PRIVACY / COLLECTION STATEMENT

Protecting your Privacy
At Darwin Rhodes Australia your privacy is important to us. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is respected and maintained at all times. Darwin Rhodes Australia complies with the Privacy Laws and the National Privacy Principles as well as our existing obligations of confidentiality.
This Privacy / Collection Statement explains how we collect personal information and how we maintain, use and disclose that information. It also provides some detail about your privacy rights along with our general rights and obligations in relation to the personal information we keep on record.

What your Personal Information Is
Personal information is any information or an opinion about you. It may range from the very sensitive (e.g. medical history or condition) to the everyday (e.g. name, address and phone number). It would include the opinions of others about your work performance, your work experience and qualifications, aptitude and psychological assessment results and other information obtained by us in connection with your possible work placements. Personal information includes sensitive information.

What Sensitive Information Is
Sensitive information is a special category of personal information. It is information or an opinion about your:
¡P racial or ethnic origin;
¡P political opinion;
¡P membership of a political association or religious beliefs, affiliations or philosophical beliefs;
¡P membership of a professional or trade association or membership of a trade union;
¡P sexual preferences or practices;
¡P criminal record;
¡P health or disability (at any time);
¡P expressed wishes about the future provision of health services.
It includes personal information collected to provide a health service.
Sensitive information can, in most cases, only be disclosed with your consent. We do not actively seek to collect sensitive information unless it is necessary for our business purposes. If we do have to collect sensitive information, we will do so in accordance with the National Privacy Principles.

Who will be collecting your Personal and Sensitive Information
Your personal and sensitive information will be collected by Darwin Rhodes Australia for its own use.

A third party hosts our web site and 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 your Information will be Collected ¡V Attending an Interview
Personal and sensitive information will be collected from you directly when you attend an interview with one of our staff members. At this time you will complete our registration paperwork or any other information in connection with your application to us for registration.
Personal and sensitive information will also be collected when:
¡P we receive any reference about you;
¡P we receive results of inquiries that we might make with your former employers, work colleagues, professional associations or registration body;
¡P we receive the results of any competency or medical test;
¡P we receive performance feedback (whether positive or negative);
¡P we receive any complaint from or about you in the workplace;
¡P we receive any information about a workplace accident in which you are involved;
¡P we receive a response from a job advertisement ¡V either written, verbal or email
¡P we receive any information about any insurance investigation, litigation, registration or professional disciplinary matter, criminal matter, inquest or inquiry in which you are involved;
¡P you provide us with any additional information about you.

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 Darwin Rhodes Australia 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 cannot be directly matched to an individual and 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 Darwin Rhodes Australia to identify users or their browsing activities.

If you visit the Candidate Registration web site and 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 Darwin Rhodes staff only for the purposes for which it was intended. By submitting your personal information in this way, you acknowledge and accept our Privacy / Collection Statement.

We do not disclose any information gathered about your visit to our web site, or personal information that you provide through the Candidate Registration process, such as your name, address etc to any other organisation, 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.

When submitting a time sheet, 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 submitted to Darwin Rhodes Australia for processing.

Your Information will be Used

Your personal and sensitive information may be used in connection with:
¡P your actual or possible work placement;
¡P payment for work completed on a temporary/contract assignment
¡P follow up with you to offer you work or ascertain your availability for work
¡P your performance appraisals;
¡P our assessment of your ongoing performance and prospects;
¡P any test or assessment (including medical tests and assessments) that you might be required to undergo;
¡P our identification of your training needs;
¡P any workplace rehabilitation;
¡P our management of any complaint, investigation or inquiry in which you are involved;
¡P any insurance claim or proposal that requires disclosure of your personal or sensitive information.
¡P Ensuring our internal business processes are running smoothly which may include quality assurance audits, quality and services evaluations, fulfilling legal requirements and conducting confidential systems maintenance and testing.

Your Personal and Sensitive Information may be Disclosed to

¡P potential and actual employers and clients of Darwin Rhodes;
¡P referees;
¡P our insurers;
¡P a professional association or registration body that has a proper interest in the disclosure of your personal and sensitive information;
¡P a Workers Compensation body;
¡P our contractors and suppliers ¡V e.g. our I.T. contractors and database designers
¡P any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information.

We will advise you of our intentions and gain consent before we refer your personal information to our clients for possible work opportunities.

If you do not give us the information we seek

If you do not give us the information we seek:
¡P we may be limited in our ability to locate suitable work for you;
¡P we may be limited in our ability to place you in work;

How does Darwin Rhodes Australia 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 that 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.

We use secure methods to de-identify personal information as soon as the law permits and provided that the information is no longer needed by us. 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 archive or de-identify your data base record and personal information, unless you advise us otherwise or unless a requirement by law such as retained tax/wages information.

You can Gain Access to your Information to Correct it if it is Wrong

Subject to some exceptions that are set out in the National Privacy Principles (Principle 6 ¡V Access and Correction), you have a right to see and have a copy of personal and sensitive information about you that we hold.

If you are able to establish that personal or sensitive information that we hold about you is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, we will take reasonable steps to correct it so that it is accurate, complete and up-to-date.

If we are unable to agree that personal or sensitive information that we hold about you is accurate, complete and up-to-date, you may ask us to place with the information a statement by you that claims that particular information is not accurate, complete and up-to-date.

If you wish to exercise your rights of access and correction you should contact our Quality and Policy Manager, whose details are shown in the How to Contact us section.

