Last updated: March 2024
Stafflink Pty Ltd (ACN 626 030 742) and its Related Bodies Corporate (having the meaning given in Australia’s Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) (Stafflink, we, us and our) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. We comply with the Australian Privacy Principles and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act), which govern the way private sector organisations collect, use, keep secure and disclose Personal Information.
The Privacy Act defines “Personal Information” to mean any information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained, from the information or an opinion.
If you have any concerns or complaints about the manner in which your Personal Information has been collected, used or disclosed by us, please contact us via the information set out in Section 11 and will resolve your concern or answer your question.
1. Kinds of Personal Information collected, used and disclosed by Stafflink
1.1 General
In this policy, we distinguish between Personal Information which:
- our customers upload or transfer into our platforms, support software, workflow framework, or digital marketing services; and
- Stafflink collects and handles for its internal business purposes, such as for hiring and employment purposes, or that which we collect from our direct customers.
1.2 Personal Information that we receive from Stafflink customers
In providing our services to our business customers, we may receive your Personal Information on a customer’s behalf, or they may disclose or transfer your Personal Information to us for processing in accordance with their instructions.
Each Stafflink customer collects personal information according to its own Privacy Policy. You should read and understand the customer’s privacy policy to learn more about how they collect and handle your Personal Information.
The table below sets out the types of your Personal Information that we may receive from Stafflink customers.
Purpose | Collections | Uses | Disclosures |
Providing our Services to Stafflink customers | Personal information uploaded or transferred by our customers into Stafflink online services or platforms
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We may use or process your Personal Information from Stafflink customers for reasons including, without limitation:
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Through their use of our services, our customers may direct us to share your Personal Information to:
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1.3 Personal Information that Stafflink collects itself
Separate from the types of Personal Information we may process for Stafflink customers, we may collect Personal Information from prospective customers, our customers’ representatives or affiliates, our careers applicants and our team members.
We collect, use and disclose this Personal Information for the primary purposes (and any reasonably expected secondary purposes) for which it was collected or as consented to by you.
At or as soon as possible after the time when we collect Personal Information from you, we will give you a notice which outlines how and why we collect, use and disclose that specific information.
The table below sets out general circumstances in which we collect, use or disclose your Personal Information.
Purpose | Type of Information | Uses | Disclosures |
Provision of Stafflink services, including The Hub subscriptions, Online enquiries, and Customer service | The Hub subscribers or end users:
Online enquiries:
Marketing: Name, work email address or work phone number details, from direct marketing lists.Customer service: Information collected in connection with technical support or service requests.
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The types of uses we will make of Personal Information collected for this type of purpose include:
Services: the provision of our services including:
Direct Marketing and analytics: using your Personal Information.
General administrative and security use:
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The types of disclosures we will make of Personal Information collected for the type of purposes listed include, without limitation, to:
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Human resources (careers applicants or Stafflink team members) | Contact information: Such as full name, e-mail address, current postal and residential address, phone numbers, country of residence, and name and phone number of your nominated emergency contact person.
Employee record information Identifying information: Such as your photo, driver licence or passport; residency details; and date of birth. CV, resume or application related information: Such as the details provided in your resume or CV, your eligibility to work in Australia, your education, previous employment details, professional memberships or trade qualifications. Tax, superannuation and payroll information: Such as your Tax File Number and TFN Declaration, superannuation account and salary account details. Background check information: Information obtained from you or third parties, such as your name and government identification document particulars for the purpose of performing background checks. Fingerprint mask or hash: A computed hash of your fingerprint or handprint data. Information collected from referees. Security recording information: such as CCTV footage and photographs taken on our premises. Online call/ conference recordings: your name, likeness and voice, and any other personal information you may disclose during online audio or video calls (such as on Zoom). |
Background checks: Utilising the information collected for the purpose of assessing candidate suitability for role, including by obtaining:
Administration and performance monitoring use: Utilising the information collected for the purpose of:
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We may disclose your Personal Information to:
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2. How Stafflink collects and holds Personal Information
2.1 Collection generally
As noted in Section 1.1, Stafflink may receive your Personal Information from or on behalf of our customers who use our services, which in those circumstances, is the customer who has collected your Personal Information. Accordingly, we simply process your Personal Information in accordance with the customer’s instructions. This affects our legal obligations towards your Personal Information, and also how you can exercise the rights described in Section 10 further below.
