Woodside Privacy Statement (Candidates) 

Woodside Privacy Statement (Candidates)

1. About this document

This document explains what we do with your personal information, your privacy rights, and how you can contact us regarding your privacy.

This document applies to candidates seeking employment with Woodside. For Woodside employees, contractors, officers or directors, visit Woodside’s Privacy Statement (Employees, contractors, officers and directors) on Woodside’s Intranet. For suppliers, visit Woodside’s Privacy Statement (Suppliers). For anyone else, visit Woodside’s Privacy Statement (General).

2. General information

2.1 Who we are

We are Woodside, an energy company founded in Australia now operating around the world. We operate through several related or subsidiary companies.

2.2 Changes to this Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement was last updated on 11 November 2024. We will update this Privacy Statement periodically to keep it up to date. You will always see the most current version on our website.

2.3 How you can contact our Privacy Officer

You can contact our Privacy Officer by any of the following methods:

Email

[email protected]

Phone

Australia +61 08 9348 4000
Singapore +65 6709 8000
United States of America +1 713 961 8500

Mail

Privacy Officer
Woodside Energy Group Ltd
Mia Yellagonga
11 Mount Street
Perth, Western Australia 6000
Australia

 

3. What we do with your personal information

3.1 What personal information we collect

We collect the following types of personal information:

  • Identity information – your full name, date of birth, and identity documents.
  • Contact details – your residential address, email address, and telephone number.
  • Employment related information – details about your qualifications and employment history.
  • Health information – details of any injuries, illnesses, or disabilities you may have.
  • Due diligence information – a criminal records check, any past history of you having been bankrupt, current or former directorships or shareholdings, verifying your license or qualification, and evidence of your ability to work in a specific country or sector (e.g., permitted to work in Australia or with children).
  • Diversity information – your racial or ethnic origin, gender, religious, and cultural beliefs.
3.2 How we collect your personal information

We collect your personal information:

  • Directly from you – in most cases, such as when you are completing an application for employment.
  • From recruitment agencies – where the recruitment agency is completing an application for employment on your behalf.
  • From the third party(s) we are performing the due diligence check with (e.g., former employers, public records, or a government agency).
3.3 Why we collect your personal information

We collect your personal information to:

  • Assess your suitability for employment with us.
  • Offer you employment and negotiate the terms of that employment with you.
  • Plan our workforce with the appropriate capability and diversity.
  • Provide you with any reasonable adjustments.
  • Satisfy any legal obligations we may have.
3.4 Who we share your personal information with 

We may need to share your personal information with:

  • Our related or subsidiary companies who require the personal information for the reasons explained in section 3.3.
  • Our IT vendors who provide the platform where your application is received, stored, and assessed.
3.5 Where we share your personal information to

The global nature of our operations means that at times we may need to share your personal information to our related or subsidiary companies or a third party (as explained in section 3.4) who may be in a different jurisdiction to where your personal information was collected.

When we do this, we take steps to ensure that there is a lawful basis and that there are appropriate technical and security controls in place to protect your personal information.

Some of the countries we may share personal information with include: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

3.6 How long we keep your personal information for

We keep your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected and to comply with our applicable legal requirements.

 

4. Your privacy rights

4.1 What privacy rights you have

You may have certain privacy rights and may include the right to:

  • access your personal information;
  • correct your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
  • ask us to erase your personal information;
  • ask us to restrict using or sharing your personal information;
  • object to how we use or share your personal information;
  • us to transfer your personal information to another organisation or give it to you; and/or
  • withdraw consent if you have provided consent for us to use or share your personal information in a certain way.

You are also able to make a privacy complaint if you believe we have done something inappropriate with your personal information.

4.2 How you can exercise your privacy rights

You can exercise your privacy rights or make a privacy complaint by contacting our Privacy Officer.

When you do this, we may need to request further information from you to help us confirm your identity and clarify the scope of your request or privacy complaint. We will communicate with you about what we need if this is the case.

We aim to respond to all requests and privacy complaints within one month. Sometimes, it may take us longer, if so, we will communicate with you to keep you informed.

4.3 What you can do if we can’t facilitate your privacy right or resolve your privacy complaint

We aim to facilitate your privacy rights and resolve any privacy complaints. If we can’t, you may be able to escalate the matter to the relevant data protection authority.

The relevant data protection authority will depend on where the personal information was collected, some examples include:

Last updated: 22/11/2024 4:56:06 AM