or visit our website. We will not collect any personal information about visitors to their website except when they knowingly provide it. We will also be required to obtain personal information about you from a third party; for example, from your referees, or from an external competency or psychological test administrator. We will seek your consent for collecting this personal information. However, if you do not provide us with this information, we may be limited in our ability to provide you with our service. We collect personal information for any of the following purposes: Assisting you in finding or retaining suitable employment Analysing labour markets for statistical purposes To assist us in providing a service where you are a client or service provider or potential client or service provider Staff management Client and business relationship management Marketing purposes Use and disclosure of your personal information Nascent Group will not use your personal information for any other purposes, other than for the reason it was orginally collected, without your verbal or written consent. Nascent Group will not send personal information to a third party without your consent. Personal information is required to assist Nascent Group in the following: Answer your inquiry Provide the services you have requested Establish and maintain a relationship with you as a candidate or client of Nascent Group Register you for events, promotions or competitions, at your instruction Contact third parties where we have retained those third parties to assist us to provide the services you have requested Contact your referees How we manage and store your personal information Nascent Group and its employees respect the confidentiality of customer information and the privacy of individuals. Personal information is held on secure computer storage facilities. We endevour to take all measures to protect your personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, unauthorised modification, or unauthorised disclosure. Nascent Group may keep personal detalils for an extended period of time but will destroy your information when it is no longer required. Security of your personal information Nascent Group will take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is secure. Nascent group does not accept liablility for the security of information transmitted via the internet. Updating personal information If your personal information changes, please contact us so that we can update and correct your information. We may also contact you periodically to check that the information we hold is still correct. Please contact us in writing if you would like for your personal information on our database to be deleted from our files. Accessing your personal informationYou can gain access to the personal information Nascent Group holds about you by written request. We will verify your identity before fulfilling this request and we may seek payment to cover the cost of supplying this information. Written requests should be made to: The Privacy Officer, Nascent Group Pty Ltd, Suite 202, 46 Market Street, Sydney 2000 If you are unhappy with the response you receive, you may contact the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner for further information. Updated Dec 2005