Privacy Policy

Six Degrees Executive is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals and we understand the importance placed on the privacy of your personal information. Six Degrees Executive complies with the Privacy Laws as well as its own obligations of confidentiality.

Personal Information Collected

Personal information that is collected and held by Six Degrees Executive is generally information included in your resume such as your name, contact details, skills, qualifications, nationality, languages spoken, professional association memberships or accreditations, interests and your employment history, past responsibilities and achievements, opinions from referees and our assessment of you as a prospective candidate for recruitment. After receipt of your resume or during our interview, we may request additional information including details of referees and references. Other information we may collect includes work performance information, information about incidents in the workplace, information submitted and independently obtained in relation to absences from work due to leave, illness or other causes and information obtained to assist in managing client and business relationships.

Six Degrees holds, uses and discloses your personal information to maintain our business relationship, to enable you to submit your resume, apply to jobs and subscribe to Job Alerts. Further, we will use you information to communicate with you such things as news, industry updates, events, promotions, reports and other information. Your information will be used to trusted third parties where we use them to provide services such as psychometric evaluations or skills tests. Finally, we may also release personal information to regulatory or law enforcement authorities, if they require us to do so.

Who will be collecting your Personal and Sensitive Information

Your personal and sensitive information will be collected by Six Degrees for its own use and on behalf of other members of Six Degrees, who might require access to your personal and sensitive information in connection with your work placements. Each time you visit our web site statistical data is collected. This data is not linked to a particular person and does not provide us with any personal information.

How we collect Personal information

Your personal information will be collected by Six Degrees Executive for its own use and any registration paperwork is recorded either electronically or manually. If you register with us through our website registration process or by sending us an email, we receive and store your information. When you attend our office for an interview or participate in a telephone interview with us, we record the information you give us electronically or manually in a secure filing system.

How your Information will be collected - Visiting our Web Site

You can visit our web site and browse without the need to disclose any personal information. When you visit the Six Degrees web site, we record anonymous information such as the date and time of your visit, the server/IP address, which site was visited and the information viewed and/or downloaded. The information gathered is only used for administration and statistical purposes such as error logging. The information cannot tell us anything about you, it can only tell us about how you used our web site. This information can help us determine what areas of our web site are most beneficial to our visitors. No attempt is made by Six Degrees to identify users or their browsing activities.

If you register on-line for employment opportunities or, visit the client resources site to register a vacancy, we do collect some personal information about you, which you volunteer by filling in your details. The information required may include providing basic personal details such as your name, address, phone number and email address etc. You may also submit your resume or a position description. The information gathered at this point is stored in our database for retrieval and use by Six Degrees staff only for the purposes for which it was intended. By submitting your personal information in this way, you acknowledge and accept our Privacy Statement.

When submitting a time sheet via our web site, the information is transmitted directly to our payroll division, where it is only used for the intended purpose and is not disclosed to anyone outside the organisation. There is no collection of personal information until you have completed the time sheet and submit to Six Degrees for processing. We do not disclose any information gathered about your visit to our web site, or personal information that you provide through the job application process, such as your name, address etc to any other organisation outside Six Degrees, unless required to do so by law. At times you may forward an email to us via the email link in our web site. The information collected through this email will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. Your details will not be added to our database, unless specified by you, nor will we disclose or use your information for any other purpose, than the intended purpose.

How we use your information

The information that you supply to us from a candidate perspective is for the purposes of placing you in suitable roles. We will not use your personal information without first seeking your consent, unless authorised or required by law. When you give us your approval, your information may be disclosed to nominated prospective employers.

Generally we will only use and disclose your personal information to maintain a relationship with you as a candidate:

• to determine your suitability for possible work,
• to answer your enquiries,
• to keep you informed of new developments that may be of interest to you

If you apply for an overseas role then your personal information may be supplied to a third party overseas, but only with your approval.

As a client, we may disclose your information (with your prior consent) to third parties who we have commissioned to provide the services you have requested such as psychometric evaluations.

Access to Your Information

You may have access to see and have a copy of the personal information we hold about you unless we are legally authorised to refuse your request. Also, if you wish to change or update any information about your personal details or what information we hold about you, please contact our Privacy Officer, privacy@sixdegreesexecutive.com.au or (03) 8613 3500.

How we Protect the Security of your Information

We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. We have a number of safety measures in place to protect your information. For example, your personal information is stored in secured offices and in computerised databases which require a log in and password to gain access. Access to the database is only available to those who require such access. All staff are bound by a confidentiality agreement regarding company and customer information. Visitors to our premises are always accompanied by a member of staff for the duration of the visit. When you advise us that you are no longer looking for work opportunities and therefore do not wish to be registered with us, we will de-identify your data base record and destroy your personal information, unless you advise us otherwise or unless it is a requirement by law such as retained tax/wages information.

External Sites

External sites that are linked to or from the Six Degrees web site are not under our control and you are advised to review their Privacy Statement. Users should note there are inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet and you should therefore make your own assessment of the potential risk to the security of your information.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If at any time our privacy policy changes, the updated details will always be available on our web site for your perusal. If at any time you have a question or concern regarding Six Degrees and privacy, please contact us at privacy@sixdegreesexecutive.com.au.

How to Contact Us

If you wish to contact us about your personal or sensitive information please do so during normal office hours which are 8.30am to 5.30pm.

The Privacy Officer

Phone: +61 3 8613 3500

Email: privacy@sixdegreesexecutive.com.au