Privacy

Industrial Safety and Health Associates, LLC recognizes its' responsibility to collect, manage, use and disclose information and to comply with legislative requirements and the Code of Ethical Conduct. Industrial Safety and Health Associates respects the clients' right to privacy and undertakes to keep personal and sensitive information.  Our staff must protect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of our work. Industrial Safety and Health staff members will not use or disclose any personal or sensitive information to a third party without specific authority unless use or disclosure is in the normal course of business or there is a legal or professional duty to disclose the information. 

• Personal Information – information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.
• Sensitive Information – personal information about a clients' operation or an  individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinion, membership of a political association, religious beliefs or affiliations, health status (either physical or emotional), disability, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences or practices, or criminal record.

For the purposes of these Guidelines, sensitive information also includes information associated with the employment relationship, e.g. type of employment, remuneration, leave, etc. In addition, this may be information relating to people management strategies, remuneration benchmarking information, etc. and may be in either hard copy or electronic form. 

Industrial Safety and Health Associates collects personal and sensitive information only where it is necessary for the accident investigation function or any related activity. This information is normally solicited directly from the individual concerned.

Industrial Safety and Health Associates endeavors to ensure that personal and sensitive   information collected is accurate, relevant, up-to-date, complete and not misleading and will take all reasonable steps to protect these records from misuse, loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. 

STORAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION -  Any information that identifies a client or their employee is available only to   Industrial Safety and Health Associates staff with appropriate authorization and on a restricted access basis. Access to records of confidential information will be authorized only to staff members who require the information in order to carry out their duties and responsibilities.