Hourigan International Pty Ltd (ACN 100 813 974) is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy rights and personal information.
Hourigan International Pty Ltd (ACN 100 813 974) ("we" or "us") is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy rights and personal information of all our candidates, clients, employees, suppliers and visitors to our website. This privacy policy is intended to provide you with information on how we collect, use, disclose and store the information that you provide to us so that you can make appropriate choices for sharing information with us. In addition to our Privacy Policy, we are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). We will only collect, use or disclose your personal information in accordance with this policy and the Privacy Act.
For the purposes of this policy, "personal information" means information whether or not an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about a person whose identity is apparent, or can be reasonably ascertained, from the information or opinion.
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 sources. 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.
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 a 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 are not limited to:
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 are not limited to:
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 are not limited to:
Sensitive information is a sub-category of personal information which is given a higher level of protection under the Privacy Act, which includes information or opinion of a person's racial or ethnic origin; political opinions; membership of a political association; religious beliefs or affiliations; philosophical beliefs; membership of a professional or trade association; membership of a trade union; sexual preferences or practices; criminal record; and health information. We will only collect and disclose sensitive information with your consent.
To enhance our research processes and improve the accuracy and efficiency of candidate selection, we use business management and intelligence software systems which may have an element of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and OpenAI Enterprise to analyse data and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our services.
We closely monitor the use of any AI tools in our organisation. We only use AI tools as an aid to our services and do not use any AI to make any decision.
We only use AI tools which warrant they comply with privacy laws, including GDPR and the Australian Privacy Act, and implement security measures to protect personal information. We will not use or permit any use of any personal information collected by us to train any AI model. However, given the nature of AI tools, some aggregated or de-identified personal information may be collected and used by AI tools for their business purposes.
We may from time to time transfer personal information collected by us outside Australia, including, but not limited to:
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 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.
Cookies are bits of electronic information that a website can transfer to a visitor's hard drive to help tailor and keep records of his or her visit to the site. Cookies allow website operators to better tailor site visits to individual preferences. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and many major websites use them.
We may use cookies in certain areas to improve your experience when visiting our website. They may be used to anonymously track interest and collect aggregate information on various parts of the sites.
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.
For further information on our privacy policy, or for questions on information that we may have collected from you, or should you wish to have your name removed from our mailing list, or if you wish to access or correct any of your personal information that we may be in possession of, please contact us by either of the following methods and we will be happy to review, update or change your record status as appropriate:
By Phone at:
+61 2 9571 7111
By Mail at:
Suite 67 Jones Bay Wharf 26-32 Pirrama Road Pyrmont NSW 2009 Sydney Australia
By Email at:
If you have any questions or concerns about your personal information which we collect, hold, use or disclose, or if you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us by notifying our Compliance Officer via the above contact details of your complaint. We will investigate your complaint and determine whether a breach has occurred and what action to take. If you remain dissatisfied, you can also refer your matter to the Office of the Australian Information Commission via www.oaic.gov.au or phone 1300 343 992.
We reserve the right to make changes to this policy at any time. If we make a material change to this privacy policy, we will notify you by posting the change on our website and, if necessary, give you additional choices regarding such changes. Please check back from time to time to ensure that you are aware of these changes. Your continued use of our site will signify your acceptance of these changes.