This Privacy Policy outlines how Minerals and Metals Group (‘MMG’) collects, uses and manages personal information.
MMG has adopted this Privacy Policy to ensure that we comply with the National Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000.
Collecting your information
If you are a customer, agent, supplier, contractor, advisor, financier, joint venture partner or business partner of MMG, or an employee of the above-mentioned entities, we usually collect personal information, such as your contact details, job title or position, and expertise. We may also collect other personal information from you for the purposes of working with you.
Collecting your information using the website
MMG views the personal privacy of visitors of our website as an important issue, and is committed to maintaining the security of personal information provided to MMG by users accessing mmg.com. MMG provides links to other websites from hyperlinks within www.mmg.com. MMG's Privacy Policy does not cover these external websites.
What information do we collect from the website?
MMG collects the following information:
For statistical purposes we collect information regarding: domain name and information regarding what pages have been accessed.
For the purpose of responding to email requests sent via our website, to send out latest announcements via email, to people who have requested to be added to our mailing list, we collect the following information: name, email address, interest in MMG.
For the purpose of responding to other requests for information sent via our website we collect name, email address, interest in MMG and the details of the particular request for information.
Other than 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 MMG believes it is required to collect and produce relevant electronic documentation to fulfil its obligations to third parties, including statutory organisations under local law.
How we use and disclose your information
We use your information for the purposes of working with you, or to enhance and develop our relationship with you. We may share your information within our group of companies and with our holding company. We may also disclose your information to our advisors, agents or financiers from time to time to help us working with you. MMG stores personal information it collects from the websites carefully, and it will not be passed to anyone outside MMG for any other purpose, except with those selected third party organisations who may be asked to assist us in providing you with the information, goods, products or services that you have requested. However, where it is necessary, in order to answer your enquiry, the information you have provided may be passed to any group company offices within MMG or MMG’s holding company. By sending this information to us you are consenting to the personal information contained therein being transferred within MMG worldwide and being processed by MMG for these purposes.
MMG endeavours to use and disclose your personal information only in limited circumstances. MMG will do so if it is necessary to protect any copyright or intellectual property in the material on the website, or if it is necessary to enforce our website terms and conditions of use.
Exemptions
We handle personal information relying on the employee records and related bodies corporate exemptions in the Privacy Act where those exemptions are relevant.
Mailing List Subscription
MMG offers a service to send out latest announcements released by MMG to interested persons on our website. Information collected for this purpose from the subscribe function on our website is used purely for the purpose of notifying subscribers of recent announcements released by MMG. While MMG endeavours to provide the subscribers with the updates on a timely basis, MMG cannot guarantee that delivery by email will not be delayed.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that a website may write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a userID 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 mmgoupltd.com websites use cookies to track user traffic patterns and to better serve you when you revisit the website. If you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to refuse cookies. However, this may mean that you will not be able to take advantage of the full functionality of our websites.
Security
MMG takes all reasonable security measures to protect personal information from loss, unauthorised access, destruction, misuse, modification or disclosure. As far as permissible under law, MMG accepts no responsibility for the unauthorised access of personal information held by MMG.
Access & Privacy Policy Questions
You have a right to access most personal information we hold about you. To request access to your information, or if you have any questions or you believe MMG has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact our legal department by clicking on and using one of the methods of contact listed. Please ensure you ask to direct your query to the Legal Department.
Privacy Policy Changes
Any changes to this Privacy Policy that may be made from time to time will be available on the MMG website.
MMG Privacy Statement
If you are using the MMG internet website to search for or apply for a job, our Privacy Statement will apply and a copy of the Privacy Statement is available as part of the application process or by emailing the MMG Careers team at mmgcareers@mmg.com. The Privacy Statement is intended to apply to all job applications in conjunction with this Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy last updated: 24 February 2010