Ansell Limited (ACN 004085330) and the Ansell group of companies (referred to as, Ansell, we, us, our) respects your privacy and we are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy (Privacy Policy).
This Privacy Policy governs the use, disclosure and storage of your personal information by Ansell captured through the following methods:
All references to “personal information” and “sensitive information” in this Privacy Policy have the meanings given to these terms under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
If we should deviate from this Privacy Policy in specific cases we will inform you by providing a notice with details of any additional personal information we collect and its uses and disclosures (Collection Notice).
If you want more information on how we process personal information via automatic data collection technologies, including cookies, social plugins and other types of tracking technology, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
1.1. You can contact us via e-mail at privacy@ansell.com. When you contact us, please indicate in your e-mail to which products or services your question relates.
1.2. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is to not use our Website or our products or services. If we name sensitive information in this Privacy Policy, you consent to its collection, use and disclosure of by providing it, using our Website or our products or services.
1.3. You are not obligated to provide us with your personal information however if you do not provide us with the requested information we will not be able to provide you with some or all of our services.
2.1. When you use our Website, our mobile or desktop applications, or use our social media channels, our contact form or any other digital communication channel, we collect, disclose, use and store the following personal information:
2.2. When you use our products or services (e.g., Ansell Inteliforz™) or when you provide feedback with regard to our products or services (e.g., via a survey), we collect disclose,use and store the following personal information:
2.3. When you communicate with us via telephone, email or any other digital communication channel, we collect, use, disclose and store the following personal information, such as identity and contact details provided by you to us, the content of the communication, the technical details of the communication itself (e.g. date and time) and, if applicable, the device you used.
2.4. When you apply for a job, we collect, use and disclosure your full name, email address, telephone number, psychometric assessment information (e.g. personality and cognitive ability assessments), background check information (e.g. criminal record, academic record, accessibility requirements, ethnic social origin); qualifications and employment history, including the information you have provided to us in your resume and covering letter, any information contained in public social media profiles and any information provided to us by a former employer or a referee; identity information such as your passport and/or driver’s license details, date of birth and residency status.
2.5. In all cases we may also collect your personal information as permitted or requested by law.
2.6. We mostly collect your personal information directly from you. We may also receive personal information from your employer (in particular when you make use of our products or services like Ansell Inteliforz™), named referees or recruitment firms. We may also receive additional information about your preferences and surfing behaviour from our partners, including our business and commercial partners– who collect your personal information from you when you interact with them. When dealing with such third parties, these third parties will process your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policy.
3.1. Ansell collects, uses and discloses your personal information, and where indicated in this Privacy Policy, your sensitive information:
3.2. In addition to the purposes mentioned in this Article 3.1, Ansell processes your personal information to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, or for any other purpose disclosed by us in a Collection Notice when you provide the information.
3.3. Ansell may collect, use, disclose or store your personal information and, where indicated in this Privacy Policy, your sensitive information to preserve the legitimate interests of Ansell, its partners or a third party if your registration with or use of the Website, products or services, social media channels or other communication channels can be considered:
4.1. Ansell relies on third party service providers to provide you our Website, products or services and to process your personal information on our behalf for the purposes set out in Article 3 above. These third party service providers are only allowed to process your personal information on behalf of Ansell upon explicit written instruction from us solely for the purposes for which we disclose it to them, and are contractually obligated to protect your personal information. If any of these third parties process your personal information for their own purposes and they determine the means of doing so, we refer you to the information that these third parties will provide to you directly. You can also access this information in most cases by using our products or services. All third party service providers are selected with due care and are obligated to protect your personal information.
4.2. We may share your personal information with other entities within the Ansell group for the purposes of sales, marketing and financial data analysis. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that all Ansell entities will handle your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
4.3. In the context of certain products and services, it is necessary to share (aggregated) personal information with our customers in order to perform the contract with our customer.
4.4. Ansell may publicly disclose your personal information in cases of law, legal proceedings, litigation or mandatory requirements of the competent government authorities, including data protection authorities where we are permitted or required to do so be law.
4.5. When it comes to mergers, acquisitions or bankruptcy liquidation of third parties, Ansell will require new companies and organizations that hold your personal information to continue to be bound by this Privacy Policy, otherwise we will ask the companies and organizations to re-seek consent from you.
5.1. Ansell may need to disclose your personal information to other Ansell entities or third parties who use and store your personal information and where indicated in this Privacy Policy, your sensitive information as listed above and for the purposes noted in this Privacy Policy on our behalf to locations outside of Australia. These jurisdictions include Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States.
5.2. Your personal information and where indicated in this Privacy Policy, your sensitive information, is held for as long as needed to achieve the purposes listed under Article 3 above and our legal obligations.
5.3. Ansell will take appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational measures to keep your personal information safe from unauthorized access or theft as well as accidental loss tampering or destruction. All information you provide to us is stored on our servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. Access by Ansell personnel or its third party processors will only be on a need-to-know basis and be subject to strict confidentiality and privacy obligations. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we take reasonable steps to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
5.4. If you are registered to receive communications, promotions, offerings, newsletters and other advertisements via e-mail or other person-to-person electronic communication channels, you can change your preferences for receiving such communications, promotions, offerings, newsletter and other advertisements by following the opt-out link provided in such communications.
6.1. You have the right to request access to all of your personal information including sensitive information held by Ansell. Each request must be as specific as possible and accompanied with means to verify your identity. Ansell reserves the right to charge a reasonable amount for providing your personal information to you to cover the costs of location, the information, copying and supplying to you.
6.2. You have the right to ask that any inaccuracies in your personal information held by Ansell be corrected free of charge. If you submit a request for correction, your request needs to be accompanied by proof of the inaccuracy and means to verify your identity (see Article 7.4).
6.3. You have the right to withdraw your earlier consent for the processing of your sensitive information. Withdrawing your consent to the collection, further use or disclosure of your sensitive information may mean that you can no longer use all or part of our Website, products or services.
7.1. If you wish to submit a request to access or correct your personal information or make a complaint (see Article 7.6) you can do so using one of the following methods:
7.2. In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, all requests submitted through any of these methods should be dated and clearly state which right you wish to exercise.
7.3. In case we have any doubts about your identity, we may ask you to provide us a digitally scanned copy of your valid identification documents. If you contact us via phone, Ansell may ask you for your signed confirmation and proof of identity. Ansell will promptly inform you when we receive your request. If the request is valid, Ansell shall honour it as soon as reasonably possible and within thirty (30) days after the later of having received the request and verified your identity.
7.4. If we refuse to give you access to or correct your personal information, we will give you a notice explaining our reasons (except to the extent it would be unreasonable or unlawful for us to do so) and provide you with information on how you can complain about our refusal.
7.5. If you have any question or complaint about how your personal information (including sensitive information) is being handled by Ansell, please contact us through any of the methods listed above in Article 7.1. If you remain unsatisfied with our response to, or handling of your complaint or have concerns about the way we handle your personal information , you may file a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints/lodge-a-privacy-complaint-with-us).
7.6. If we change to this Privacy Policy we will endeavour to notify you of the intended changes and the date on which they will take effect. We will do this through the channel through which we usually communicate with you. In any case, your continued use of this Website or our products or services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
