2degrees Careers Privacy Policy

Hi, this is the 2degrees Careers Privacy Policy. It explains how we collect, use, store and share your personal information for recruitment and other career related purposes. It does not apply where you sign up to 2degrees products or services or when visiting one of 2degrees’ retail stores (our Privacy Policy and Credit Reporting Policy apply instead). This policy is intended to be clear and easy to understand. Where this policy says 2degrees, “2degrees”, “we” or “us”, it means Two Degrees Mobile Limited, and our related group of companies.

From time to time, we may update this policy. Any changes to the policy will be updated here. If there are material changes, we may also notify you directly.

What is personal information?

Personal information is any information that can be used to personally identify you.

The categories of personal information we collect

We collect information from you when you use our online career tools and when you share information with us as part of the application process.  Depending on the nature of the role or position you have applied for, the categories of personal information that we collection may include (but are not limited to), your name, date of birth/age, contact details, address/location, title, gender, identification documents, resume, employment history, education qualifications, residency/citizenship status, work permit/visa details, professional licences, referee details, results of psychometric tests, security/backgrounds checks, video interviews, identity and police checks and biometric information (such as an image of your face for your ID card or your fingerprint if you work in one of our data centres).

How we collect your personal information

We may collect and record your personal information from a variety of sources, but mainly directly from you (such as your application form, interviews, videos, verbal information over the phone, written correspondence, SMS’s and emails that you may send through). We may also collect information about you from public sources e.g. social media such as LinkedIn or public registers and third parties, for example, recruitment agencies, references from a previous employer, test results from third parties we engage to carry out assessments and background checks (including police and identity checks).

You might sometimes provide personal information about other individuals (e.g. your referee contact details). If so, you must have first:

• obtained consent from those individuals for us to collect that information (if required under applicable law);
• informed those individuals that you are providing the information to us and the purposes for which you are providing that information and in turn, we are using the information (if required under applicable laws); and
• advised them of the matters in this Policy.

If you choose not to provide certain personal information, we may not be able to progress your job application or provide you with correspondence or other information regarding employment or engagement at 2degrees.

How we use your information

We will use your information for recruitment and other career related purposes, as well as where required by law (Purposes). This includes using your personal information for:

• conducting background and pre-employment checks;
• carrying out recruitment processes to assess your suitability, eligibility (including whether you can perform the role) and qualifications for employment with 2degrees; 
• managing your employment and your employment relationship;
• confirming your ability to perform your role safely for our customers, 2degrees colleagues, suppliers, related companies and any other third party stakeholder; and
• statistical analysis/reporting.

If you accept employment with 2degrees, your information will become part of your 2degrees’ employment record and subject to applicable laws, the terms of your employment and 2degrees policies that relate to the Purposes set out above.

For applicants who do not accept a position, 2degrees will generally hold your personal information for 60 days unless you consent to the information being held for up to two years or as required by law.

How we share your information

We may share your information with third parties when legally required or for the Purposes, such as referees, agents, or service providers for pre-employment and background checks. We may also disclose it within our People team, 2degrees group companies, divisions, partnerships, and joint ventures when needed for the purposes mentioned above.

Accessing and correcting your information

You are responsible for keeping your information up to date. Under the Privacy Act, you have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information that we hold about you. You also have the right to ask for your personal information to be corrected if you think it is wrong.  To do so, you may email careers@2degrees.nz.

Before processing your request, we’ll contact you to verify your identity and confirm your request. We’ll be as open as we can with you, but sometimes we might need to withhold personal information, for example, where the information relates to references provided to us in confidence or personal information of other people is included. If we need to withhold information, we will tell you why.