General
This Privacy Policy is provided to make you aware of how BHP Billiton collects, uses and manages personal information of visitors to and users of BHP Billiton's Internet websites. Protecting your privacy is very important to BHP Billiton and BHP Billiton is committed to maintaining the security of personal information provided to BHP Billiton by visitors using its websites.
Please note that BHP Billiton makes some other websites available to you from hyperlinks in its Internet websites. These other websites are not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should review the privacy policy of each individual website you access via hyperlinks from this website, and assess whether the policy of each website is satisfactory to you before you use the other websites.
What information we collect and why we collect it
General
BHP Billiton collects information about all its visitors collectively such as user ID, the pages visited and the services accessed by our visitors. BHP Billiton also collects certain standard information that your browser sends to every BHP Billiton website you visit such as your IP address (browser type, language, access times) and referring website addresses. BHP Billiton collects and logs this information for statistical purposes.
BHP Billiton also uses this information in order to provide you with a personalised experience when you visit its Internet websites. Through the use of a cookie (see under 'Cookies'), BHP Billiton can record the pages you visit and the information you require. This information is used anonymously and in the aggregate and is collected and logged for statistical purposes. Through analysis of these records, BHP Billiton provides you with an improved service when you revisit its Internet websites.
At times, BHP Billiton may ask you to voluntarily supply personal information, such as your name, email address and preferred means of communication for purposes such as signing up for BHP Billiton news alerts and requesting further information from BHP Billiton.
Other than as stated above, no attempt is made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect logs, or where BHP Billiton believes it is required to collect and produce relevant electronic documentation to fulfil its obligations to third parties, including statutory organisations under local law.
Job vacancy website
When you sign up to BHP Billiton's job vacancy website BHP Billiton collects more specific personal information about you, such as your name, email address and telephone number, qualifications or career history. BHP Billiton may also ask you for other information, such as information on your interests and the types of jobs you are interested in.
The personal information you provide to BHP Billiton via BHP Billiton's job vacancy website will only be processed for the purpose of considering employment or internship at the BHP Billiton group.
Personal information revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, health or sex life, litigation or conviction will only be processed by BHP Billiton if such processing is necessary to comply with equal opportunity laws and regulations. Therefore we recommend you to communicate such sensitive information only if you think it is required for BHP Billiton to comply with such laws and regulation.
Disclosure of the information we collect
General
BHP Billiton may disclose your personal information to the authorities, BHP Billiton's advisors, suppliers of IT services, and third parties engaged by BHP Billiton to provide services to you for the purpose of, providing services requested by you, protecting any intellectual property rights in any materials displayed on or otherwise available from BHP Billiton's Internet websites, or to enforce BHP Billiton's website Terms and Conditions of Use. Because BHP Billiton operates globally, we may share the personal information you submitted to us with any entity within the BHP Billiton group. These entities are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are restricted from using it for any purpose other than the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Job vacancy website
BHP Billiton may also disclose the personal information you provide to us via the BHP Billiton job vacancy website to BHP Billiton HR practitioners, BHP Billiton Hiring Managers, and to BHP Billiton's recruitment advisors for the purpose of considering you for career opportunities with BHP Billiton.
Transfer of your personal information to other countries
Please note that any person to whom BHP Billiton may disclose your personal information under this Privacy Policy may be situated in a country other than your own and that such country may not provide an adequate level data protection. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to a country other than your own.
Security
BHP Billiton takes all reasonable security measures to protect personal information from loss, unauthorised access, destruction, misuse, modification or disclosure.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that a website may write to your hard drive when you visit the website. A cookie file can contain information, such as a user ID, that the website uses to track the pages you have visited. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you personally supply. A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites.
Some of BHP Billiton Internet websites use cookies to track user traffic patterns and to better serve you when you revisit the website. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, providing you with the opportunity to either accept or reject it. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, full functionality for registered members of the BHP Billiton Internet websites requires the use of cookies.
By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you accept that BHP Billiton's Internet websites write cookies onto your hard disk when you access these websites.
Access to BHP Billiton's e-Business
Access to BHP Billiton's e-Business websites provides BHP Billiton's customers with the ability to conduct e-commerce transactions. Users of BHP Billiton's e-Business websites must register with the membership database by providing:
- Their e-mail address.
- Their name, company name, office name.
- Their business address, business phone.
- A valid BHP Billiton internal contact name.
BHP Billiton will collect details in the membership database that are relevant to the use of the e-Business websites. While BHP Billiton will use the registration details for demographic analysis and to personalise your web experience, BHP Billiton will not make membership details available to external parties.
Access to personal data and right to rectification
You can gain access to the personal information BHP Billiton holds about you by sending a request to General enquiries on the Contact Us form. As BHP Billiton wishes to ensure that personal information it holds about you is complete, accurate and up to date, you have the right to send a request for rectification via the same form.
If you posted a resume on the BHP Billiton job vacancy website you can at all times complete, update or otherwise rectify your resume by logging into your account via the existing applicant login section of our website.
You may remove any personal information you provided to us via BHP Billiton's job vacancy website at any time by sending a request to jobs@bhpbilliton.com.
If you do not provide us with the information sought in the required fields we may be limited in our ability to provide you with services.
