When you choose to share your personal information with us, we’ll put it to work to give you more of what you want and less of what you don’t.
We’ll use data to create more relevant products, services, marketing offers and communication that all come together to help make your life easier.
When you choose to share your personal information with us, we’ll put it to work to give you more of what you want and less of what you don’t.
We’ll use data to create more relevant products, services, marketing offers and communication that all come together to help make your life easier.
We want you to understand what we do and why we do it, so we’ll make privacy as simple as possible.
You’ll find everything you need to know in straightforward language, helping you to make informed choices.
We want you to understand what we do and why we do it, so we’ll make privacy as simple as possible.
You’ll find everything you need to know in straightforward language, helping you to make informed choices.
It’s a privilege to work with your personal information and we owe it to you to keep it safe and secure. That’s why we invest in industry-leading policies, practices and systems, and work only with partners we trust.
It’s a privilege to work with your personal information and we owe it to you to keep it safe and secure. That’s why we invest in industry-leading policies, practices and systems, and work only with partners we trust.
Download PDF of the Privacy Policy to 14 February 2021
Effective Date: 15 February 2021
We value your trust and take the protection of your personal information very seriously. This document outlines the way in which we collect, hold, secure, use and share your personal information. We encourage you to read it, so that you are comfortable with what we do and can help us improve your experiences with us.
If you have any questions regarding its contents, we invite you to contact our Privacy Officer, whose contact details are contained in Section 17 below.
Woolworths Group (referred to as ‘Woolworths’, ‘we’ or ‘us’) includes Woolworths Group Limited ABN 88 000 014 675 and its brands, businesses and related companies, including Woolworths Supermarkets, Metro, Everyday Rewards, WooliesX, BIG W and Endeavour Group Limited (which operates brands such as BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Cellarmasters, Langton’s, and ALH Group).
This Privacy Policy applies to all of our Australian businesses and related Australian companies.
Privacy Officer
Phone: 1300 908 631
Email: privacy@woolworths.com.au
Post: Privacy Officer
Woolworths Group Limited
PO Box 8000
BAULKHAM HILLS NSW 2153
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This Privacy Policy outlines our personal information management practices, including how we collect, hold, secure, use and share your personal information. Specifically:
There are some matters to which this policy does not apply. Please refer to Section 15 below.
As defined by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), "personal information" means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable:
(a) whether the information or opinion is true or not; and
(b) whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.
Any time we use the term “personal information” in this policy, we are referring to this legal definition of the term.
1 Your contact details including your name, email addresses, telephone numbers, residential and delivery addresses
For many of our services, you generally have the option not to give us your name and can use a pseudonym if you prefer.
We may need your real name and a valid ID for specific purposes or where we are required to ask by law.
Some of our products and services, like our insurance service, may require us to collect your "sensitive information" (which is defined in the Privacy Act and is a subset of 'personal information') from you or from other sources. Sensitive information is only obtained with your consent or in certain limited permitted situations.
Your personal information is important to us. We design our systems with your security and privacy in mind.
Any personal information we hold is generally stored electronically in computers or cloud systems operated by us or by our service providers. We implement a range of information security measures and encryption protocols when we handle your personal information to protect it from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or wrongful alteration.
We may collect information from your current device using cookies or other technologies, including your online browsers or apps to protect your account security. See Section 3 for examples of what kinds of information we may collect.
We use security measures such as physical and technical security access controls or other safeguards, information security technologies, policies, procedures and training programs to ensure the security of your personal information.
We protect your payment card details with encryption and hashing methods. Do not include your full card details when you communicate with us via email, SMS or chat messages. If we have to make a reference to your payment card number, we will only refer to the last four digits in any form of written communications.
Your personal information is important to us and we are very focused on making sure it stays safe.
We use data, including personal information in some cases, to understand the preferences and shopping patterns of our customers and to produce other insights.
