1.1 This Privacy Notice applies to all of the personal data we collect about you, including information collected on our websites (including mobile access or apps) where this notice is linked to; all of which are referred to as the “Site” in this notice, and information collected at events, on our vessels or premises or via telephone with one of our people.
1.2 Your privacy matters to us, so please do take the time to get to know our practices and, if you have any questions, contact us using our contact details below. This Privacy Notice was last updated on 5 July 2018 and applies from that date.
1.3 We may occasionally amend this Privacy Notice. Any new notice will automatically be effective when it is published on the Site. You should therefore return here regularly to view our most up to date Privacy Notice. You should also print a copy for your records.
1.4 We do not knowingly collect or process data from anyone under the age of sixteen (16) years old.
2.1 BW Offshore is a global organisation. By the use of “we” in this Privacy Notice we are referring to the BW Offshore Group whose members are outlined in full in our Annual Report. You can view the Annual Report at www.bwoffshore.com/ir/reports-and-presentations
2.2 We refer to BW Offshore together with its group companies as “BW Offshore”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Notice.
3.1 Most of the information we collect is information provided directly by you, which is set out on the web page on which we collect it (for example in our Investor Relations subscription form) at events, on our vessels or premises or by our people by phone. This may include:
3.2 We may also collect and process other information obtained through the Site or the device you are using, including:
4.1 If you use the Site to apply to work with us, we will use the information you supply to process your application and to monitor recruitment statistics. Please do not send us any sensitive personal data with your application unless we specifically ask you for it. As a global business we may transfer your details outside of your home country and to other companies in our group. We will ask you to sign up to additional confidentiality and privacy terms if you apply for a job with us. Once a person has taken up employment with us, we will compile a file relating to their employment. At that stage we will give more details about how we hold employee data and we will expect the employee to sign up to additional confidentiality and privacy terms as part of their employment.
4.2 If you apply to work with us through a third party, such as a recruitment consultant, please also check their privacy notice before proceeding. We do not encourage unsolicited approaches either directly or from third parties – please do not send personal data to us unless the data subject has read and agrees to this Privacy Notice.
4.3 We may retain details of candidates who may be of interest to us, either now or in the future, for up to one year and if we chose to do so, we will notify you. If you would not like us to do that please let us know. Additionally, if your circumstances change – for example you no longer wish to be considered by us for employment – please let us know that too.
5.1 We use information collected about you as outlined in this Privacy Notice.
5.2 Our primary purpose in collecting your personal data is to deal with any request you make and to provide you with services which we believe will optimize your use of the Site. We may use your personal data for the following purposes:
5.3 We process your personal data where we have your consent to do so, which you may withdraw at any time, or otherwise where this is necessary for:
5.4 A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests. Our legitimate interests are those indicated with a “*” above, and we consider that we have implemented sufficient checks and protections to ensure that your rights and interests are not unreasonably intruded on.
*However, you can object to processing on any of these bases at any time and, if you do so, we will stop processing the personal data unless we can show compelling legitimate grounds which override your rights and interests, or we need the data to establish, exercise or defend legal claims – see “Your rights” below.
6.1 We may disclose your personal data to enforce our policies, to comply with our legal obligations or in the interests of security, public interest or law enforcement in any country where we have entities or affiliates. For example, we may respond to a request by a law enforcement agency or regulatory or governmental authority. We may also disclose data in connection with actual or proposed litigation, or to protect our property, security, people and other rights or interests.
6.2 We share your information with third parties who help deliver our products and services to you. Examples include hosting our web servers, analysing data, providing marketing assistance, and providing customer service. These companies will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not use that data for any other purpose.
6.3 We may also share your personal data:
6.4 Those parties include:
6.5 You may have accessed our Site through a hyperlink from a third party website. If so, you consent to your personal details and purchase information, including behavioural patterns, being shared with that third party in accordance with our contractual relationship with them.
6.6 If BW Offshore is sold, or some of its assets transferred to a third party, your personal information, as a valuable asset, may also be transferred to the acquirer, even if they are not in the same line of business as us. Our data could be sold separately from the rest of the business, in whole or in a number of parts. Potential purchasers and their advisors may have limited access to data as part of the sale process. However, use of your personal information will remain subject to this Privacy Notice. Likewise, your personal information may be passed on to a successor in interest in the unlikely event of a liquidation, bankruptcy or administration.
7.1 The Site may contain links to third parties’ websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites. Therefore, please read carefully any privacy policies on those links or websites before either agreeing to their terms or using those websites.
7.2 If you have asked us to share data with third party sites (such as social media sites), their servers may not be secure.
