Privacy Collection Statement
How we collect your information
When you apply for a position with Mind Australia Limited ABN 22 005 063 589 (Mind, we), you will be asked to give us some personal information for the purposes set out below. This information generally includes your name, contact details, date of birth, gender, citizenship, details of your previous employment, your qualifications and emergency contact details, and sensitive information (including health information).
This information will be collected directly from you, as you enter data into the employment portal. From time to time other people such as previous employers and your nominated referees may also provide us with information about you. In some circumstances, information may be provided to us by other third parties such as recruiters.
If there is a legal requirement for you to supply the information (for example, citizenship details for immigration law purposes) you will be informed at the time of supplying this information.
Why we collect your information
Mind collects personal information that is necessary to enable us to process your employment application, to assist it in protecting the health and safety of its workers and clients, and to comply with law.
Use of personal information
Your personal information which is collected by Mind will only be used or disclosed for:
- the purpose for which it was collected;
- any related purpose for which it would reasonably be expected to be used or disclosed;
- a purpose required or permitted by law; or
- a purpose for which you have provided consent.
The third parties to which your personal information may be disclosed include:
(a) Home Base Services Limited and The Haven Foundation;
(b) any contractor Mind engages to provide IT services where access to the information is required as part of the provision of the services;
(c) third party participants on an interview panel where appropriate, which may include an employee of a State or Territory health body or an individual who has used mental health services.
Where we disclose your personal information to our staff, contractors or third party interview panellists, we will require them to keep it confidential and only use it in accordance with this privacy policy.
This website uses standard web browser features such as ‘cookies’. These are files that your web browser places on your computer’s hard drive and are recognised as a way of identifying you each time you return to the site so that you do not have to re-enter your personal details. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about our use of cookies. Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies, however this may affect the performance of the website and some functions will not be available.
Privacy Policy and Contact Details
Mind’s Privacy Policy provides further information on the management of your personal information and your legal rights and responsibilities. It includes information about how you may access your information, seek correction of your information, and how you can make a complaint (including how that complaint will be dealt with).
Please contact our Privacy Feedback and Complaints Officer at the details set out below with any queries or concerns regarding your personal information:
Postal address: Privacy, Feedback and Complaints Officer
PO Box 592 Heidelberg VIC 3084
Telephone: + (61) (3) 94557000
Fax: + (61) (3) 94557999
Email: quality@mindaustralia.org.au
