Woodside recognises and respects your privacy, and this document indicates how we manage your personal information. In this regard, Woodside is committed to and is bound by the National Privacy Principles (NPP's) set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
In general, we will only use your personal information for the purposes for which you have disclosed it to us. However we may also use or disclose your personal information where this is necessary to prevent a serious threat to health or safety, or it is required or authorised by law, or to enforce the law.
If you wish to access or update your personal information or have any queries about your privacy, please contact one of our Privacy Officers at
privacy@woodside.com.au.
You may also phone our Privacy Officers on ph +61-8-9348 4000 from 8-4pm WST, Monday to Friday or send a letter to: The Privacy Officers, Woodside Plaza, 240 St George's Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000.
Information collected on our website
If, on our website, you request to receive information from Woodside, we will keep a record of your email address, and any other information you provide, for the purposes for which you provide that information. We will not disclose your personal information without your consent, unless required or authorised by law. If you are profiled or wish to be profiled to receive information about future work opportunities at Woodside, please refer to the specific privacy policy which is published as you submit that information to us.
Our website also invites applications for employment to be submitted via e-mail to
recruitment@woodside.com.au or as per the instructions given for that position. Further to the information you provide in your application, information may also be collected from third parties (for example, former employers and insurers) for the purpose of considering you as a candidate for employment with Woodside. Should your application be unsuccessful we may keep your application and use it in considering you for other employment opportunities with Woodside. In doing this we assure you that we will keep your personal information confidential. Please let us know if you do not wish your employment application to be used for this purpose.
We will keep copies of any information or emails you send or provide to us if we believe that we have a legal requirement to do so. The content of your emails may be monitored for quality control, systems administration or legal compliance purposes.
Site visit data
When visiting this website, Woodside keeps a record of your visit. The following information may be recorded for statistical purposes and used by Woodside to help improve the website:
- your Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- the previous site you visited;
- your type of browser and operating system used; and
- the pages you access and the documents you download.
Woodside will not attempt to identify users or their browsing activities, however, governmental agencies may be entitled to inspect such records in the event of an investigation.
This website uses tracking technologies called "cookies" to monitor the pages accessed by browsers on our website. Cookies are small text files which are stored in memory or on your hard drive for record keeping purposes and are used to help us enhance this website. You may set your browser to refuse cookies if you wish.
Links to other websites
This website uses tracking technologies called "cookies" to monitor the pages accessed by browsers on our website. Cookies are small text files which are stored in memory or on your hard drive for record keeping purposes and are used to help us enhance this website. You may set your browser to refuse cookies if you wish.
Definitions
In this document:
- personal information means information or an opinion about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.
- Woodside, we, us means Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (ABN 55 004 898 962) and its subsidiaries.
Acceptance and changes to the privacy guidelines
You accept that your use of this site indicates your acceptance of these privacy guidelines and our disclaimer (refer to Woodside Internet site).
Please note that the content of these privacy guidelines may be updated from time to time. You should regularly check both these privacy guidelines and the disclaimer to ensure that you have the latest versions.
These privacy guidelines were last updated on 10 February 2005.
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