This policy outlines how LocumDocs uses and manages personal information provided to it or collected by it.

LocumDocs complies with the National Privacy Principles contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act.

PERSONAL INFORMATION LOCUMDOCS COLLECTS

LocumDocs collects and holds personal information, including sensitive information about or in relation to you to provide you with our services. The information collected includes personal contact and identification details (including names, email address and telephone numbers), referee contact details, health details and medical and criminal details.

LocumDocs and its staff collects personal information held about an individual by way of forms and data entered through our website.

HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

LocumDocs will use the personal information supplied to advise you of employment opportunities or other information pertinent to your applications. LocumDocs will only ever use or share your information for the purpose you gave it to us for, or something closely related to that. This will include the sharing of personal information with health employers and registered Medical Locum Agencies when you send an enquiry or apply for a position advertised on our website.

HOW WE MANAGE & RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

It is a legal requirement that LocumDocs staff respect your confidentiality of personal information & the privacy of individuals. Unless under legal circumstances we are required to provide your personal information to others, it will only be seen by persons working for us & persons to whom the personal information is disclosed in accordance with this policy.

LocumDocs uses security measures including locked storage of paper records & password access rights to computerised records to protect the personal information that we hold. We also have strict policies and procedures in place to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure of information.

Sensitive information will be used & disclosed only for the purpose for which it was provided or a directly related secondary purpose, unless you agree otherwise, or the use of & disclosure of the sensitive information as allowed by law. Sensitive information includes, for example, a person's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, criminal record & health information.

CAN YOU UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION?

Personal information held by LocumDocs is accessible for you to update at any time.

We seek to ensure that information we hold is accurate, complete & up-to date. Information is not stored any longer than is required in accordance with the National Privacy Principles.

AM I ABLE TO ACCESS MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Under the Commonwealth Privacy Act, you have the right to request access to any personal information that we hold about you and advise us of any inaccuracies, incomplete or out-of-date information. There are some circumstances where access to information may be refused, for example, where a release of the information would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others or is unlawful.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA

If you provide us with your e-mail address, you agree to receive E-mail correspondence about job vacancies and other information required to provide our service to you. Your e-mail address is not distributed to any other third party.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

LocumDocs may from time to time, review & update this Privacy Policy.