Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

Please read this statement carefully. 

General Consent

By providing your personal information, you consent to The Lost Dogs’ Home (LDH) using, disclosing, storing and otherwise handling that personal information for the purposes of assessing your suitability and eligibility future employment opportunities at LDH in accordance with the LDH Privacy Policy.

By providing LDH with the personal information of a third party, for example the personal details of a nominated referee, you confirm that you have obtained the consent of that individual to:

  • your disclosure of that individual's personal information to LDH; and
  • LDH handling that personal information in accordance with the LDH Privacy Policy.

A copy of the LDH Privacy Policy is available at: https://dogshome.com/privacy-policy

Pre-Employment Screening Checks 

When submitting an application for employment with LDH, we may conduct some, or all of the following pre-employment screening checks:

  • Confirmation of education and/or previous employment
  • Immigration status 
  • Drug and alcohol and other medical testing 
  • Psychometric testing / skills testing 
  • Reference checks of referees you nominate 
  • Confirmation of professional memberships

Where required by law, or where relevant to a particular position, LDH may conduct some, or all of the following pre-employment screening checks:

  • Criminal history 
  • Credit check /Bankruptcy 
  • Directorship search 
  • Professional registrations/ memberships/ accreditations
  • Company checks 

By submitting your application, you consent to LDH and its associates conducting some, or all of the pre-employment screening checks mentioned above as part of our recruitment process.

Use and Disclosure 
Your personal information is used to for the purpose of assessing your suitability for the job/s you apply for and is stored in electronic format in a database.  It may also be used to assess your suitability for other roles within LDH.  Your personal information is never passed onto any third parties, other than in the circumstances contemplated in this Privacy Statement or otherwise  in accordance with the LDH Privacy Policy.

Data Quality 
At any time, you may access your account to update your profile and/or résumé, thereby ensuring that the information LDH holds about you is complete, accurate and up to date.

Openness 
If you have questions as to how your information is handled, your LDH recruitment contact will be able to explain our process further to you.

Access and Correction 
It is your responsibility to keep your login and password details private to prevent unauthorised access. You may access your account to update, create new applications and activate or deactivate your registration for job mail at any time.  Should you wish to remove your account, please contact a member of our recruitment team.

Anonymity 
If you prefer to register for job mail anonymously, you may do so by using an email address only.

Storage 
This online recruitment service is powered by PageUp People Recruitment Software ('PageUp') under an agreement between LDH and PageUp People Pty Ltd ('PageUp People'). When you submit your online job application, personal information of yours may be stored on the PageUp database, and on servers located in the United States.  As an Australian company, and under its contract with LDH, PageUp People must meet stringent privacy requirements under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) with regard to access, storage and handling of your personal information. 

By providing your personal information as part of your application and thereby consenting to LDH performing pre-employment screening checks, you:

(i)  consent to Lost Dogs Home disclosing your personal information to PageUp People and/or to its related bodies corporate for the purpose outlined in this Privacy Statement;

(ii)  consent to the hosting and/or storage of your personal information overseas by PageUp People and/or its related bodies corporate for the purpose outlined in this Privacy Statement;

(iii)   acknowledge that LDH is ensuring your personal information is appropriately protected overseas (where applicable) by requiring PageUp People to commit to complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) in relation to any personal information you provide.

Work Status

By submitting your application, you  give LDH and/or its contracted immigration provider full permission to conduct checks of your immigration status and work rights at the time of recruitment, and at any time during the course of your employment with LDH.