7.3 Note that, despite the measures taken by us and the third parties we engage, the internet is not secure. As a result others may nevertheless unlawfully intercept or access private transmissions or data.
8.1 We take what we consider to be appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to reduce the risk of unauthorised or unlawful processing of your personal data and accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, your personal data. While no system is completely secure, we believe the measures implemented by the Site reduce our vulnerability to security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved. However, it remains your responsibility:
9.1 BW Offshore is a global organisation. As a result we might transfer your personal information to places outside of your home country, for example to companies in our group that are based outside the EEA such as the USA, Bermuda and Singapore for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice. If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) this means that your data may be transferred from the EEA to another country and stored there, where we (or our suppliers) might process it.
9.2 If we transfer your personal data outside your country we will try to take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected in compliance with applicable data protection law and this Privacy Notice.
10.1 If you have given permission, we may contact you by mail, telephone, SMS, text/picture/video message, social media and email about products and services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive any direct marketing communications from us, you can opt out at any time. See further 'Your rights', below.
11.1 We will retain your personal data only as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, or as is required by applicable law, and then we will delete it.
12.1 In some countries you may have the right to gain access, correct, update, restrict, delete, be forgotten, or object to the processing of, or request data portability of the personal data collected about you subject to some exceptions and conditions. You can find out more about these rights in the EU by reading the General Data Protection Regulation, available at https://www.eugdpr.org/the-regulation.html
12.2 If you wish to inquire about any of those rights or would like to submit a request then please send us your request by any of the following ways:
Data Protection Officer - BW Offshore, P.O Box 33. Skøyen, 0212 Oslo, Norway.
12.3 We may charge a small fee depending on your request where that is permitted by law. We will take all reasonable steps to delete your personal data from our system(s) on receiving a valid request, unless restricted by law. We may keep a copy for as long as is necessary in our opinion, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. We will respond to any of your above-mentioned requests within one month but we reserve the right to verify your identity before dealing with your request.
12.4 You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection regulator, which you may lodge with the The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) as the EU lead supervisory authority for BW Offshore. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet contact details are as follows:
Postal address:
Datatilsynet
Postboks 458 Sentrum
0105 Oslo
Org.nr 974 761 467
13.1 If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, we encourage you to contact us at dataprotection.officer@bwoffshore.com
14.1 We regularly review this privacy notice. We will ensure that the most up to date version is published here. This privacy notice was last updated on 04 March 2021.
15.1 What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are downloaded and stored on your communication equipment (PC, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.
Cookies make it possible to identify you as a visitor to a website, track your activity and use the services offered on the website.
The website makes use of three types of cookies:
15.2 How we use cookies
We may use information obtained by use of cookies for the following purposes:
15.3 What information do our cookies collect?
When you use our website, the following information is collected:
15.4 You can consent to or refuse the use of cookies
It is voluntary to use cookies and you give your consent through the cookie banner (pop-up).
15.5 Google Analytics
We use the Google Analytics tool and cookies to gather statistics on site usage. There are more details in Google’s own privacy notice. The information collected via Google Analytics is restricted in accordance with Google Analytics’ user terms which are available at Google's terms page, and Google’s integrity policy, which is available at Google's privacy page.
Google may aggregate data they collect from their various services including Google Analytics, Google Translate, Google Maps and YouTube. You acknowledge and accept that we have no control over Google’s data collection. You should look at Google’s privacy notice for details of their data collection practices.
You can withdraw your consent by disabling the cookie function in your web browser.
For more information, visit Google's page on Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites and Google's privacy page.
This notice supplements BW Offshore’s Privacy Notice with respect to specific rights granted under the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Law No 13,709/2018 or “LGPD”) to data subjects and provides information regarding how they can exercise their rights under the LGPD. This supplement is only relevant to you if your data is under the scope of the LGPD. Information required to be disclosed regarding the collection of data subjects’ personal information that is not set forth in this LGPD supplement is otherwise set forth above in the Privacy Notice.
16.1 What information do we collect?
We have collected some or all of the categories of personal information from individuals within the last twelve (12) months form the sources as described in “3. What information do we collect?” above and shared these categories of personal information with certain third-party service providers such as fund administrators, our advisors (e.g., auditors, legal counsel, tax and financial advisors). We may also share such information with law enforcement agencies, regulatory or tax authorities and other government or public agencies or authorities.
16.2 How do we use your information?
We may collect or share the personal information we collect about you for one or more of the business or commercial purposes mentioned in the “5. How do we use your information?” section of this Privacy Notice.
16.3 Your Rights:
Data subjects have various rights under the LGPD in relation to the personal information we hold. These include:
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, you should contact the DPO (Encarregado) at dataprotection.officer@
bwoffshore.com.
