This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected by Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group and sets out how we collect, store and use your personal information and how you can access and update your personal information, or make a complaint.
This policy is additional to policy 4.12 Policy: Privacy and Confidentiality that forms part of the Service Operations Manual and addresses compliance with the National Quality Standards.
Unless otherwise notified to you that your personal information will be used in a more limited way, all personal information collected by Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group is held and used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Other individuals
We collect information about other individuals you would like us to interact with about your child, including additional emergency contacts and individuals you agree may collect your child from our services. For these individuals we will collect names, relationship to the child, address, telephone numbers and email addresses. We also collect the name and relationship to your child of any siblings or family members that live in your household, and details of people who have contact with your child that are important for us to know.
For those seeking employment with Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group, we collect your contact details (name, address, email, and telephone numbers), details of your current employment (job status, employer, job title and current salary) and details about your preferred position with Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group. For identification verification, to ensure the best education and care for the children attending our services and to comply with the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations, we will collect copies of your identification, qualifications and Working With Children clearance. We may also collect evidence of your ability to work in Australia, including residency or visa details. We will ask where you heard about us and our advertised positions.
We will also collect information about jobseekers’ referees and will contact referees to help us determine a person’s suitability for employment or engagement with Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group. The information we collect about referees includes contact details (name, telephone numbers and email address) and information provided by referees during reference checks.
We may collect contact information from early childhood professionals at professional events, which we will use to contact you about future recruitment opportunities with Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group.
When you visit and browse the Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group’s website, we use Google Analytics to collect general information that enables us to continually provide a more meaningful experience. This general information is not capable of identifying you with other data held by Google. This information is collected through code embedded in the webpages of this website. For more information, visit the Google Privacy Policy – https://www.google.com.au/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy/.
Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group seeks to collect sensitive information with your consent. However, please note that we are required to collect some sensitive information under the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations.
How do we collect information?
If you are unsure why Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group is asking for information, or you do not wish to provide personal or sensitive information, you should speak with your Centre Director.
We only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary for us to fulfil our functions and activities. We will use the personal information we collect to provide education and care services, communicate with you about your child, manage enrolments for your child, provide you with information about Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group and education and care services, to invite you to provide us with information about our services and to manage applications for employment with us.
For early childhood professionals and other jobseekers, we may use your personal information to contact you about potential employment opportunities with Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group.
We only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary for us to fulfil our functions and activities. We will disclose the personal information we collect for the purpose we collected it, or for a secondary purpose that is reasonably expected or related to the purpose that we collected it. Staff and volunteers at Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group sign a confidentiality statement prior to engagement with us. The Centre Director at your service will ensure that information about you and your child is only disclosed in accordance with this privacy policy.
Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group is committed to protecting the personal information we hold. The Centre Director and Nominated Supervisor will ensure that all personal information is stored safely and securely at the service. We use a range of security measures to protect personal information held at both the service and at our other offices.
Privacy Officer
Little Gumnuts Early Learning Group
PO Box 732
Rosebery NSW 1445
Email: info@littlgumnutsgroup.com.au
GPO Box 5218
Sydney NSW 2001
Phone: 1300 363 992
Email: info@littlgumnutsgroup.com.au
Website: www.oaic.gov.au
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