At Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Limited, (Hudson), Hudson Trade & Industrial Services Pty Limited, (Hudson Trade & Industrial Services), Hudson Trade & Industrial Solutions Pty Limited, (Hudson Trade & Industrial Solutions), and Hudson Global Resources (Newcastle) Pty Limited (Hudson) we are committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal information. The following statement explains how we manage your personal information in accordance with the Privacy laws. 

 
How we collect your personal information
Generally, the type of personal information we collect about you is the information included in your application or resume, for example, your name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, career history, details of any competency tests or other information relating to your career. 

Where practical we collect your personal information directly from you. We may collect personal information about you when you deal with us by telephone, letter, fax, e-mail, or visit our website. 

In some circumstances, we may also collect sensitive information about you such as information about your membership of a professional or trade association or trade union; your health (including any disability), your racial or ethnic origin or any criminal record that you may have. Where we collect this type of information we will obtain your consent. 

We collect personal information for any one or more of the following purposes:
	Assisting you in finding or retaining work;
	Assisting in your career performance or management;
	Analysing human resource and labour markets;
	Any test or assessments you may undertake;
	Helping in work rehabilitation;
	To facilitate services to or by us, where your organisation is a client or service provider or potential client or service provider.

There may be occasions when we obtain personal information about you from a third party; for example, from your nominated referees; when receiving the results of a psychological or competency test; or obtaining performance feedback about your work. If we don't have your prior consent, we will take reasonable steps to inform you that we have collected personal information.
 
If you do not provide us with the information we seek we may be limited in our ability to provide you with our services. 

 
How we use and disclose your personal information
We may use and disclose your personal information for the purposes it was collected, or for a related or ancillary purpose such as providing you with one of our services. 

We may disclose your personal information to:
	potential employers;
	clients who may wish to engage your services as a contractor or temporary;
	organisations that conduct competency or psychometric tests;
	referees;
	a workers compensation body;
	suppliers of services to us;
	our related entities;
	depending on the circumstances, to the Australian Federal Police to verify whether you have a criminal record;
	or to educational or vocational organisations to the extent necessary to verify your qualifications.