This Section 2 describes how Stafflink collects the limited types of Personal Information (as described in Section 1.3) from our customer’s representatives or affiliates, our careers applicants and team members.
As much as possible or unless provided otherwise in this Privacy Policy or a notification, we will collect your Personal Information in Stafflink data directly from you. When you engage in certain activities, such as filling out a survey or sending us feedback, we may ask you to provide certain information. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities.
Depending upon the reason for requiring the information, some of the information we ask you to provide may be identified as mandatory or voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory information or any other information we may be unable to provide our services, respond to your enquiry, or process your careers application, whether in an effective manner, or at all.
2.2 Other collection types
We may also collect Personal Information about you from other sources and third parties. Some examples of these alternative collection events are:
- when we collect Personal Information about you from third parties; or
- when we collect Personal Information about you from publicly available sources including but not limited to, court judgments, directorship and bankruptcy searches, Australia Post, White Pages directory, and social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, etc).
2.3 Notification of collection
If we collect details about you from someone else, we will, whenever reasonably possible, make you aware that we have done this and why, unless special circumstances apply, including as described in this clause 2.3(a) to 2.3(c) below.
Generally speaking, we will not tell you when we collect Personal Information about you in the following circumstances:
- where information is collected from any personal referee you have listed on any application form (including any employment application) with Stafflink;
- where information is collected from publicly available sources including but not limited to court judgments, directorship and bankruptcy searches, social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram etc); or
- as otherwise required or authorised by law.
2.4 Unsolicited Personal Information
In the event we collect Personal Information from you, or a third party, in circumstances where we have not requested or solicited that information (known as unsolicited information), and it is determined by Stafflink (in its absolute discretion) that the Personal Information is not required, we will destroy the information or ensure that the information is de-identified.
In the event that the unsolicited Personal Information collected is in relation to potential future employment with Stafflink, such as your CV, resume or candidacy related information, and it is determined by Stafflink (in its absolute discretion) that it may consider you for potential future employment, Stafflink may keep the Personal Information on its human resource records.
2.5 How we hold your Personal Information
Once we collect your Personal Information, we will either hold it securely and store it on infrastructure owned or controlled by us or with a third party service provider who have taken reasonable steps to ensure they comply with the Privacy Act. We provide some more general information on our security measures in Section 9 (Data security and quality).
2.6 Cookies and IP addresses
If you use our website, we may utilise “cookies” which enable us to monitor traffic patterns, trends and to serve you more efficiently if you revisit our website. In most cases, a cookie does not identify you personally but may identify your internet service provider or computer.
We may gather your IP address as part of our business activities and to assist with any operational difficulties or support issues with our systems or services. This information does not identify you personally.
However, in some cases, cookies may enable us to aggregate certain information with other Personal Information we collect and hold about you. Stafflink extends the same privacy protection to your Personal Information, whether gathered via cookies or from other sources, as detailed in this Privacy Policy.
You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie and this will provide you with an opportunity to either accept or reject it in each instance. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas of our websites or take advantage of the improved web site experience that cookies offer.
2.7 Links to third-party websites
Our website or services may contain links to websites which are owned or operated by third parties. Stafflink has no control over, makes no representation about, and will not be responsible or liable for, the information privacy practices or content of these third party websites. You remain responsible for checking the privacy policy of any such websites and applications so that you can be informed of how they will handle your Personal Information.
3. Uses and disclosures of Personal Information
3.1 Use and disclosure details
We provide a detailed list at Section 1 of some common uses and disclosures we make regarding the Personal Information we collect.
3.2 Other uses and disclosures
We may also use or disclose your Personal Information and in doing so we are not required to seek your additional consent:
- when it is disclosed or used for a purpose related to the primary purposes of collection detailed above and you would reasonably expect your Personal Information to be used or disclosed for such a purpose;
- if we reasonably believe that the use or disclosure is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious or imminent threat to an individual’s life, health or safety or to lessen or prevent a threat to public health or safety;
- if we have reason to suspect that unlawful activity has been, or is being, engaged in; or
- if it is required or authorised by law.