In most cases, we employ techniques such as grouping, combining and anonymising, so that we don’t need to use your personal information to understand those preferences or patterns, or to produce insights.
We may also share anonymised preferences and insights with our suppliers, partners and service providers to assist with the marketing of products and services, without revealing your personal information.
There are limited circumstances when we do need to share or use your personal information, such as:
There are also limited circumstances in which we may share your personal information with third parties, such as:
When you register to hold an account or become a member of any Woolworths brand or program, we may send you commercial electronic messages and tailored advertising if you agree to let us do so. We may send you these messages via various channels and media (including by email, SMS, phone and mail, or via advertising on certain websites and social media), but only where you have opted in to receiving such electronic messages from that Woolworths brand or program in that channel.
You can choose not to receive commercial electronic messages via a channel, by using the unsubscribe facility in any commercial electronic messages. If you use the opt-out facility provided in a commercial electronic message, you will be unsubscribed from those commercial electronic messages which are sent to you because you are a member of the program or customer of that brand.
Regardless of whether you opt-out of any or all commercial electronic messages, you will still receive information we are required by law to provide to you or service based communications relating to your account or membership, including changes to the terms and conditions of that brand or program (for example, the Woolworths Online terms and conditions which set out the terms on which purchases can be made online), and/or our Collection Notice and Privacy Policy, account transactions or other important information relating to products or services you have purchased or signed-up for.
It’s important to note that opting out of receiving commercial electronic messages from any one Woolworths Group brand or program will not withdraw your consent to receive messages from other Woolworths Group brands or programs. You may opt out of receiving commercial electronic messages from any other Woolworths Group brand or program, at any time, in accordance with the terms and conditions of that brand or program.
If you would like more information about how we may, or may not, send you commercial electronic messages, including in relation to specific Woolworths Group brands or programs, please see the terms and conditions of each of those Woolworths Group brands or programs.
You have a right to request access to the personal information we hold about you. You can access or correct your personal information on your online profile via your online account at any time.
However, before we provide you with access to your personal information we may require verification of proof of identity. There is no charge to submit a request to correct or access your personal information, however, we may charge a reasonable fee for giving access to your personal information if your request requires substantial effort on our part.
If you would like a copy of the personal information held by us about you, please contact Woolworths’ Privacy Officer using the details shown in Section 17 below.
If you believe that any of your personal information is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact our Privacy Officer. It is your right to have your personal information corrected.
If you would like to complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles, you may contact our Privacy Officer. We may ask you to put your complaint in writing and to provide relevant details. We may discuss your complaint with our personnel and our service providers and others as appropriate.
We will respond to your complaint in a reasonable period of time (usually within 30 days).
If you disagree with our decision, you may refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) (whose contact details are as set out here).
There may be additional privacy notices and terms relevant to you depending on the nature of your dealings with us and on our particular businesses. There are additional privacy terms in our loyalty program and club membership terms and for use of our online sites, for example.
This policy does not apply to the personal information of our team members (employees and contractors) in their capacity as such.
This Privacy Policy is current from February 2021. We may change it periodically. If we propose to change this policy, we will display the proposed policy on www.woolworthsgroup.com.au at least 2 weeks before any change comes into effect.
More information about privacy law and privacy principles is available from the OAIC and from their website. The OAIC may be contacted using their contact details set out here.
Download PDF of the Cookies Statement to 14 February 2021
Effective Date: 15 February 2021
Woolworths uses tracking technologies like cookies to tailor and improve your online experience on our websites. As a customer, we value your trust and want to make it easy to understand what cookies are, how we use them to improve your experience on our websites and your options to control them on your devices.
Please read our Cookies Statement below to find out more. If you have any questions regarding the following content, we invite you to contact our Privacy Officer.
Privacy Officer
Phone: 1300 908 631
Email: privacy@woolworths.com.au
Post: Privacy Officer
Woolworths Group Limited
PO Box 8000
BAULKHAM HILLS NSW 2153
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