BCI employer registration – privacy collection notice
How we handle personal information when you apply to be registered as a building and construction industry employer with the Long Service Corporation.
On this page
- Who we are
- Why we collect your personal information
- The kinds of information we collect
- Failure to provide information
- How we may use this information
- Who we may share your information with
- Protecting your information
- Your rights
- Contact us
Who we are
Your information is being collected by the Long Service Corporation, an agency within the NSW Department of Customer Service. The NSW Department of Customer Service gives priority to protecting the privacy of your personal information, in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PPIP Act).
If you have any questions about this document, or how we handle your personal information, you can contact our privacy team using the contact details at the end of this notice.
Why we collect your personal information
We collect personal information for the purposes of registering you as a building and construction industry employer with the Long Service Corporation in accordance with Section 15(1)(d) of the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986.
The kinds of information we collect
We may collect the following information:
- your full name, and contact details including your email address and phone number
- your position within the company
- contact details of authorised representatives of the business
Failure to provide information
Your information is provided voluntarily however if you choose not to provide your information, you may not be able to be registered as an employer, and you may not be able to participate in the building and construction industry portable long service payment scheme.
How we may use this information
We may use the information we collect in the following ways:
- To record the information in the register of employers maintained by the Long Service Corporation in accordance with Section 15 the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986.
- To enable us to administer the building and construction industry portable long service payment scheme, including sending information that we consider important, such as information relating to your long service obligations.
- To enable you to lodge annual service returns via the Long Service Corporation online portal as required by Section 20 of the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986.
- We may use the information to support more informed policy making, program management, evaluation, research and service planning as it can facilitate more efficient service delivery for the building and construction industry in NSW.
- To confirm the details you have provided if an application for payment is made under the building and construction industry portable long service payment scheme.
- Other directly related purposes.
Who we may share your information with
We will not disclose your information to anybody else, except where we are authorised or permitted to do so by law or where you have given consent. Our privacy statement provides further information about how we may share personal information.
With your consent, we may share your details with an authorised representative such as a tax agent for the purposes of enabling them to perform administrative tasks on your behalf.
If required, we may make enquiries and exchange information with other NSW Government agencies, or other states, territories and/or the Commonwealth for the purposes of recognising eligible work and long service payments recorded in another state or territory, verifying the information you provide or requesting additional information. We may disclose your information with such bodies for these purposes.
Protecting your information
We have measures in place to help protect your personal information from loss, unauthorised access, use, modification, disclosure, or other misuse.
We will store and manage your information in accordance with the provisions of the PPIP Act and HRIP Act.
We will only keep information for as long as we need it to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. After which, the information will be disposed of securely in accordance with the State Records Act 1998 and any other applicable legislation.
See our privacy management plan or visit our page on privacy for more information about how we manage your personal information.
Your rights
Subject to certain conditions, you have the following rights in relation to your personal information:
- The right to request access to your personal information
- The right to request correction of your personal information
If you wish to invoke any of the above rights, please contact us using the details below.
Contact us
If you would like to make a privacy enquiry or complaint, you can contact us by writing to:
lscprivacy@longservice.nsw.gov.au
Long Service Corporation
Level 3, 32 Mann St
Gosford NSW 2250
