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WestStar Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. WestStar Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. EEO IS THE LAW WestStar Corporation invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan.  This plan is available for inspection upon request by emailing people@weststarcorp.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the corporate office at people@weststarcorp.com or call 888-905-2088. Minorities, Women, Veterans and Disabled Veterans are encouraged to apply.

WestStar is a domestically-owned company providing a full range of business services including Advanced Cyber Solutions, Enterprise and Cloud IT, Business Modernization, Managed Services, Mission Support, Program Management, and Education Services. We provide support across all state and federal sectors.

Our management and staff are aware of the importance of protecting the privacy of individuals.  We are committed to ensuring the privacy of the personal information we collect in the course of our business.  We believe that respect for your privacy forms part of the ongoing trust we wish to develop with you.

We are bound by the Privacy Act which set out the way in which organizations can collect, use, keep secure and disclose personal and sensitive information.  They also give individuals the right to know what information an organization holds about them and the right to correct that information if it is wrong.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to tell you what kinds of information we may gather or hold about you, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, the choices you have regarding our use of that information, and your ability to access or correct that information.

The Privacy Act describes ‘sensitive information’ as information relating to a person’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional or trade association membership, sexual orientation, criminal record, and health information about an individual.

Occasionally it may be necessary for us to collect sensitive information about you (such as health information, racial origins and criminal records). If you or third parties provide us with sensitive information, we will as a matter of policy only use and disclose the information for the purpose for which it was provided or another directly related purpose, unless you agree otherwise, or where required by law.

Where practical and reasonable, we will only collect sensitive information with your consent.

Depending on the product or service we are providing to you, we may disclose your personal information to our related entities, third parties where it is necessary to enable us to provide a product or service or to other third parties (such as your referee in connection with a job application you have submitted).

We may disclose your personal information to third parties for the purposes set out above. We may disclose your personal information to: your nominated representatives, financial partners, other credit providers or trade suppliers, mercantile agents, banks, mortgage insurers, lenders, valuers, real estate agents, insurers, finance brokers, settlement agents, auditors, business consultants, IT service providers, other companies or individuals who assist us in providing products and services to you, professional service providers and advisors who perform functions on our behalf, medical providers, and government (such as centrelink or the police.)

To manage and provide cost effective services, we outsource various administrative functions to third parties that provide mailing services, invoice and statement printing services, archiving functions, marketing services, and other services and functions as deemed necessary by management from time to time.  We may also disclose your personal information to our website host or software application providers in certain limited circumstances, for example when our website experiences a technical problem or to ensure that it operates in an effective and secure manner.

Organizations providing professional services to us are required to keep those dealings and personal information provided by us as confidential unless required to disclose such information by statute or law.

In general, we do not send your personal information to any overseas recipient.  However, we, or one of our third-party providers may disclose your personal information to overseas recipients including insurers, IT service providers, auditors and medical providers if: our related entities are oversees, we outsource certain activities to an offshore entity or transactions, services, or products have an overseas connection.

We do not otherwise disclose your personal information without your permission unless the disclose is in accordance with this Privacy Policy or any agreement you enter into with us and made with your consent.

We may from time to time, update this Privacy Policy including to take into account new laws, regulations and technology.

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Site that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

If you have any concerns or queries about our Privacy Policy, or if you would like more information about privacy-related issues please contact our Privacy Officer at: gov@weststarcorp.com