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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2026

The Human Capital Pty Ltd (The Human Capital, we, us or our) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information in connection with our recruitment, executive search, career advisory and related services, as well as through our website.

1. About The Human Capital

The Human Capital provides specialist recruitment and executive search services to organisations and career advisory services to professionals through The Career Advocate.

Our work involves building relationships with clients, candidates and professionals and, as a result, we may collect and hold personal information about the people we work with.

In handling personal information, we seek to comply with applicable Australian privacy laws, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles where they apply to us.

2. Personal information we collect

The types of personal information we collect depend on your relationship with The Human Capital and the services you use.

This may include:

  • your name and contact details, including email address, telephone number and location;

  • your current and previous employment;

  • your job title, responsibilities and professional experience;

  • your education, qualifications and professional memberships;

  • your résumé or CV;

  • information contained in your LinkedIn profile or other professional profiles;

  • your skills, experience and career interests;

  • your remuneration, salary expectations and availability;

  • information about your career objectives and job search;

  • information you provide during interviews, meetings, coaching or advisory sessions;

  • references and information provided by referees;

  • information relating to potential employment opportunities or recruitment processes;

  • correspondence and communications between you and The Human Capital; and

  • information you provide when contacting us through our website or other channels.

For clients and prospective clients, we may also collect information about your organisation, position, contact details, hiring requirements and interactions with The Human Capital.

We generally seek to collect only the information that is reasonably necessary for our business activities and the services we provide.

Sensitive information

In some circumstances, information relevant to a recruitment process or service may include sensitive information.

We will only collect sensitive information where it is reasonably necessary for our activities and where we have your consent, or where collection is otherwise permitted or required by law.

3. How we collect personal information

We may collect personal information directly from you when you:

  • contact or communicate with us;

  • submit an enquiry through our website;

  • provide us with your résumé or CV;

  • discuss your career, experience or employment preferences with us;

  • participate in a recruitment or executive search process;

  • engage The Career Advocate;

  • attend an interview, meeting, consultation or coaching session; or

  • otherwise provide information to us in connection with our services.

We may also collect information from third parties or publicly available professional sources where appropriate. These may include:

  • LinkedIn and other professional networking platforms;

  • referrals and recommendations;

  • referees;

  • current or prospective employers;

  • clients;

  • professional networks; and

  • publicly available business or professional information.

Where practical and appropriate, we will collect personal information directly from you.

4. How we use personal information

We may collect, hold and use personal information to provide and operate our services, including to:

  • identify and assess potential employment opportunities;

  • identify and assess candidates for client assignments;

  • provide recruitment and executive search services;

  • communicate with candidates, professionals and clients;

  • manage recruitment and selection processes;

  • conduct reference checks where authorised;

  • understand career objectives, experience and preferences;

  • provide career strategy, coaching and advisory services through The Career Advocate;

  • respond to enquiries;

  • maintain professional relationships;

  • improve our services and business operations;

  • administer our website and communications;

  • comply with legal and regulatory obligations; and

  • protect our legitimate business interests.

We may also contact people in our professional network about relevant roles, career opportunities, market information, services or other matters that we reasonably believe may be relevant to them.

Where required, you may opt out of marketing communications at any time.

5. Recruitment and candidate information

As part of our recruitment and executive search services, we may discuss employment opportunities with candidates and assess their suitability for particular roles.

We obtain a candidate’s agreement before submitting their CV, profile or other identifying candidate information to a client or prospective employer in connection with a recruitment process.

Information may also be shared with people involved in that recruitment or selection process where appropriate and authorised.

6. The Career Advocate

The Career Advocate is a career advisory service provided by The Human Capital.

When you use The Career Advocate, you may share detailed information about your employment history, career objectives, professional experience, remuneration, job search and other aspects of your career.

We use this information to provide the services you have requested, which may include career strategy, résumé development, personal branding, LinkedIn advice, networking strategy, application strategy, interview preparation and offer negotiation support.

Information provided through The Career Advocate will not ordinarily be provided to a prospective employer as part of a recruitment process without your knowledge and agreement.

7. Disclosure of personal information

We do not sell personal information.

We may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary to provide our services or conduct our business.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include disclosure to:

  • clients or prospective employers with your agreement in connection with recruitment or executive search assignments;

  • individuals involved in an authorised recruitment or selection process;

  • referees and reference-checking providers;

  • professional advisers;

  • technology, data storage, communications and other service providers that support our business; and

  • government, regulatory or law-enforcement authorities where required or authorised by law.

8. How we store and protect information

Personal information may be held within our recruitment database and business systems, including Vincere and Microsoft 365 services such as Outlook and OneDrive.

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

These steps include the use of appropriate administrative, technical and organisational safeguards and reputable technology and service providers.

No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete, destroy or de-identify it where appropriate, subject to any legal, regulatory or legitimate business requirements to retain it.

9. Overseas storage and processing

Some of the technology and service providers used by The Human Capital may store or process information outside Australia.

This may include providers of recruitment technology, cloud storage, email, professional networking, website infrastructure and other business systems.

Where personal information is disclosed to an overseas recipient, we will take reasonable steps to handle that disclosure in accordance with applicable Australian privacy requirements.

The locations in which information is stored or processed may change as our technology providers and their infrastructure change.

10. Website information and cookies

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider or other technology services.

This may include information such as your IP address, browser and device information, pages visited, referring website and the date and time of your visit.

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for website functionality, security, performance or to help us understand how the website is used.

You can generally control cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website operate.

If we use third-party analytics or similar services, those providers may collect information about website usage in accordance with their own privacy practices.

11. Third-party websites and services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services, including LinkedIn and other professional platforms.

The Human Capital is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies when providing personal information directly to them.

12. Accessing or correcting your personal information

You may contact us to request access to personal information we hold about you or to ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading.

We may need to verify your identity before providing access or making a correction.

There may be circumstances in which access can be limited or refused where permitted by law. If this occurs, we will explain our decision where required.

To request access or correction, please contact us using the details below.

13. Privacy enquiries and complaints

If you have a question, concern or complaint about how The Human Capital handles your personal information, please contact us using the details below.

We will consider your enquiry or complaint and seek to respond within a reasonable period.

If your complaint relates to obligations under the Privacy Act and you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, services, technology, legal obligations or information-handling practices.

The current version will be published on our website and will show the date it was last updated.

15. Contact us

For questions about this Privacy Policy, or to request access to or correction of personal information held by us, please contact:

The Human Capital Pty Ltd

Email: chris@thehumancapital.co

Website: thehumancapital.co

Australia

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