Babysitters R Us Privacy Policy - For Babysitters

 

At Babysitters R Us, we are committed to protecting your privacy. When you deal with us either as a result of a direct approach or in response to an advertisement, you are doing so with the knowledge that we will only use your personal information for the purposes of offering you a placement as a babysitter or assessing your suitability for registration with our services.

Our job advertisements describe the general nature of a position. Prior to referring you to any of our clients we will provide further details of any relevant positions.

 

If registered as a carer with Babysitters R Us, your personal information becomes part of our agency records. As your recruitment agency, we are more than prepared to answer any questions you may have with respect to your records.

 

Babysitters R Us does not out sources functions such as management of its website and databases to external contractors.

 

What Information Do We Collect? How Do We Use It?
Personal information means information or an opinion, concerning you and your employment history. Personal information includes your contact details, references, opinions about your work experience or performance, and any other information obtained by Babysitters R Us in seeking to register you with our agency.

 

You may voluntarily sign up to be informed about certain offers, news or employment opportunities. For this service we need only an e-mail address, which we use to send the information you requested.

 

Customer traffic patterns and site usage are monitored to help us develop the design and layout of the site.

 

How we collect your personal information:
We obtain most of our information from you directly such as:

 

                    When you submit an application or fill out our forms,

                    During an interview,

                    Each time we have contact with you, and

                    We may ask to collect particular personal information about you.

 

If we have not already done so, when or before we collect information, we will take reasonable steps to inform you of:

 

                    The purpose for which the information is collected,

                    Where applicable, any law requiring information to be collected, and

                    The main consequences if all or part of the information is not provided.

We may approach your referees, former employers, colleagues, professional or representative organisations and employment or labour hire agencies.

 

How will Babysitters R Us protect my information?

Personal Information supplied in hard copy including any notes taken by Babysitters R Us about you during application or registration, are stored in a secure and protected manner such as locked filing cabinets. Electronic correspondence such as an applicants resume, provided to Babysitters R Us during the registration or application process is stored on a hard drive protected by a commercial firewall product.

 

What About "Cookies"?
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that.

 

Will Babysitters R Us Disclose the Information it Collects to Outside Parties?
Babysitters R Us does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others.

 

Your personal information may be disclosed to:

 

                    Potential clients,

                    Your referees, former employers, colleagues, professional or representative organizations,

                    Employment or labour hire agencies, and

                    Any person with lawful entitlement to obtain the information.

 

Your consent to the above disclosures is taken to have been given when you submit your personal information to Babysitters R Us. Your consent allows us to disclose or use your information for any reasonable purpose related to your registration as contemplated by this Privacy Statement. Further, as we have a public interest duty to co-operate with law enforcement agencies and to prevent any threat to life, health or safety of any person, we may have to disclose your personal information for such purposes.

 

If for any reason you decide not to provide certain personal information, we may be restricted in our ability to register you.

 

Babysitters R Us may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

 

In Summary
Babysitters R Us is committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect on the site to make babysitter placements and confirm application details. We do not sell trade or rent your personal information to others.

 

Your Acceptance of This Policy
By using this site and providing us with your information, you agree to babysittersrus.com.au Privacy Policy as set forth in this document. If you do not agree to this Policy, you are not granted the license to use this site or any of the services or products provided and please do not use our site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Policy at any time. Please check this page frequently for changes. Your continued use of the babysittersrus.com.au site means you accept those changes in effect as of the date and time of your latest usage. You can e-mail us with any further questions you may have at babysittersrus@bigpond.com

 

Last modification date of these terms was: 31st December, 2009