PRIVACY STATEMENT
Greenstaff Medical understands the importance of protecting clients’ and staff members’ privacy. We are committed to complying with the Privacy Act 1988 and the National Privacy Principles.
We primarily hold personal information for the following:
Types of personal information held and collected by Greenstaff Medical usually falls into the following categories:
If your personal information is not provided
If you do not provide us with all of the information, we request we may be unable to supply to you the service that you require.
PRIVACY COLLECTION NOTIFICATION & CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS
We will need to collect personal information about you. Personal information may range from the sensitive (e.g. relevant medical history or criminal history) to the everyday (e.g. address and phone number). We may collect the opinions of others about staff work performance staff work experience and qualifications, aptitude test results and other information in connection with possible work placements. We will only collect information that is reasonably necessary for the performance of our functions or activities.
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
We do not collect or use personal information for the purposes of unlawful discrimination. We do not collect personal information just because we think it could be useful at some future stage if we have no present need for it. We do not routinely conduct criminal history checks and only do so in order to obtain relevant criminal history with regard to particular jobs you are offered or for which you are shortlisted.
If you only browse our website, we do not collect information that identifies you personally, though we may collect information related to your visit to our website.
See our Privacy Policy for more information. Our Privacy Policy sets out further information which it may be helpful for you to know.
Who will be collecting your personal and sensitive information
Your personal information will be collected by Greenstaff Medical PTY Limited | 40 City Road | Southbank | VIC 3006 for its own use in connection to providing clients with quality care support and staff with your work placements.
Your personal information will be held on a centralised online database with access from our brands located at 120 Bark Street Bolton BL12AX, Dallas Parkway Plano TX 75024, 1 Yonge Street Toronto ON M5E 1W7 and Udyog Vihar Sector 18 Gurugram Haryana 122008. Some of your personal information may be held on portable devices such as mobile phones, laptop computers or in diaries operated and held by our staff members.
HOW GREENSTAFF MEDICAL USES YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Staff personal information will be used in connection with:
Staff personal information may be disclosed to…
Client’s personal information will be used:
To ensure the process of providing quality care, information about your medical history and care needs may be given to other relevant parties who are involved in your care. These may include your family members, Greenstaff Medical Limited staff, treaters/specialists, NDIS support coordinator, NDIS Plan Manager or the NDIS/NDIA.
Client’s information may be disclosed to…
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Some laws such as taxation law, immigration law, laws regulating employment agencies, laws relating to national security, laws relating to professional or trade registration and laws for the protection of certain classes of people (such as children or the elderly) may require that we collect certain types of information (including criminal history and evidence of your right to work) from you that is relevant to the position/s for which you may be applying.
The following Australian laws require or authorise our collection of personal information from you:
There may be cases where our duties require us to obtain and disclose certain types of personal information relevant to specific jobs. For example; a nurses AHPRA registration number or Working with Children Number.
When requesting information of this type we will tell you whether the supply of that information by you is mandatory or voluntary.
If you do not give us all or part of the information we need
PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU THAT WE COLLECT FROM OTHERS
We collect personal information about you from other people including referees, previous employers, professional registration authorities, educational institutions, who may be in a position to provide us with information that we may use to assess your suitability to be placed in or continue in positions that you may be offered.
If we reasonably believe that your being in, or remaining in, a position might present a risk to your health and safety or to that of others for whose health or safety we are responsible, we may collect relevant personal information (including health information) that will allow us to manage that risk.
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS
We conduct transactions electronically as well as in hard copy and by face to face measures. It is important that you understand that there are risks associated with the use of electronic technologies and the use of the internet and you should take all appropriate steps to protect your personal information. Please see our Privacy Policy for further information.
By providing Greenstaff Medical your personal information for the purpose of recruitment, casual labour hire, on hire, contracts or placements your consent will be implied to the collection of your personal information irrespective if your employment/ recruitment process is completed.
SECURITY
Greenstaff Medical takes every precaution to protect your information. To this end, Greenstaff Medical has implemented appropriate technologies and policies to safeguard your privacy from unauthorized access and improper use.
DISCLOSURE
We may disclose your personal information for the purposes for which it is primarily held or for a related secondary purpose, and in some cases, we may only disclose information with your consent. We do not disclose information about your personal information that you provide, such as your address, email address, telephone number, etc., to any outside parties, except when we believe we are under a lawful duty of care to do so.
Marketing information
Under no circumstances will information be sold to external agencies for marketing purposes. We may, with your consent, use your personal details to give you information that may be of interest to you, about the other products and services that are available from us, from our related entities, and from other businesses with which we or our related entities have relationships. Your consent will be implied unless you notify us that you do not consent to your information being used for this purpose. You can elect to alter your consent at any time.
When we may give personal information to other Organisations At times we may need to provide personal information about you to other organisations who provide services that assist us in supplying to you, or in administering, the products and services you require, or assist us in giving you the information that you are entitled to. Examples of such organisations are our related entities, related training organisations, printing and mailing houses, valuers, legal advisers and collection agents. These organisations may only use the information to the extent necessary to provide the services we require.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Greenstaff Medical is not responsible for the privacy notices and practices of other websites even if accessed using links from?www.greenstaffhomecare.com.au?or www.greenstaffhomecare.com.au.au and recommends that you check the policy of each website you visit and contact its owner or Data Protection Officer if you have any concerns or questions.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OVERSEAS RECIPIENTS
We are likely to disclose your personal information to overseas recipients within our business. The countries in which the overseas recipient to whom we are likely to disclose your personal information are likely to be located are as follows:
Our Privacy Policy contains information about how you may access personal information that is held by us and seek correction of that information.
REQUEST YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION HELD BY THE GREENSTAFF MEDICAL
You have certain legal rights in regards the your personal information that you have provided to us and/or which we gather regarding you.
The following rights might include, where applicable:
If you are an EU resident and would like to submit a data subject access request, please contact SubjectAccessRequestGS@greenstaffmedical.com
CONTACT US
If you wish to contact us about your personal information you should contact Camilla Kerrigan Camilla.kerrigan@greenstaffmedical.com.au +61 3 9021 0122 during normal office hours which are 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday. If you need to contact us about your personal or sensitive information urgently outside normal office hours you should contact +61 3 9021 0122 to speak to our staff.