To assist us in responding to your query, communicating with you, and otherwise conducting our business activities including for the specific purposes set out below, we need to collect personal information about you. By providing your personal information, you agree that it will be used and disclosed by OceanaGold and its subsidiaries and related entities (referred to as OceanaGold, we, us or our) in accordance with this statement and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not provide your personal information, and we may not be able to communicate with you, engage you or conduct business with you. We may disclose your personal information to our group entities, and to third parties including those who provide goods and services to us in the ordinary operation, administration or promotion of our business, insurance companies, health maintenance organisation, financial institution, storage facilities (including physical and data storage facilities), government agencies, external auditors, and external legal counsels and otherwise in accordance with our Privacy Policy. From time to time, these recipients may be located (and therefore your personal information may be disclosed to recipients in countries) outside the country of your residence or in which the personal information was collected, including to third parties in Australia, Canada, USA, Singapore, the Philippines and New Zealand and other countries. OceanaGold will endeavour to ensure that such third parties limit the retention, use and disclosure of your information solely for the purposes set out herein, as well as in our Privacy Policy and provide a level of protection for your information that is comparable to that provided by OceanaGold. Notwithstanding the foregoing, your information may be accessible to government agencies, including law enforcement and national security authorities under the law applicable to the jurisdiction in which your information is stored.
We may use and disclose your personal information for the purposes of keeping you updated on our news and business activities, unless you opt out (which you can do at any time in accordance with our Privacy Policy or by writing to privacy@oceanagold.com (or for Philippines, by writing to dataprotection@oceanagold.com). Our Privacy Policy contains information about how you may access and seek correction of your personal information, how you may complain about a breach of your privacy and how we will deal with that complaint.
Employees and contractors
We use employee and contractor personal information for recruitment and rostering, managing payments and accounts, monitoring workers’ health and potential impacts of exposures, ensuring safety and security of workers and onsite visitors including undertaking drug and alcohol testing of staff and contractors at our sites and operations, undertaking regulatory and company-required reporting, investigating and managing incidents and return to work plans, and monitoring and ensuring adherence to and compliance with our policies and procedures.
Investors and shareholders
We use personal information of our investors and shareholders (including retail shareholders, and individuals who may be employed by or contracted to institutional shareholders) for assessing, facilitating and registering your investment or shareholding in us and undertaking administration in relation to our shareholders and share registry.
Suppliers and service providers
We use supplier information for engaging with you or your employer in your supply of products or services to us, including entering and managing contracts, and managing payments and accounts. We may collect personal information about you directly from your employer to facilitate this.
Job applicants
We use personal information about job applicants for assessing the applicant’s suitability for an employment position or contract with us. We may contact your referees and collect personal information about you directly from them. If your application is not successful for the role you apply for at this time, we may keep your application on file and contact you for consideration if an appropriate role becomes available in future, unless you ask us not to consider you for future roles.
Visitors to our sites and operations
We use personal information about visitors to our sites for ensuring safety and security of workers and onsite visitors including undertaking drug and alcohol testing of visitors to our sites and operations, and monitoring and ensuring adherence to and compliance with our policies and procedures.
Website visitors
We collect and use information about visitors to our website (including through use of cookies) such as access times, time zone setting, pages accessed, IP address, and any information downloaded.