Privacy
Western Australia Police Force Recruiting (WAPFR) will collect, hold, use and disclose personal information (including sensitive information) for the purposes of providing you information, accepting your application and assessing your eligibility and suitability for employment with the Western Australia Police Force (WAPF).
The personal information that you or your authorised representative (i.e. a third party) provide to WAPFR is confidential within certain legislative limitations. For example, your personal information may be disclosed to the WAPF and authorised agents involved in the WAPF recruiting process or any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information.
Your personal information will be handled in accordance with WAPFR's Privacy Statement, and it is important that you are aware of your privacy rights.
Security
Western Australia Police Force Recruiting will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information against misuse, loss and unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure.
Some parts on this website use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption for securing potentially sensitive or personal information. SSL is security technology that is commonly used to secure server to browser transactions. This generally includes the securing of any information passed by a browser (such as a customer's credit card number or password) to a web server (such as an online store). SSL protects data submitted over the Internet from being intercepted and viewed by unintended recipients.
While Western Australia Police Force Recruiting strives to protect users' personal information and privacy, it cannot guarantee the security of any information that you disclose online and you disclose that information at your own risk. If you are concerned about security when transmitting data over the Internet you may contact Western Australia Police Force by:
Completing the form at the bottom of this webpage.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information sent by a website to a user’s web browser, which enables the website to remember a specific user. Thereby using cookies a website can recognise a specific user and maintain a profile of information or behaviours. This information can be used for targeted marketing other nefarious purposes. Western Australia Police Force only uses ‘cookies’ for the purpose of maintaining site statistics.
This site uses Google Analytics and Google Signals as part of our data collection process.
Third party websites
This site contains links to other sites. Western Australia Police Force Recruiting is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of linked websites and those sites are not covered by this Privacy Statement. Third party websites may send their own cookies to users and use other tracking devices, collect data or solicit personal information. Third party websites should have their own privacy policies, which Western Australia Police Force Recruiting encourages users to read.
Opting out
If you do not wish to receive marketing information about news and promotional events from Western Australia Police Force Recruiting you will be able to unsubscribe to these at any time via email.
To opt out, please email corporate.communications.branch@police.wa.gov.au
Visitors can opt-out of tracking for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using Google's Ads Settings.
Rights to the deletion of Personal Information
Western Australian Police Force Recruiting have the right to retain all applications and recruitment records for seven (7) years and then destroy. For more information please email police.recruiting@police.wa.gov.au
Queries and Access
If you have any privacy concerns, or if you would like to access or amend the personal information that Western Australia Police Force Recruiting holds about you, please contact Western Australia Police Force Recruiting by:
Calling the Western Australia Police Force Recruiting Centre on (08) 9301 9607
By emailing police.recruiting@police.wa.gov.au
Western Australia Police Force Recruiting will generally provide you with access to the personal information it holds about you, except where it is required or authorised by law to refuse access.
Privacy Notice for Applicants
The information supplied on Let’s Join Forces website is collected by Western Australia Police Recruiting, for the purpose of assessing your eligibility and suitability for employment with the Western Australia Police Force, including the undertaking of medical (including psychological) assessments, and for related purposes including research directed at improving the recruitment process.
Personal information about you may be used by Western Australia Police Force Recruiting and disclosed to the Australian Federal Police and other agencies or persons for the purpose of obtaining information related to the WAPF recruitment process. Western Australia Police Force Recruiting may disclose personal information about you to an overseas agency or person where necessary to obtain information related to the WAPF recruitment process including verifying information you have provided.
The information you provide on Let’s Join Forces website may be used in medical (including psychological) assessments as part of the assessment of your eligibility and suitability for employment with the Western Australia Police Force.
If you do not provide the information required by this application form, Western Australia Police Force Recruiting will not be able to process your application for entry to the Western Australia Police Force.
If you are selected, your completed application will be retained by Western Australia Police Force as part of your personal record and may be used for the purpose of making career and personnel management decisions, discipline and used in the security assessment process. If your application is not successful, the information will be retained for seven (7) years and then destroyed including criminal history records.
If you have started an application, the Western Australia Police Force will use your name and email address only to send you a reminder. All other information provided in you application will remain protected via encryption until you submit your application to Western Australia Police Force Recruiting.
For further information about the way Western Australia Police Force Recruiting collects, stores, uses and discloses personal information, contact police.recruiting@police.wa.gov.au.
The Western Australia Police Force Recruiting Privacy Policy contains information about how you can request access to, or correction of, your personal information and describes how you may make a complaint if you believe Western Australia Police Force Recruiting may have breached your privacy.
Enquiries regarding the Western Australia Police Force Recruiting Privacy Policy or Western Australia Police Force Recruiting's privacy practices should be directed to the Western Australia Police Force Recruiting Office at police.recruiting@police.wa.gov.au.