3.3 Use and disclosure procedures
In the event we propose to use or disclose such Personal Information other than for reasons set out in the above table at Section 1 or as otherwise outlined in this Privacy Policy, we will first notify you or seek your consent prior to such disclosure or use.
Your Personal Information is disclosed to these organisations or parties only in relation to the services we provide to you or for a purpose permitted by this Privacy Policy.
We take such steps as are reasonable to ensure that these organisations or parties are aware of the provisions of this Privacy Policy in relation to your Personal Information.
3.4 Communications opt-out
If you have received communications from us and you no longer wish to receive those sorts of communications, you should contact us via the details set out in Section 11 of this document and we will ensure the relevant communication ceases.
Any other use or disclosure we make of your Personal Information will only be as required or authorised by law or as permitted by this Privacy Policy or otherwise with your consent.
4. Sensitive information
4.1 Sensitive information generally
Sensitive information is a subset of Personal Information. It means information or opinion about an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political organisation, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual orientation or practices, criminal record, health information about an individual, genetic information, biometric information that is to be used for the purpose of automated biometric verification or biometric identification or biometric templates.
4.2 Collection and use of sensitive information
In general, we attempt to limit the collection of sensitive information we may collect from you, but depending on the uses you make of our services this may not always be possible and we may collect sensitive information from you in order to carry out the services provided to you. However, we do not collect sensitive information from you without your consent.
The type of sensitive information we may collect about you is dependent on the services provided to you by Stafflink will be limited to the purpose(s) for which it is collected. We set out some types of sensitive information we may collect about you in the “Human resources” section of the table at Section 1 above.
We do not use sensitive information to send you Direct Marketing Communications (as set out in Section 5 below) without your express consent.
4.3 Consent
We may collect other types of sensitive information where you have consented and agree to the collection of such information. Generally speaking, we will obtain this type of consent from you at (or around) the point in time in which we collect the information.
5. Direct Marketing
5.1 Application
This section 5 applies to information collected directly by Stafflink from prospective customers or customers, career applicants or team members.
It does not apply where we receive your personal information from or on behalf of a Stafflink customer. In such cases, we may (as a service provider to our customer) assist our customer to transmit their direct marketing messages to you, in which case the provisions in our customer’s privacy policy apply to their direct marketing to you (even where we may assist the customer in the delivery of messages to you.)
5.2 Express informed consent
You give your express and informed consent to us using your Personal Information set out in:
- the “Sales and Enquiries” section of the table at Section 1.3 of this document above; and
- the “Marketing Services” section of the table at Section 1.3 of this document above;
to provide you with information and to tell you about our services or events or any other direct marketing activity (including third party products, services, and events) which we consider may be of interest to you, whether by post, email, SMS, messaging applications and telephone (Direct Marketing Communications).
5.3 Inferred consent and reasonable expectations of direct marketing
Without limitation to paragraph 5.1, if you have provided inferred or implied consent (e.g. not opting out where an opt-out opportunity has been provided to you) or if it is within your reasonable expectation that we send you Direct Marketing Communications given the transaction or communication you have had with us, then we may also use your Personal Information the purpose of sending you Direct Marketing Communications which we consider may be of interest to you.
5.4 Opt-out
If at any time you do not wish to receive any further Direct Marketing Communications from us or others under this Section 5, you may ask us not to send you any further information about services and not to disclose your information to other organisations for that purpose. You may do this at any time by using the “unsubscribe” facility included in the Direct Marketing Communication or by contacting us via the details set out in Section 11 of this document.
6. Credit Information and our Credit Reporting Policy
6.1 Credit information generally
The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) contains provisions regarding the use and disclosure of credit information, which applies in relation to the provision of both consumer credit and commercial credit.
6.2 Credit information and Stafflink
As we provide terms of payment of accounts which are greater than 7 days, we are considered a credit provider under the Privacy Act in relation to any credit we may provide you (in relation to the payment of your account with us).
