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Sugar International Limited will collect personal information, manage and use it, and disclose it in a way that complies with relevant legislation both in NZ and Australia.

The NSW State Information Protection Principles (1) and the National Privacy Principles (2) will also underpin all aspects of the companies dealings with personal information.

Our systems do not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. All parties should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.

PURPOSE OF POLICY

Sugar International Limited takes its obligations under the relevant Privacy Acts very seriously and will take all steps in order to comply with the Acts and protect the privacy of the personal information that we hold. This policy sets out how we do so.

THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THE ORGANISATION COLLECTS

We may collect and hold the following personal information: names, addresses and phone numbers of participants, together with assessments and academic statements for participants. We also record employment and contact details of participants, phone and email.

COLLECTION STATEMENT

Sugar International Limited collects personal and business information. This information is collected for the purposes of recording academic statements, informing funding bodies of academic achievements and employment outcomes, including employer details, number of hours per week etc. We also use collected personal information to notify our clientele and participants of potential training opportunities or other useful information.

STORAGE

We will take all reasonable steps to protect the security of the personal information that we hold. This includes appropriate measures to protect both electronic and hard copy information.

CONTRACTING OUT

We do not contract out or sell personal information under any circumstances.

LEGAL REASONS

We collect personal information in order to comply with our legal obligations. We also are required to collect personal information for funding bodies where this is a requirement of our contract.

In collecting personal information the Company will:
  • only collect information for lawful purposes related to its function;
  • only collect the information that is necessary and by lawful means;
  • where possible only collect personal information that is provided by the individual to whom the information relates, collecting in a way that is not personally intrusive;
  • where information is provided by someone else, ensure that collection has been authorised by the individual concerned, or by someone who is legally authorised to provide it on their behalf; and
  • notify the individual concerned that personal information is being collected, either at the time of collection or as soon as practicable afterwards.
The Company will declare to individuals from whom information is collected:
  • the purpose for collecting the personal information;
  • whether or not the collection is voluntary and any consequences for not providing it;
  • how the information is to be held and the intended recipients;
  • the name and address of any agency used to collect information on their behalf; and
  • how individuals can obtain access to their information, check it for accuracy and completeness, and make application to correct it.
The Company will manage personal information responsibly by:
  • taking reasonable steps to ensure that personal information held is relevant to the purpose for which it was collected, accurate, up to date and not misleading;
  • retaining personal information for no longer than necessary; then disposing of it securely in accordance with approved methods;
  • protecting it from loss or unauthorised access, use, disclosure, or misuse; and from unauthorised modification;
  • taking reasonable steps to prevent its disclosure without authorisation by external service providers; and
  • only disclosing personal information outside the company where: its disclosure has been consented to by the individual to whom it relates; or its disclosure is required by law and requested in an authorised written form; or it is reasonably believed to be necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to life or health of any person.