We will only collect personal information which is necessary for or in connection with the conduct of our business. We may collect personal information directly from you, or in the course of providing our services to you as a candidate, client or in dealing with you as a supplier, contractor and service provider. We also collect personal information from publicly available We may also, with your consent, collect personal information from other sources such as referees, your past employers, credit reporting bodies, publicly available sources of information and third party service providers.

If you do not give us the information we seek, we may be limited in our ability to provide services to you, or engage you to provide services to us.

For Candidates:

We may collect personal information when you fill out an application form, update your profile, provide us with your resume, or when we have a meeting or telephone conversation with you.  We also take proactive approach by collecting information you have placed on publicly available sources, such as social media websites (including Facebook and Linkedin), and contacting your referees, former and potential employers, professional associations, and other person within the industry.

The kinds of personal information we collect include but not limited to:

• your general information, including your name, gender, date of birth, address, identification documents and contact details;
• information to enable us to determine your suitability for work, and information required by potential employers, including but not limited to your employment history, work performance, education background, qualifications, skills and other information contained in your resume, and we may also collect sensitive information relating to your criminal records, and income;
• results from your competency or medical test, policy checks, qualifications or other background checks, which are undertaken with your consent.
• health information required by prospective employers, including information relating to your COVID-19 vaccination status (including my vaccination certificate and other relevant medical certificates, which will be collected with your express consent.

For Clients:

We may collect personal information when you request for services from us, and in the course of providing services to you as a client. If you are a company, we may collect personal information of your directors, officers and employees.  We may also collect personal information about you from publicly available sources, such as newspapers, websites and social media networks.

The kinds of personal information we collect include but not limited to:

• general personal information, including your name, gender, date of birth, address, identification documents and contact details;
• other personal information you give us when you request services from us, such as your opinion, preference and requirements in respect to potential candidates and your opinions in respect to our services, your payment details and other information contained in briefs or correspondence with us; and
• any information we are required to collect by law.

For Referees:

We may collect your personal information from candidates, and when we have a meeting or telephone conversation with you.

The kinds of personal information we collect include but not limited to:

• your general information, including your name and contact details;
• your employment history, and professional association membership; and
• your opinion in respect to a potential or placed candidate.

We may from time to time transfer personal information collected by us outside Australia, including but not limited to:

• disclosure to clients, candidates, referees, and other relevant persons who are overseas to provide our services to you;
• disclosure to our staffs who are overseas;
• transfer and store on stored on a “cloud” server which is physically situated outside Australia and managed by third party supplier.

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipients will handle your personal information in a manner which is consistent with this privacy policy, but it is not always practicable to do so. By providing us with your personal information, you consent to the disclosure of your personal outside Australia as outlined above, and agree that Hourigan International is not required to ensure that the overseas recipient does not breach the Australian Privacy Principles, and that the overseas recipient may not be subject to a law, or binding scheme, that has the effect of protecting the information in a way that, overall, is at least substantially similar to the way in which the Australian Privacy Principles protect the information.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information held by us is accurate, up to date and not misleading. You have the right to access or correct your personal information, with limited exceptions. We will allow access unless there is a reason under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) or other relevant law to refuse such access. As permitted by law, we may charge you a reasonable fee for a copy of your records.