PRIVACY POLICY

At Stellar we are committed to protecting your privacy and understand the importance of protecting your personal information. Stellar manage personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 188 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principals (APP) & Information Privacy Principles (IPP) in New Zealand. The policy documents how we collect, store, use and disclose your personal and sensitive information (sensitive information relates to Australia only).

“Privacy is important to us!”

Candidates are the core of our recruitment business and we ensure they are treated with the highest level of confidentiality.


Candidates can be assured that when they engage our help to build their career, privacy is a top priority. In some cases, personal or sensitive information can help us assist in securing an opportunity; however we will not disclose any personal information to a third party without prior consent.

PRINCIPLES

1.0 Personal Information and Sensitive Information

Personal information is any information about you that is personal or sensitive in nature. This information includes your name and contact details, work experience, qualifications, and opinions about your work performance including references, workplace incidents, test results (including medical), and any other information that we obtain or receive in relation to you.


Sensitive Information is a special category of personal information as described in the Australian Privacy Act (1988). This information includes your professional memberships or associations to trade unions, criminal records, health records, racial or ethnic origin, political memberships, associations or opinions, religious beliefs, sexual preferences or philosophical beliefs. If we need to collect this information we will collect it from you directly, if we wish to collect it from a third party we will request your consent to do so.

2.0 Collection and Storage of Information

Stellar collect only personal information that is necessary, this information is stored on our Customer Relationship Management system, Payroll System, and data storage devices. The personal information we collect and store is likely to differ depending on whether you are a candidate, employee, client, supplier, referee, consultant or contractor. If you are a prospective candidate or employee of Stellar types of information we will collect and store are as follows;


  • Your employment application may include but not be limited to your contact details, application registration form, your previous work history, gender, your nationality, right to work in Australia or New Zealand, performance appraisals, qualifications, information relating to workplace incidents, health information, opinions from referees, and general assessments of you as a prospective employee.
  • If you apply via our website or other online job sites information about you such as your location and activities may be collected such as sites visited, pages viewed and length of time spent on the site. 
  • Your financial information including Tax File Number (AU) or IRD Number (NZ), bank account details, superannuation, kiwi saver or any other information that relates to Stellar processing your wages or salary.
  • Other information that is required to complete a recruitment process such as various performance and capability testing
  • We may also collect personal information about you from publicly available sites, this will be done in accordance with legislative guidelines. 
  • Stellar may need to collect sensitive information about you to fulfil the requirements of a recruitment process this may include health details, criminal history and professional memberships, in the event we are requested to provide this information to a third party we will obtain your written consent to do so. 


If you choose not to provide us with the relevant information we require you may limit our ability to locate and place you in suitable work.


If you are a client, referee, supplier, consultant, contractor of Stellar the type of information we will collect and store are as follows;


  • Contact information such as yours or others name, contact details, job title and work location
  • Your performance feedback on a previous or a current employee

3.0 Use of Your Personal Information 

Stellar may use your personal information for the following reasons;


  • To contact you in relation to actual or prospective work placements
  • Conduct suitability assessments for actual or prospective work placements based on but not limited to your skills, qualifications, experience, and overall heath
  • Undertake general recruitment practices and ongoing relationship management, which include but are not limited to responding to queries from you, providing coaching and feedback directly to you
  • Assessment of your work rights using external sites such as VEVO or Visa View
  • Process your wages or salary via our payroll system
  • Ensure we comply with our legislative reporting requirements
  • Submission of tenders or quotations to clients
  • To comply with any legal obligations which may include assisting government agencies and law enforcement and regulators
  • Continuous improvement of our customer service
  • To commence criminal history checks as required in the recruitment process 
  • To undertake required credit checks for new clients, to manage our business risk

4.0 Direct Marketing

We may send you direct marketing communications and information about our products and services that we consider might be of interest to you. These communications may be sent in various forms, including mail, SMS, fax and email in accordance with applicable marketing laws, such as the Spam Act 2003 (Cth). We do not provide your personal information to other organisations for the purposes of direct marketing without consent by you. If you indicate a preference for a method of communication, we will endeavour to use that method wherever practicable to do so. If at any time you would like to opt out of receiving marketing communications you may do this by opting out via the marketing communication or by emailing us directly marketing@stellarrecruitment.com.au. 

5.0 Disclosure of information

Stellar may disclose your personal information to third parties such as the following; 


  • Clients and potential clients of Stellar 
  • Referees provided by you 
  • External online training providers for the purpose of conducting online inductions and safety inductions
  • Service providers including those whom we outsource functions such as direct marketing, document production, debt recovery, information technology support 
  • Our auditors and insurers 
  • Advisors acting on your behalf such as doctor or solicitor 
  • Any person or government agency with lawful entitlement to obtain your information 

6.0 Collection of Information from our Website and Social Media Sites 

Anonymous data is collected from visitors to our website and social media sites. Data collected includes; unique visitors, duration of visit, pages on our website visited, bounce rate, country location of visitor and device used to visit our website. Data collected is used as analytical data to enable us to customise future content as per our users preferences. At times you will be requested to provide personal information in order to access commercially confidential material, for example your name and email to download our salary guide. Cookies are text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. As you browse, cookies gather information about use of that website. They enable the site to learn your preferences and behaviour by sending the information collected back to the originating website each time you visit the site. Stellar use cookies from time to time depending on the site you are visiting, please note the collection of cookies does not capture information that exposes your identity. If you wish to block or control how cookies are used you will need to review your computer or mobile phone settings. If you delete or block certain cookies your experience on websites may be affected. 

