Privacy policy.

Welcome to HR Review ("Company," "we," "us," "our"). Our Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") govern your use of our site www.hrreview.com.au (the "Site") and the Human Resources consulting services we provide (the "Services").

Your privacy is important to us. It is our policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may collect about you including across our site.

This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect and use information that we obtain about you, and your rights in relation to that information. Your use of our online services or your provision of information to us constitutes your acknowledgement of the terms of this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy sets out our policy in relation to the protection of personal information, as under the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) (“the Act”) and the Australian Privacy Principles (“APP”).

The APPs regulate the handling of personal information.

What is Personal Information

Personal information is any information about you which can be used to identify you. This includes information about you as a person (such as name, address, and date of birth), your devices, payment details, and even information about how you use a site or online service.

Kinds of information that the Company collects and holds

Information we collect falls into one of two categories: 'voluntarily provided' information and 'automatically collected' information.

'Voluntarily provided' information refers to any information you knowingly and actively provide us when using or participating in any of our services.

'Automatically collected' information refers to any information automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing our products and services.

Log Data

When you visit our site, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details about your visit.

Additionally, if you encounter certain errors while using the site, we may automatically collect data about the error and the circumstances surrounding its occurrence. This data may include technical details about your device, what you were trying to do when the error happened, and other technical information relating to the problem. You may or may not receive notice of such errors, even in the moment they occur, that they have occurred, or what the nature of the error is.

Please be aware that while this information may not be personally identifying by itself, it may be possible to combine it with other data to personally identify individual persons.

Device Data

When you visit our site or interact with our services, we may automatically collect data about your device, such as:

  • Device Type

  • Operating System

Data we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to us.

Personal Information

We may ask for personal information — for example, when you subscribe to our newsletter or when you contact us — which may include one or more of the following:

  • Name

  • Email

  • Social media profiles

  • Date of birth

  • Phone/mobile number

  • Home/mailing address

Sensitive Information

We will only collect sensitive information where you consent to the collection of the information (unless one of the exceptions to the APPs apply) and the information is reasonably necessary for one or more of our services, functions or activities.

Sensitive information includes, but is not limited to, information or an opinion about racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences, criminal record, health information or genetic information.

Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Personal Information

We only collect and use your personal information when we have a legitimate reason for doing so and through lawful and appropriate means. In which instance we only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services to you.

Collection and Use of Information

We may collect personal information from you when you do any of the following on our site (not exhaustive):

  • Through application forms;

  • By email or other written mechanisms;

  • Over a telephone call;

  • Through transactions;

  • Through our site;

  • Sign up to receive updates from us via email or social media channels;

  • Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content;

  • When you mention us on social media.

We may collect, hold, use and disclose information for the following purposes, and personal information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:

  • To provide you with our platform's core services;

  • To contact and communicate with you;

  • For analytics, market research, and business development, including to operate and improve our site, associated applications, and associated social media platforms;

  • For advertising and marketing, including to send you promotional information about our services;

  • To enable you to access and use our site, associated applications, and associated social media platforms;

  • For internal record keeping and administrative purposes;

  • For security and fraud prevention, and to ensure that our sites and apps are safe, secure, and used in line with our terms of use;

  • For technical assessment, including to operate and improve our app, associated applications, and associated social media platforms.

We may combine voluntarily provided and automatically collected personal information with general information or research data we receive from other trusted sources. For example, our marketing and market research activities may uncover data and insights, which we may combine with information about how visitors use our site to improve our site and your experience on it.

Security of Your Personal Information

When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and no one can guarantee absolute data security.

You are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security strength, ensuring the security of your own information within the bounds of our services. For example, ensuring any passwords associated with accessing your personal information and accounts are secure and confidential.

Disclosure of Personal Information

The Company may disclose your personal information for any of the purposes for which it is was collected, as indicated under this Privacy Policy, or where it is under a legal duty to do so.

Disclosure will usually be internally, but may otherwise include third parties such as contracted service suppliers (CSP). Examples of CSPs include, but are not limited to, financial institutions for payment processing, information technology service providers, marketing and communications agencies, printers and distributers of direct marketing material and external business advisors.

Before we disclose personal information about you to a third party, we will take steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the third party does not breach the APPs in relation to the information. While we take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of our system, we cannot provide any guarantee regarding security of the personal information and other data transmitted and we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access of your personal information.

Access to Personal Information

If the Company holds personal information about you, you may request access to that information by putting the request in writing to us. We will respond to any request within a reasonable period, but no more than 30 days.

There are certain circumstances in which we may refuse to grant you access to the personal information. For example, we may need to refuse access if granting access would interfere with the privacy of others or if it would result in a breach of confidentiality or legal professional privilege.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. For example, if you have provided us with personal information as part of creating an account with us, we may retain this information for the duration your account exists on our system. If your personal information is no longer required for this purpose, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.

However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific, or historical research purposes or statistical purposes.

Use of Cookies

We use 'cookies' to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our site stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on preferences you have specified.

Limits of Our Policy

Our site may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

Changes to This Policy

At our discretion, we may amend our Privacy Policy to reflect updates to our processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If we decide to amend our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this Privacy Policy.

 

Last Updated: 21 August 2024