Southern Cross Computing Privacy Policy
Protecting your privacy Southern Cross Computing Pty Ltd ('SCC') recognises the importance of privacy protection and is committed to complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (the Act) and the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) set out in the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000. The NPPs set out minimum standards of privacy protection in relation to the collection, holding, use, disclosure, management, access, correction and disposal of personal information.

Information Use and Disclosure If you provide personal information to SCC, SCC will not use or disclose this information other than for the purpose you provided it, except:
  • if SCC has your consent;
  • if required or authorised to do so by law;
  • if SCC reasonably believes it is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious and imminent threat to an individual's life, health or safety or a serious threat to public health and safety; or
  • to protect SCC's rights or property.
Information SCC may Hold about you SCC is a specialist supplier of IT contractors. As such, SCC gathers personal and employment information on the following basis:

Candidates
Personal Information including:
- Name
- private address and phone numbers(s)
- business address and phone number(s)
- Email address(es)

Employment Information including:
- Employment history
- Referee Reports
- Details of claims against Selection Criteria
- Details of positions a contractor has been proposed for
- Client Feedback


Employees, Contractors and Subcontractors
Including:
- location of work
- Contract employment terms and conditions
- Bank Account details
- Taxation details
- Exemption Status Declarations
- Financial details of contracts including pay rates
- Client assessments


IP Address
SCC's web servers gather your IP address to help diagnose problems with our service, to administer our site, and to gather broad demographic information. Demographic information is gathered in aggregate only and cannot be traced to an individual user.

What Information is held and What it is used for Information such as names, business contact details and dealings with suppliers and potential suppliers to SCC
  • Used to administer SCC's dealings and potential dealings with suppliers of products and services
Information such as names, business contact details and professional details and business details of customers and potential customers, and their dealings with SCC.
  • Used to supply products and services
  • to administer SCC's dealings and potential dealings with customers
  • to market our products and services
Information such as names and contact details of persons who contact SCC with requests for information, including through emails from the SCC website.
  • to respond to those requests
  • to contact the person with regard to future opportunities should this be so requested by the person
Information about applicants for employment or contractual positions with SCC.
  • to assess those applications for employment or contractual position
Who is the personal information disclosed to? As a general rule, SCC will not provide personal information to any third parties except:
  • to related companies of SCC, for the same kinds of purposes as listed above;
  • to ensure continuity of service, to another company if the supply of the product or service has been transferred to that company;
  • to third parties engaged to provide services in connection with the purposes mentioned above (eg: external auditors, superannuation and training) but only if they satisfy SCC that they comply with the Privacy Act and other relevant privacy laws; and
  • if it is otherwise permitted or required by the Privacy Act or any other law.
Accessing Information about You held by SCC To the extent you are entitled to under the Privacy Act and other applicable laws, you can access your personal information held by SCC by contacting the Privacy Inquiry Service (contact details below).

At SCC, we welcome any suggestions for how we can improve our personal information handling processes. Please send your comments, complaints, inquiries or suggestions directly to SCC (contact details below).

Security of your personal information SCC will take reasonable steps to ensure that we hold your personal information in a secure environment accessed only by authorised persons for the purposes and processes described above. Our server computers are physically secure and all efforts are made to ensure that our network security is maintained to a very high level.

However, no data transmission across any network, including the internet, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit across a network (including the internet). These activities are conducted at your own risk.
Consent By providing SCC with personal information, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this policy.

Changes to this policy SCC may vary this policy from time to time. The most current version of this policy (the "SCC Privacy Policy") will be published on www.scc.com.au or can be obtained by contacting SCC (contact details below). We encourage you to check the policy regularly. We will not separately notify you of changes to it.

Contact details for Privacy related Issues SCC can be contacted by:
  • sending an email to privacy@scc.com.au; or
  • phoning (02) 62902800.

    • Definitions The terms "personal information", "sensitive information" and "employee record" are used in this document with the meaning that they are given in the Privacy Act 1988.

    To summarise their meaning:

    personal information: information or an opinion, whether true or not, from which your identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained.

    employee record: personal information relating to the employment of an employee, for example:

    * health information;
    * engagement, training, disciplining or resignation;
    * termination of employment;
    * terms and conditions of employment;
    * hours of employment and salary or wages;
    * recreation, long service, sick, personal, maternity, paternity or other leave;
    * taxation, banking or superannuation affairs.
    * personal and emergency contact details;
    * performance or conduct; or
    * membership of a professional or trade association or trade union.

    sensitive information : personal information about your health, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of political, professional or trade associations or trade unions, sexual preferences or practices and criminal records.