Thank you for visiting the Beefound Website operated by Pegasus Health (Charitable) Limited (‘we’ or ‘us’ or ‘our’ or ‘Company’) at beefound.co.nz (Website).
You acknowledge that by accessing our register of Locum General Practitioners (GP Locum) or by applying for Locum positions with a General Practice (General Practice) on our Website that you agree to be bound by the following privacy policy (Policy). Please read our Policy carefully. If you do not accept our Policy you cannot use our Website. If you have any questions please refer to our Contact Us section below and contact our Privacy Officer.
Our Policy may change from time to time. Any changes we will take effect from the date that those changes are published on our Website. We encourage you to regularly check our Policy and our Website.
Complete and Accurate Information
Any Information you supply to us through our Website must be complete and accurate. Any incorrect, misleading or omitted information may disqualify you from appointment to a position with a General Practice or, if already appointed, may be grounds for dismissal. The same is true if you are a General Practice which supplies any inaccurate or misleading information or if you have omitted to provide important information which the GP Locum requires in order to undertake Locum services with the General Practice and may be grounds for the GP Locum in its discretion to decline the appointment without notice.
Supplying General Information
By applying for a GP Locum position or searching for a GP Locum on our Website, you agree and understand that members of our team will review all of the Information which does not personally identify you (General Information) you submit through our Website and give it due consideration. We may need to give General Information you supply to other relevant departments within our Company or other third parties that support our services and products, but we will only supply General Information to those persons or third parties for the purpose of which you have supplied General Information on our Website and we will not disclose General Information to third parties we do not know and trust.
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed to use our Website that may involve the services of an overseas third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Whilst using our Website, we may keep your information. We will collect information that personally identifies you (Personal Information) such as your name, mailing and email address which includes your residential and postal address (if different). We may accrue personal information from your use of our Website over pages you have visited, the time and date you visited our Website, vacancies you may have applied for, advertisements you have placed for vacancies or any other activity which you undertook whilst visiting our Website. We may hold on file any communications you send to us through email, online forms, surveys and any other information in any other communications.
We will use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
- to provide you with the services;
- to improve and enhance your experience and the quality of the services;
- in any manner with your consent;
- to take any action in any case of dispute, or legal proceeding of any kind between you and us, or between you and other users or third parties with respect to, or in relation with the services and/or your use of the Website; and
- to comply with any applicable law.
You agree to allow us to verify the Personal Information you have supplied to us through whatever means we deem necessary. We will however, respect your right to privacy when undertaking any enquiries and where possible will contact you first to seek your consent. We may also use your Personal Information for our own statistical purposes however we will not disclose, share, or sell your information to any third party other than in accordance with this Policy, unless required to do so by law.
We may share your Personal Information with our third party providers used by us to provide the services for the following purposes:
- with your consent;
- to facilitate your use of the services;
- in any case we reasonably believe that sharing your Personal Information is necessary to prevent imminent bodily harm or damage to property
- if we believe that you have abused your rights to use the services, or performed any act or omission that we reasonably believe to be violating any applicable law, rules, or regulations. We may share your information in these cases with law enforcement and other competent authorities and with any third party, as may be required to handle any result of your wrongdoing; or
- if we organise the operation of the services within a different framework, or through another entity, provided however, that those entities agree to be bound by the provisions of this Policy, with reasonably necessary changes taken into consideration.
We are bound by the Privacy Act 1993 and we will abide by that legislation. We are committed to ensuring the security of your personal information and we will use reasonable precautions to protect it. If we use your Personal Information for any other reason, we will use it anonymously and we may also use it to optimise your experience using our Website.
You are legally entitled to a copy of any information we hold about you pursuant to the Privacy Act 1993 by making a written request to our Privacy Officer. If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we hold about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information, then please refer to our Contact Us section below in order to speak or write to our Privacy Officer.
We will not keep your information longer than is necessary on our Website system and will only continue to store Personal Information for up to 12 months from the last date of your active session on our Website. We will however store Personal Information in compliance with our legislative obligations under New Zealand law.
Storage and Security of Personal Information
We take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of our system and to protect your personal information from misuse, interference and loss as well as unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. However, as the services are provided by way of the internet which is inherently insecure, these measures are unable to provide absolute assurance. We cannot, therefore, guarantee that your Personal Information and your use of the services will be wholly secure and private and immune from any wrongdoings, malfunctions, unlawful interceptions or access, or other kinds of abuse and misuse.
If you need to contact us about the storage of your Personal Information please contact our Privacy Officer on the details listed in our Contact Us section.
Any of our employees or contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality and privacy of any Personal Information held by us about you. However, to the extent that we are liable under the Privacy Act 1993, we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access of your personal information.
Contact Us
If you have any concerns or question, please contact our Privacy Officer on:
(email) privacy@beefound.co.nz;
(write to us) 401 Madras Street, Christchurch 8013 marked for the attention of the Privacy Officer; or
(telephone) 0064 3 379 1739
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Governing Law
Any agreement arising between us including this Policy or any other matter except are governed by the laws of New Zealand and the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.