We use credit related information for the purposes set out in the “Credit information” section of the table at Section 1 above and our Credit Reporting Policy which includes but is not limited to using the information for our own internal assessment of your credit worthiness.
6.3 Storage and access
We will store any credit information you provide us, or which we obtain about you, with any other Personal Information we may hold about you.
You may request to access or correct your credit information in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 and the provisions of our Credit Reporting Policy.
6.4 Complaints
Please see Section 11 and the provisions of our Credit Reporting Policy if you wish to make a complaint in relation to our handling of your credit information.
6.5 Our Credit Reporting Policy
Please see our Credit Reporting Policy for further information as to the manner in which we collect, use, store and disclosure credit information.
7. Anonymity and pseudo-anonymity
To the extent practicable and reasonable, we will endeavour to provide you with the option of dealing with Stafflink on an anonymous basis or through the use of a pseudonym. However, there may be circumstances in which it is no longer practicable for Stafflink to correspond with you in this manner and your Personal Information may be required in order to provide you with our services or to resolve any issue you may have.
8. Cross Border Disclosure
8.1 Application
Personal information uploaded or transferred by our customers into Stafflink’s online services or platforms as described in the table in section 1.2, is processed by Stafflink on our customers’ behalf and according to their directions. As such personal information is stored on servers in Australia, this section 8 does not apply to those types of personal information.
This section does apply to types of personal information collected, used and disclosed for the purposes described in the table in section 1.3, being personal information collected by Stafflink itself.
8.2 Cross border disclosures
Personal Information collected and held by Stafflink itself (and excluding Personal Information provided to us by or on behalf of Stafflink customers or their end users) as described in the table at section 1.3 may be disclosed to, and held at, a destination outside Australia, including but not limited to countries in the European Union or the United States, where we utilise third party service providers to assist Stafflink with supporting our careers applicants or employees, or providing our services to our customers. Personal Information collected by Stafflink itself may also be processed by staff or by other third parties operating outside Australia who work for us or for one of our suppliers, agents, partners or related companies.
As we use service providers and platforms which can be accessed from various countries via an Internet connection, it is not always practicable to know where your information may be held. If your information is stored in this way, disclosures may occur in countries other than those listed above.
In addition we may use overseas IT services (including software, platforms and infrastructure), such as data storage facilities or other IT infrastructure. In such cases, we may own or control such overseas infrastructure or we may have entered into contractual arrangements with third party service providers to assist Stafflink with providing our services to you.
8.3 Provision of informed consent
By submitting your Personal Information to Stafflink, you expressly agree and consent to the disclosure, transfer, storage or processing of your Personal Information outside of Australia. In providing this consent, you understand and acknowledge that countries outside Australia do not always have the same privacy protection obligations as Australia in relation to Personal Information. However, we will take steps to ensure that your information is used by third parties securely and in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Act requires us to take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that any recipients of your Personal Information outside of Australia do not breach the privacy principles contained within the Privacy Act. By providing your consent, under the Privacy Act, we are not required to take such steps as may be reasonable in the circumstances. However, despite this, we acknowledge the importance of protecting Personal Information and have taken reasonable steps to ensure that your information is used by third parties securely and in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
8.4 If you do not consent
If you do not agree to the disclosure of your Personal Information outside Australia by Stafflink, you should (after being informed of the cross border disclosure) tell Stafflink that you do not consent. To do this, either elect not to submit the Personal Information to Stafflink after being reasonably informed in a collection notification or please contact us via the details set out in Section 11 of this document.
9. Data security and quality
9.1 Data security
We have taken steps to help secure and protect your Personal Information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You will appreciate, however, that we cannot guarantee the security of all transmissions or Personal Information, especially where human error is involved or malicious activity by a third party.
Notwithstanding the above, we will take reasonable steps to:
- make sure that the Personal Information we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete and up to date;
- protect your Personal Information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure both physically and through computer security methods; and
- destroy or permanently de-identify Personal Information if it is no longer needed for its purpose of collection.
9.2 Accuracy
The accuracy of Personal Information depends largely on the information you provide to us, so we recommend that you:
- let us know if there are any errors in your Personal Information; and
- keep us up-to-date with changes to your Personal Information (such as your name or address).
