The Lester Partnership Pty Limited ABN 31 076 127 323 (Lester) and its associated companies (The Lester Group) understand the importance of ensuring the privacy of your Personal Information. In the following paragraphs we explain how we manage your Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Laws, including the National Privacy Principles. Personal Information means information or an opinion, whether recorded in a material form or not, from which your identity is apparent or can reasonably be discovered. This includes your business contact details

1. Collection of Personal Information

1.1 Method

Lester collects information from cv's, resumes, letters, faxes, e-mails, interviews, industry referrals sources, telephone, and other sources in the course of assisting clients and candidates in the normal course of our business.
We may also, from time to time, collect information from a third party eg. from a nominated referee or from performance assessments. Wherever possible we will obtain your consent prior to doing this. We only collect Personal Information by lawful and fair means.

1.2 Purpose


We are not an employment agency. We collect Personal Information to create and update the Lester List. The Lester List assists candidates seeking employment through an independent recruitment or personnel agency, to obtain market and salary information, to identify and advise on industry developments and needs, or any necessarily related purpose.

Generally, Lester does not disclose your personal information without your consent unless disclosure:

- is required by law, or

- is necessary, in our normal course of business to carry out our contractual obligations to you, or

- is required in circumstances where you would reasonably expect disclosure, such as facilitating the lodgement of your tax return at the Australian Taxation Office, or organising work visas from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and if you have asked us to provide these services.

1.3 Website
Information is also collected from our website either from on-line applications or generically where we can assess how many visitors have accessed our site, and the frequency with which particular areas of our site have been visited. We use this information to ensure our site is as useful as possible for you and helps maintain and enhance our service levels.

2. Sensitive Information

In some circumstances (for example in submitting a cv or resume) you may provide us with sensitive information such as political or religious affiliations, race or ethnicity. Please inform us if you do not wish to have this information disclosed in the normal course of our business. Where we actively seek such information we will seek your prior written consent.

3. Disclosure of Personal Information

Personal Information may be disclosed to our colleagues or related companies overseas, and will be disclosed to recruitment and personnel agencies, potential employers, contractors, referees or other third parties where that is necessary for us in doing what we have agreed to do for you. Lester does not sell, rent, trade or license Personal Information supplied by candidates or referees. Lester does not, unless required by law, disclose Personal Information it has collected to other organisations unless that disclosure is authorised by the Privacy Act.

4. Access to Personal Information

You have the right to request access to the information we hold about you or about our privacy policy. For information, please send a written request to:

Privacy Officer
The Lester Group