Privacy Policy

1. Privacy Policy
   Privacy and Personal Information
   1. GradConnection respects the privacy of your Personal Information.

   2. Any Personal Information provided to GradConnection through the Website is subject to our Privacy Policy.
   3. Any non-personal information you send to GradConnection through the Website (including by way of the blog or forums), such as questions, comments, or suggestions, is not encrypted, nor will it be treated as confidential. You agree that you have provided a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty free licence to GradConnection to use the non-personal information you upload to our Website for any purpose whatsoever.
   4. You agree that we may disclose any information we, in our absolute discretion, consider we are required to disclose in order to satisfy any applicable rule of law, regulation, legal process or government request.
   5. Personal Information includes information you have provided to GradConnection when registering with GradConnection and/or setting up your Graduate Profile, whether through completion of a registration form on the Website or through importation of profile information via a third party log-in provider such (but not limited to) Google, Facebook, Yahoo or Hotmail, or when applying for specific graduate positions through the Website. This type of information includes, but is not limited to, your:
      1. name;
      2. address;
      3. phone number;
      4. email address;
      5. location;
      6. résumé;
      7. university attended;
      8. grade average;
      9. transcript
      10. graduation date;
      11. race;
      12. ethnicity;
      13. gender;
      14. languages;
      15. work rights; and
      16. citizenship.
   6. Providing information with respect to your race or ethnicity is entirely voluntary on your part. However, you acknowledge that GradConnection may not be able to provide you with a full set of Services if you do not provide this information. In particular, certain countries in which you are seeking employment may require information with respect to your race, and GradConnection may not be able to facilitate job searching, interactions or connections in these countries if you do not provide it with all required information.
   7. GradConnection may use any information provided with respect to ethnicity and gender to compile statistical information. However, you should note that potential employers may also use this information in order to undertake target specific recruitment.
   8. The information collected may also include the frequency with which you use the Services, the graduate positions or courses that you apply for, and any personal correspondence to GradConnection or correspondence to Organisations through the Website.
   9. Cookies
      Data collection devices, called “cookies”, are files placed on your hard drive to collect information. GradConnection may use cookies to enhance the use of the Website. The recording of information about your use of the Website is useful for an overall analysis of Website traffic. Your browser will generally be set to automatically accept cookies.
   10. If you do not want any cookies to be placed on your hard drive, you can alter your browser settings to refuse them. However, this may also limit the way you view the Website.
   11. Why We Collect Your Personal Information
       Our main purpose for collecting your Personal Information is to facilitate your use of the Services. However, we may also use the information we collect for the following:
       1. to provide, maintain, protect, and improve our Services;
       2. to develop new services for you;
       3. for analysis of site usage;
       4. to improve the Content offered on the Website; or
       5. for sending you information, marketing and promotional material related to us and our Related Businesses (and you consent to our Related Businesses sending you emails for this purpose).
   12. You also acknowledge and agree that in providing Services, GradConnection will provide some or all of your Personal Information to the entities who you apply for an opportunity and to the institution from which you graduated. An application is defined as clicking on the Application Buttons and/or external links which take you to the entities own website, external to GradConnection.
   13. By providing your Personal Information, you agree to the use of your Personal Information in this manner. You acknowledge that GradConnection requests your Personal Information as part of the process of assisting you in obtaining or accessing graduate opportunities, including finding employment, and you agree that, in requesting this information, GradConnection is not acting in contravention of any laws or regulations relating to equal opportunity or anti-discrimination, including Australia’s Equal Opportunity Acts.
   14. If you do not want to continue to receive information, marketing and promotional material from GradConnection or our Related Businesses, you may opt out of receiving this type of communication at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link provided.
   15. Disclosure of Your Information
       We will disclose your Personal Information in the following circumstances:
       1. if required by law;
       2. if we believe, in our absolute discretion, it is in the public interest;
       3. to seek feedback, or monitor, or improve quality of service;
       4. to our Related Businesses;
       5. where GradConnection otherwise obtains your permission to disclose the information.
   16. We may also share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information publicly, for example, to show trends about the general use of our Services.
   17. Graduate Profiles
       Graduate Profiles are public by default. Where you choose to allow your Graduate Profile to remain public, you consent to your Personal Information being made available to the general public, including through publicly available search engines.
   18. You acknowledge that where you change your Graduate Profile from public to private or protected, GradConnection cannot control the dissemination of your Personal Information which has previously been public and that GradConnection is not responsible for the length of time it takes for a search engine to remove your Personal Information from their results.
   19. Where you choose to make your Graduate Profile protected, you consent to your Personal Information being made available to your connections, GradConnection staff, potential employers, and staff from your university.
   20. Where you choose to make your Graduate Profile private, you consent to your Personal Information being made available to your connections and GradConnection staff.
   21. Applying for Opportunities
       Where you choose to apply for an opportunity advertised on the Website, including by clicking the “Apply Now” button, you consent to GradConnection making your Personal Information available to the Organisation providing the opportunity, as part of the application process.
   22. Disclosure to Overseas Recipients
       Depending on your Graduate Profile preferences, GradConnection may disclose your Personal Information to overseas recipients, including connections and potential employers in the following countries:
       1. New Zealand;
       2. Hong Kong;
       3. Singapore;
       4. United States;
       5. United Kingdom;
       6. China;
       7. Malaysia;
       8. India;
       9. South Africa;
   23. You acknowledge that recipients of your Personal Information in the above countries may not be subject to privacy laws that are similar, or equivalent to, the Privacy Act. Where you have connections in these jurisdictions, or where your Graduate Profile is protected or private, you consent to your Personal Information being provided to recipients in these jurisdictions.
   24. You also acknowledge that GradConnection may transfer or disclose your Personal Information to its Related Businesses overseas.
   25. Related Bodies Corporate
       GradConnection may also disclose your Personal Information to GradConnection’s Related Businesses from time to time but only for the purpose of assisting GradConnection and its Related Businesses to provide and improve the products and services offered to job search candidates, hirers and other users of each of their websites and products including (but not limited to):
       1. data enhancement and parsing to facilitate product functionality and service quality;
       2. product development to respond to market changes and customer needs and requests;
       3. development and improvement of algorithms servicing product functionality (e.g. Search recommendations);
       4. IT security measures for the benefit of protecting customer data;
       5. data aggregation to support customer experiences, support services, and data analytics; and
       6. ensuring the proper and more efficient working of the IT systems and services.
       GradConnection may also receive Personal Information from its Related Businesses from time to time in accordance with the privacy policy of those related bodies corporate and/or the Privacy Act (as applicable).
   26. Security
       While GradConnection limits access to your Personal Information in accordance with your choice of Graduate Profile, you agree that no transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed as wholly secure and that any information you provide to us through the Internet, including via email, is at your own risk. You agree that, even though GradConnection uses its best endeavours to secure your Personal Information, such as email encryption, we cannot guarantee that any information sent or accessed electronically is secure.
   27. You must also assist us in keeping your Personal Information secure by maintaining the confidentiality of your account password and notifying us immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account by any other Internet user, or any other breach of security relating to your account.
   28. GradConnection discloses your Personal Information to third parties or their nominees in accordance with your Graduate Profile preferences. The use of your Personal Information by these third parties is not within the control of GradConnection and we cannot accept responsibility for the conduct of these third parties.
   29. Links
       The Website may contain links to Third Party Websites. GradConnection is not responsible for the information on these sites, or their privacy policies. GradConnection may keep track of your interaction with links provided on the Website in order to improve services and to aggregate statistics.
   30. Accessing and Amending Personal Information
       Unless you become a Registered User, GradConnection does not collect information that identifies you personally. Subject to the exceptions listed in the Privacy Act, you have the right to access your personal information that is in the custody or control of GradConnection. If you become a Registered User, you are able to change, update or clear your Graduate Profile and account settings at any time by logging into your account.
   31. If you wish to access Personal Information about you that is not available on or accessible from your Graduate Profile, please contact us using the GradConnection Contact Details and we will use our best endeavours to provide the information within 10 business days of receiving your request. Please note that we may charge a fee to cover the cost of meeting your request.
   32. If we refuse your request we will provide you with reasons for our refusal within 20 business days.
   33. From time to time your Personal Information may change. It is important that you inform us of changes to your details by keeping the information on your Graduate Profile current and by updating your Graduate Profile if you wish to continue accessing the Services we provide.
   34. To delete data in your Graduate Profile you will need to delete your entire account with GradConnection. GradConnection reserves the right to disable a Graduate Profile at its sole discretion (for example if information is found or believed to be untrue or being stored for improper purposes). User can delete data in their Graduate Profile by
       1. Login to your account
       2. Go to Settings
       3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the Delete Account button
       4. Fill our the form and hit Delete Account button
   35. Complaints
       If you believe that the privacy of your Personal Information is not effectively protected, or if you are concerned that your privacy has been compromised through the dissemination of your Personal Information, please contact us using the GradConnection Contact Details.
2. Use of Email Addresses
   
