Privacy and employment at the VEC

Personal informationTop

Personal information relating to employees is collected to enable the VEC to perform one or more of its functions or activities.

Sensitive informationTop

In most circumstances, the VEC does not collect sensitive information about an employee. For a definition of sensitive information, visit Privacy Victoria's website (external link). The limited circumstances in which the VEC collects sensitive information (such as trade union membership or criminal record) occur when the individual has provided their specific consent to the collection or when the collection is authorised under law.

Section 17A of the Electoral Act 2002 provides that (in accordance with section 75 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010) the VEC may discriminate against a person in relation to offering employment (or appointment as a member of the audit committee of the Commission) on the basis of that person's political belief or activity. More information about this process is available in our employment section.

When collecting personal and/or sensitive information, the Human Resources Coordinator, or manager will inform you why the information is being collected. You can access your information on request.