Privacy Policy.

Last updated: 23 October 2026

1. About this policy

This policy explains how Engineering Connection Recruitment (ABN 95 887 378 585), which operates the Engineering Connections Recruitment website at engconnection.com, collects, uses, stores and shares personal information. We are based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

It applies to candidates, students, graduates, employers and other people who use our website or submit information to us.

2. Information we collect

Depending on how you contact us, we may collect your name, email address, telephone number, location preferences, engineering discipline, current study or career stage, employment preferences, LinkedIn profile, CV, qualifications, employment history, skills and any information you include in an enquiry.

For employer enquiries, we may also collect your name, business name, contact information and details of your recruitment requirements. Our website hosting service may process technical information needed to operate, secure and protect the website and its forms.

Please do not include unnecessary sensitive information (such as health details, identity documents or government identification numbers) in a CV or enquiry. If sensitive information is required for a specific recruitment process, we will explain why it is needed and handle it as required by applicable law.

3. How we collect and use information

We primarily collect information directly from you through our CV registration and contact forms. We use it to respond to requests; understand your skills, experience and employment preferences; discuss suitable engineering opportunities; assess potential role matches; and communicate with employers about their hiring needs.

Submitting a CV means you agree that we may review it and contact you about relevant recruitment opportunities. Submitting a CV does not give us permission to send it to employers. We do not sell candidate information or use it for unrelated advertising.

4. Candidate consent and sharing with employers

We will ask for your permission before sending your CV or identifying candidate details to a prospective employer. We will explain the employer or role involved so you can decide whether you want to be represented. If you do not agree, we will not submit your CV for that opportunity.

We may share information with Netlify and service providers involved in operating the website, processing form submissions and filtering spam, or disclose information where required or authorised by law. We do not provide candidate CVs to employers without the candidate's prior permission.

5. Storage, security and overseas processing

Our current website uses Netlify Forms to receive and store submitted CVs and enquiries. We do not currently use a separate recruitment applicant-tracking system to store website submissions. We manage access to this information and take reasonable steps to protect it against loss, misuse and unauthorised access or disclosure.

Netlify is a service provider based in the United States and may use other service providers to host, process or secure form information, including outside Australia. We cannot guarantee that information will be stored or processed only in Australia. For more about its practices, see Netlify's privacy statement.

6. How long we retain your information

Our retention policy is to keep candidate CVs, recruitment enquiry details and related records for up to 12 months after our last meaningful contact with you. After that, we will delete or de-identify information that we no longer need, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law or necessary to deal with an outstanding legal matter.

You can ask us to delete your information earlier. We will review that request and explain if any information must be retained for a legal reason. We review stored submissions regularly; the 12-month period is managed by our business and is not an automatic Netlify deletion setting.

7. Access, correction and withdrawal

You may ask what personal information we hold about you, request a correction, ask us to delete information or tell us you no longer wish to be contacted about recruitment opportunities. We may need to verify your identity before releasing or changing information. We will respond within a reasonable time and explain if a request cannot be fulfilled in full.

To make a request, use our contact form and select Privacy request or complaint. You can also use the contact form for any privacy question.

8. Privacy complaints

If you have a concern about how your information has been handled, please submit it using the contact form and select Privacy request or complaint. Include a brief description of the concern and how you would like it resolved. We will review the matter and aim to respond within 30 days.

If your concern is not resolved and Australian privacy law applies, you may be able to complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as our business, recruitment services or technology changes. The latest version will be published on this page with its updated date.