At DLA Consulting, we are committed to protect the privacy of our on-line visitors.  We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private and is used only for the purposes you agreed to.

National Privacy Principles:

The National Privacy Principles established by the Privacy Act 1988 apply to the DLA Consulting Group. 

Type of Personal Information Held:

Personal information that we collect and hold usually falls into the following categories:

1. Candidate Information submitted and obtained from the Candidate and other sources in connection with applications for work;
2. Work performance information;
3. Information about incidents in the workplace;
4. Staff information;
5. Information submitted and obtained in relation to absences from work due to leave, illness or other causes;
6. Information obtained to assist in managing client and business relationships; 

Purposes for which We Hold Personal Information:

We primarily hold personal information for the following:

1. Placement operations; (includes candidate floats and reverse marketing to potential employers)
2. Recruitment;
3. Staff management;
4. Training;
5. Client and business relationship management;
6. Marketing

Disclosures:

We may disclose your personal information for the purposes for which it is primarily held or for a related secondary purpose.  
In some cases we may only disclose information with your consent. 

We may disclose your personal information where we are under a legal duty to do so, including circumstances where we are under a lawful duty of care to disclose information.

Contractors:

We contract out a number of services from time to time.  Our contractors may see some of your personal information. 

Typically our contractors would include:

1. I.T. contractors and database designers;
2. Accountancy Services Providers
3. Trainers engaged by DLA to provide training services.

You can make further inquiries or complaints about our privacy policies to our Privacy Co-ordinator, Toni Fitzpatrick,  whose contact details are:

Toni Fitzpatrick (c/o DLA Consulting Group)
Suitte 7, Level 15,
470 Collins Street,
Melbourne. VIC 3000

Tel:  03 8624 4244
Fax: 03 8624 4200
Email: t.fitzpatrick@dlaconsulting.com.au 

You can also make complaints to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner.

Access:

Subject to some exceptions that are set out in the National Privacy Principles, you can gain access to the personal information that we hold about you.

We do refuse access if it would interfere with the privacy rights of other persons or if it is a breach of any confidentiality that attaches to that information. 

If you wish to obtain access to your personal information you should contact our Privacy
Co-ordinator.  You will need to be in a position to verify your identity.

We might impose a moderate charge in providing access. Our Privacy Co-ordinator would discuss these with you.
You should also anticipate that it may take a little time to process your application for access as there may be a need to retrieve information from storage and review information in order to determine what information may be provided.