The Australian Public Service (APS) Professions and its associated host agency have the obligations under the Privacy Act 1988. They will only use and disclose information collected from me for the purpose of administering and developing the Members' Community Platform (MCP). The MCP is administered by the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC). De-identified data may be provided to the Professions for the purposes for workforce planning and high-level skill gap analysis.
- The Data Profession is administered by the Australian Bureau Statistics (ABS)
- The Digital Profession is administered by the APSC
I understand
- If I do not provide my personal information, or if I provide false or misleading information, I may not be eligible for membership on the MCP
- By logging into the MCP, I agree to my personal information being collected to allow my participation on the MCP (see Why we collect your information below)
- The administrators will be able to view my personal information regardless of which privacy settings I choose
- I can restrict other members from viewing my personal information using the privacy settings (under Profile)
- My contributions will be visible to other members via the digest emails
- If I register for events through the MCP, I may be asked to provide consent for my personal information to be provided to third parties (i.e. event organisers).
Why we collect your information
Email
Your email is the primary point of contact for the MCP. You will receive community updates, the Professions updates/newsletters, important system emails, and other communications relevant to your Profession(s). You may use your work or personal email address to sign up for the MCP, as we confirm your eligibility with your agency/department and employment status.
Name
This helps us identify you in the communities and personalise our communication with you.
Job title
Your job title helps us identify your needs and serve more personalised content to you. We may also de-identify this data and use it to report on the how roles are titled across the government.
Agency and department
This is used to confirm you are employed by an eligible agency or department. Currently only permanent ongoing, non-ongoing, and contractors in Commonwealth, State/Territory and Local Government agencies are eligible to join the MCP. This information will also be de-identified and used for reporting purposes.
Employment status
This is used to confirm your eligibility, as currently only permanent ongoing, non-ongoing, and contractors in Commonwealth, State/Territory and Local Government agencies are eligible to join the MCP. If the eligibility criteria expands in the future, this information may be de-identified and used for reporting purposes.
Career Stage
Your selected career stage will be used to serve you content, opportunities and events that best suit where you are in your journey. We may also de-identify this data to use for reporting purposes.
Interested in
Your interests help us refine the content served to you, ensuring your experience on the MCP site is relevant to you. We may also de-identify this data to use for reporting purposes.
Gender
This information is de-identified when used for reporting purposes.
Self-assessed Skills
This information is primarily for your information. Your skills list can help increase visibility of your skills and help to identify skill gaps, which you can use to support learning and development requests.
About the MCP
The MCP platform provider is Higher Logic. They are based in the USA. Higher Logic will store information on its USA-based servers until an Australian-based server becomes available. Higher Logic’s Privacy Policy is available here.
Additional information about how the Professions will manage personal information is available here -
For further information on this collection notice, please contact us.