We provide information about how you can access and correct your information in Section 10.
10. Access to and correction of your Personal Information
10.1 Your rights
You are entitled to have access to any Personal Information relating to you which we hold, except in some exceptional circumstances provided by law (including the Privacy Act). You are also entitled to edit and correct such information if the information is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading.
If you would like access to or correct any records of Personal Information we have about you, you are able to access and update that information (subject to the above) by contacting us via the details set out in Section 11 of this document.
10.2 Exercising your rights of access or correction
The ways in which you can exercise your rights as described in Section 10.1 will depend on whether a Stafflink customer, or Stafflink itself, has collected your personal information.
in respect of your Personal Information collected by a Stafflink customer and shared to Stafflink, please contact the relevant Stafflink customer directly and do not contact us. If you contact Stafflink to make your request, we will be required to redirect your request to the Stafflink customer and await their instructions before we take any other action, and this will likely mean a delay in responding to you.
If Stafflink is the data controller or collector of your Personal Information and you wish to exercise any of your rights described in Section 10.1 in respect of your Personal Information, then please send your request in writing to Stafflink at the details in Section 11 below. We will process your request promptly within receipt of receiving it.
10.3 Resolving privacy complaints
We have put in place an effective mechanism and procedure to resolve privacy complaints. We will ensure that all complaints are dealt with in a reasonably appropriate timeframe so that any decision (if any decision is required to be made) is made expeditiously and in a manner that does not compromise the integrity or quality of any such decision.
11. Key contacts
11.1 Contacting Stafflink
If you have any concerns or complaints about the manner in which we have collected, used or disclosed and stored your Personal Information, please contact us:
Telephone: +61 7 3778 6267
Email: [email protected]
Post: Level 4, 2 King Street, Bowen Hills, Queensland 4006
Please mark your correspondence to the attention of the Privacy Officer.
Important: If you have any concerns or complaints about the manner in which a Stafflink customer may have handled or processed your Personal Information, please direct your request directly to the relevant Stafflink customer. If you make your request to Stafflink, we will need to re-direct it to the Stafflink customer so that they may respond to you.
11.2 Steps we take to resolve a complaint
To resolve a complaint, we:
- request that you provide the details of the complaint in writing;
- will liaise with you to identify and define the nature and cause of the complaint;
- will keep you informed of the likely time within which we will respond to your complaint; and
- will inform you of the legislative basis (if any) of our decision in resolving such complaint.
11.3 Register of complaints
We will keep a record of the complaint and any action taken in a Register of Complaints.
To resolve a complaint, we:
- request that you provide the details of the complaint in writing;
- will liaise with you to identify and define the nature and cause of the complaint;
- will keep you informed of the likely time within which we will respond to your complaint; and
- will inform you of the legislative basis (if any) of our decision in resolving such complaint.
11.3 Register of complaints
We will keep a record of the complaint and any action taken in a Register of Complaints.
12. Consent, modifications and updates
12.1 Interaction of this Policy with contracts
This Privacy Policy is a compliance document prescribed by law rather than a legal contract between two or more persons. However, certain contracts may incorporate all, or part, of this Privacy Policy into the terms of that contract. In such instances, Stafflink may incorporate the terms of this policy such that:
- certain sections or paragraphs in this policy are incorporated into that contract, but in such a way that they do not give rise to contractual obligations onto Stafflink, but do create contractual obligations on the other party to the contract; and
- the consents provided in this policy become contractual terms provided by the other party to the contract.
12.2 Acknowledgement
By using our website, or purchasing a service from Stafflink, where you have been provided with a copy of our Privacy Policy or had a copy of our Privacy Policy reasonably available to you, you are acknowledging and agreeing:
- to provide the consents given by you in this Privacy Policy; and
- that you have been informed of all of the matters in this Privacy Policy.
12.3 Modifications and updates
We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy as our business needs require. We will take reasonable steps to notify you of such changes (whether by direct communication or by posting a notice on our website). If you do not agree to our continued use of your personal information due to the changes in our Privacy Policy, please cease providing us with your Personal Information and contact us via the details set out in Section 11 of this document.