In some cases we may impose a moderate charge for providing access to personal or sensitive information. We will not charge you simply because you lodge a request for access.

External Sites

External sites that are linked to or from the Darwin Rhodes Australia 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 Darwin Rhodes Australia and privacy, please contact us at info@darwinrhodes.com.au

How to Contact Us
If you wish to contact us about your personal or sensitive information you should contact
Information Officer
Phone: (02) 8264 0327
Fax: (02) 8264 0331
info@darwinrhodes.com.au
Or please ring during normal office hours, which are 8.30am to 5.30pm

By submitting information you consent to us collecting, maintaining, using and disclosing personal information, about you and provided by you or by another person in accordance with this Privacy / Collection Statement and our Privacy Policy. All information sought and collected is required for our business purposes, which is to assist you with gaining employment either in a temporary or permanent capacity.

Terms of Use

Please read the details set out below carefully before using this website (the "Site"). By accessing this Site, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions and disclaimers (the "Terms").

• References to 'you', 'your' and 'yours' are references to the person(s) accessing the Site.
• References to 'we', 'us' and 'our' are references to Darwin Rhodes Limited.
• References to the 'Darwin Rhodes Group' are references to Darwin Rhodes subsidiaries and associated companies.

Terms

All our products and services are subject to the terms and conditions and disclaimers of the applicable agreement governing their use. These Terms are to be read by you together with any terms, conditions and disclaimers provided in the pages of the Site. In the event of any conflict, the terms, conditions and disclaimers provided in the pages of the Site shall prevail over these Terms.The information, material and content provided in the pages of the Site may be changed at any time without notice. Changes may be made to the Terms at any time without notice by updating this posting. You agree to review the Terms regularly and your continued access to or use of the Site will mean that you agree to any changes.

No Offer

Neither the information, nor any opinion contained in our Site constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation or an offer to buy any product or sevices or any advice or recommendation with respect to products or services.

Users

The Site is currently intended for those who access it from within Asia & Australia. Because of this we cannot guarantee that the Site or the information thereon complies with or is appropriate for use in other places. You are wholly responsible for use of the Site by any person using your computer and you must ensure that any such person complies with these Terms.

No Warranties

The following clauses exclude or limit our legal liability for the Site. You should read them carefully.
Whilst we have taken reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy, currency, availability correctness and completeness of the information contained on the Site, information is provided on an "as is", "as available" basis and we do not give or make any warranty or representation of any kind, whether express or implied. The use of the Site is at your sole risk. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever and howsoever arising as a result of your use of or reliance on the information contained on the Site to the maximum extent permitted by law.We do not represent or warrant that the Site will be available and meet your requirements, that access will be uninterrupted, that there will be no delays, failures, errors or omissions or loss of transmitted information, that no viruses or other contaminating or destructive properties will be transmitted or that no damage will occur to your computer system. You have sole responsibility for adequate protection and back up of data and/or equipment and for undertaking reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses or other destructive properties.We make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, functionality or performance of any third party software that may be used in connection with the Site.

Third Party Sites and Warranties

Where we provide hypertext links to other locations on the Internet, we do so for information purposes only. We are not responsible for the content of any other websites or pages linked to or linking to this Site. We have not verified the content of any such websites. Following links to any other websites or pages shall be at your own risk and we shall not be responsible or liable for any damages or in other way in connection with linking. Links to downloadable software sites are for convenience only and we are not responsible or liable for any difficulties or consequences associated with downloading the software. Use of any downloaded software is governed by the terms of the licence agreement, if any, which accompanies or is provided with the software. No endorsement or approval of any third parties or their advice, opinions, information, products or services is expressed or implied by any information on our Site.

Internet e-mail

Messages sent over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure as they are subject to possible interception or loss or possible alteration. We are not responsible for them and will not be liable to you or anyone else for any damages or otherwise in connection with any message sent by you to the company or any message sent by the company to you over the Internet.

Trade Marks and Copyright

Copyright in the pages screens, information and material in their arrangement included in this Site is owned by or licensed to Darwin Rhodes unless otherwise noted. You may imprint, copy, download or temporarily store extracts from our Site for your personal information or when you use our products and services. You must not alter anything. Any other use is prohibited unless you first get our written permission. In particular no one may use a part of our Site on any other website, or link any other website to our Site, without our prior written permission.

Data Protection

We may as a result of your interaction with the Site hold and process personal information obtained about you when you access the Site and use it for servicing our relationship with you, to conduct our business and to provide you with better customer services and products from the Darwin Rhodes Group, to evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing of the Site and for statistical analysis. We may pass this information to other members of the Darwin Rhodes Group, as permitted by law so that they may do the same and they may pass information held by them about you to us so that we may do the same. We will not disclose any such information outside of the Darwin Rhodes Group unless required/obliged by law or Governmental or judicial bodies or agencies or under a strict code of secrecy to sub-contractors or persons acting as our agents or where we have your consent or have previously informed you. By agreeing to these Terms you agree to such data being so used and that it may be transmitted to others as stated above.

Governing Law

The Terms are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the courts of the above jurisdiction will have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute, which may arise.

Our Information

Darwin Rhodes
Asia Pacific Regional Office
Darwin Rhodes (Hong Kong),
910-912, Tower Two, Lippo Centre
89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Telephone - +852 3101 0930
Fax - +852 3101 0989