Privacy Policy
My First Job is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you on how we manage your Personal Information.
By using our website and services, you consent to the collection, use, storage, security, disposal and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with this policy.
We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). They govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at https://www.oaic.gov.au/.
If you are under 18 years old, you will need to get permission from your parent or guardian to use our services. You should not do so without their permission.
Personal Information and why we collect it
Personal Information is information that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect includes but not limited to names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers, date of birth, school name, work availability, and work experience.
How we collect personal information
This Personal Information is collected by us in many ways including correspondence by telephone (call and text), by email, from your use of our website www.myfirstjob.au (including through cookies), from your website/s, social media, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.
Our website also uses cookies. A “cookie” is a small file stored on your computer's browser, which assists in managing customised settings of the website and delivering content. We collect certain information such as your device type, browser type, IP address, pages you have accessed on our websites and on third-party websites. You are not identifiable from such information.
You can use the settings in your browser to control how your browser deals with cookies. However, in doing so, you may be unable to access certain pages or content on our website.
How we will use your personal information
We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of marketing and providing our services to you. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you could reasonably expect such use or disclosure.
We will also use your Personal Information for any other reason where you consent to the use of that information in writing or where permitted by the APPs.
We will add your details to our marketing database and you will receive information from us because of that. You may unsubscribe from our marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing.
When we collect Personal Information, we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.
Sensitive Information
Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.
Sensitive information will be used by us only:
- For the primary purpose for which it was obtained
- For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose
- With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.
Collection from Third Parties
Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party and it will be held, used and disclosed in accordance with this privacy policy.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:
- where you consent to the use or disclosure; and
- where required or authorised by law.
Security of Personal Information
Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
We may store your information in servers that are located in Australia or overseas.
We utilise the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) running Amazon Aurora with MySQL in the Sydney region, ap-southeast-2.
For all other storage we will utilise AWS S3 storage bucket(s) that will reside in the Sydney region, ap-southeast-2.
All sensitive data will be encrypted at rest including backups, snapshots etc, utilising an industry standard AES-256 encryption algorithm.
All data transmitted over the network will be encrypted using TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer)
When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.
Access to your Personal Information
You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.
My First Job will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.
In order to protect your Personal Information, we may require proof of identification from you before releasing the requested information.
Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information
It is important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.
Policy Updates
This Policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.
Privacy Policy Complaints and Enquiries
If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at: contact@myfirstjob.au