7.0 Storage and Protection of Information 

Ensuring the safe storage and privacy of your information is of utmost importance. We store personal information in secure computer database systems. We take all reasonable steps to ensure the protection of your information, which include;


  • Computer passwords and limited access to shared drives and network drives by authorized staff
  • Routine virus checking 
  • Continuous mandatory internal staff training on Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws


All our staff are responsible for maintaining confidentiality of information we hold, and respect the privacy of the individuals of the information we hold. Any breach by staff will be taken very seriously, will be considered in line with legislative requirements and may result in disciplinary action being taken for the individual responsible for any breach. We may request from time to time for you to update your personal information with us; but please advise Stellar immediately of any updates to your information. 

8.0 Complaints

Stellar will endeavour to acknowledge and resolve any complaints relating to privacy promptly. In the event Stellar are made aware of a privacy or data breach (Australia) they will follow the guidelines as set out by the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

You may make enquiries about your information and you may make a complaint about breaches to this to our People and Culture Manager.

Tara Walton

People and Culture Manager

+ 61 7 3009 9600 or 0409 958 213 at HR@stellarrecruitment.com.au

If you are not satisfied with the response you may lodge a complaint with the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC); or in New Zealand contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. 

9.0 Enquires and Updating your Information

You may at any time request access, request deletion, or correction of your information. In order to protect your own privacy, if you request to access, delete, correct or make enquiries about your information, we will first be required to verify your identity. The Stellar Privacy Policy will be reviewed in line with legislative changes and operating practices regularly.


1. Stellar includes the following entities: Stellar Recruitment Pty Ltd, SRSW Pty Ltd, Stellar Corporate Services Pty Ltd, Stellar Personnel Brisbane Pty Ltd, Stellar Recruitment Perth Pty Ltd, Stellar Personnel Perth Pty Ltd, Stellar Holdings Australia Pty Ltd, Stellar Recruitment LP (NZ)

Privacy Policy for Australia and New Zealand

As part of our compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) in Australia & Information Privacy Principles (IPP) in New Zealand, Stellar Recruitment Pty Limited in Australia and New Zealand requests you read the following information regarding how we collect your personal and sensitive information and how we maintain, use, store and disclosure of your personal and sensitive information in connection with your possible or actual work placements and sign where indicated to acknowledge your acceptance and understanding of this information.

Information Collection

Personal and sensitive information can be collected in a number of different ways including:


  • Consultation, interviews or resume submissions
  • Psychological or medical assessment
  • Contact with a nominated referee
  • Provision of any additional information regarding a specific candidate
  • Enquiries by Stellar Recruitment to any former employers, work colleagues, educational institutions, professional associations or registration body

Information Use

We will use this information to:


  • Assess candidate’s ability and suitability for the position/s
  • Manage any complaint, investigation or inquiry
  • Disclose candidate’s personal or sensitive information for any insurance claim or relevant proposal

Disclosure

Candidate information may be disclosed to:


  • Potential and actual employers and clients of Stellar Recruitment
  • Referees
  • A Workers Compensation body
  • Any person legally entitled to the information, where 


Stellar Recruitment may disclose personal information for the purposes for which it is primarily held or for a related secondary purpose.


Information we request from candidates is voluntary, however if the candidate chooses not to provide us with information we may be limited in our ability to assist them in seeking employment.

If you do not give us the information we seek

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

Candidate’s Access to their own Personal Information

Candidates can access their information to update or correct it. (some exceptions apply under the law).


Stellar Recruitment may refuse access to information if it interferes with the privacy rights of others or if it would breach any confidentiality relating to that information.


Unless a candidate advises us otherwise, we may destroy any personal or sensitive information if it has not been updated for a period of two years. If it is required that Stellar Recruitment dispose of candidate information before this time our privacy representative needs to be informed in writing. Verification of identity may be required. Stellar Recruitment will destroy candidate information in a secure and confidential manner.

Additional information contained in our privacy policy

Our privacy policy which is located on the bottom of our website, www.stellarrecruitment.com contains further information about the type of information we hold and how we manage your information, including how you can, subject to some exemptions, access personal and sensitive information about you that we hold and request that it be corrected. It also sets out how you can complain about any alleged breaches of the APP or IPP and how we will deal with any complaints. 

Changes to our privacy notice

If at any time our privacy notice or privacy policy changes, the updated details will be available on the privacy policy on our website. Any information we hold about you will be governed by the most current version of the privacy policy.

Direct Marketing Materials

We may send you direct marketing communications and information about our products and services that we consider might be of interest to you. These communications may be sent in various forms, including mail, SMS, fax and email in accordance with applicable marketing laws, such as the Spam Act 2003 (Cth). If you indicate a preference for a method of communication, we will endeavour to use that method wherever practicable to do so. You consent to receiving direct marketing communications and information from us. However, at any time you may opt out of receiving marketing communications for us by contacting us (see details below) or by using opt out facilities provided in the marketing communications and then we will ensure that your name is removed from our mailing list.


We do not provide your personal information to other organisations for the purposes of direct marketing without consent by you.

Are cookies and IP addresses used?

The Stellar website uses “cookies” to identify you and your interests and to track usage of the Stellar website in order to help personalise your browsing experience. Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your computer that help us know which browser you are using and where you have been on the Stellar website and on websites to which you may link in order to use some of our features. Cookies also let us know whether you have registered with us and otherwise enable us to relate your current usage of the Stellar website to your prior usage. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can set your browser to refuse them. However, a user who does not accept the cookie from the Stellar website may not be able to access certain areas and may limit your use of the CMG Site and some of our services. In administering the Stellar website and diagnosing potential system problems, we also log all IP addresses which access the Stellar website.


Policy for Privacy – Updated 24 September 2018

Making Enquiries

Make further enquiries about our privacy policies by contacting Stellar Recruitment's Global Headquarters on +61 7 3009 9600.

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