   1. If you provide us with an email address that is considered Personal Information, our use of that email address will be subject to our Privacy Policy.
   2. Without limiting clause 11.5, if you provide us with an email address that is not considered Personal Information, you agree that we may share this information with our Related Businesses and that we and our Related Businesses may use that email address to send you information, marketing and promotional material related to us and our Related Businesses. If you do not want to continue to receive such information, marketing and promotional material from GradConnection or our Related Businesses, you may opt out of receiving this type of communication at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link provided.
3. Assignment
   
   1. We may at any time, and without the need for further consent from you, assign or transfer all or any of our rights or obligations under these Terms of Use to any person.
   2. You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use without obtaining our prior written consent.
4. Content Amendments
   
   1. We may amend, remove, alter or vary any of the Content at any time, without prior notice to you.
5. Severability
   
   1. If any invalid, unenforceable, or illegal provision of these Terms of Use would be valid, enforceable and legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision will apply with the minimum modification necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable.
6. Termination
   
   1. We reserve the right to terminate your access to this Website, or any of its features or any of the Services:
      1. at any time and without any prior notice, if you have breached these Terms of Use; or
      2. at our discretion, giving 24 hours written notice (including as an announcement on the Website).
7. Amendments
   
   1. We may amend these Terms of Use from time to time. If we do, the amended Terms of Use will be published on the Website. You agree that it is your responsibility to check for updates to our Terms of Use. You further agree that your continued use of the Website is acceptance of our amendments to the Terms of Use.
8. Applicable Law
   
   1. These Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising out of, or in connection with them, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales in Australia.
   2. You irrevocably agree that the courts of New South Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of, or in connection with, these Terms of Use.