No need to disclose personal information 

You may browse and access information contained within this website without providing personal information. 

Statistical information and cookies 

We collect statistical information about your visit to our website to help us improve it. 

This information does not identify individuals. 

To collect this statistical information the site makes use of cookies. 

Cookies:  

This website uses cookies for the purpose of monitoring website usage. A cookie is a piece of code that creates a file on your computer to track the pages that you view on our website. The cookies do not collect personal information. You can disable them or clear them out of your web browser without affecting your ability to use the website. 

Google Analytics 

We use Google Universal Analytics to collect and analyse details about the use of our website. 

The information Google Analytics collects includes: 

• your IP address 
• the search terms you used 
• the pages you accessed on the website and the links you clicked on 
• the date and time you visited the website 
• the referring website (if any) through which you clicked through to this website 
• your operating system (eg, Windows XP, Mac OSX) 
• the type of web browser you use (eg, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox) 
• other incidental matters such as screen resolution and the language setting of your browser. 
• No effort is made to identify individual visitors. 
• You may opt-out from having Google Analytics collect your information by disabling cookies in your browser, or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out browser add-on. 
• Google Analytics privacy policy. 

Use of statistical information 

The statistical information referred to above will be viewable by website administrators and, the project team, and partners. It may also be shared with other Government agencies. 

Your personal information 

We will manage your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020, Health Information Privacy Code 2020 and other relevant legislation. The Privacy Act 2020 regulates us through the Information Privacy Principles as to how we collect, use, hold, disclose, access, correct, manage and dispose of your personal information.  

Where you voluntarily provide personal information (e.g., through online forms or email requests), we will only use your personal information for the purposes for which you gave it to us. When providing us with information, please carefully read any privacy statement provided at that point. 

This information will be held by Protected&Proud NZ. 

Sharing your information with third parties 

We will only disclose information to third parties where this is directly related to the purposes for which it was collected. Your information may be shared with, and held by, third-party contractors so that those contractors can provide you with the services you have requested. 

We will not disclose your personal information to other government agencies or other organisations without your consent, unless required or allowed by law. For example, where we believe disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to someone’s safety. 

Security of information 

Protecting your personal information and data is important to us. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold is protected against loss, unauthorized access and disclosure or other misuse.  

Access and correction of personal information 

You have the right to request access to any personal information we hold about you and to request corrections to that information if necessary. To ensure the security and privacy of your data, we will need to verify your identity before releasing any information. 

Privacy complaints and queries 

If you have any queries or concerns about how your personal information has been managed, please contact us to see if we can resolve the problem. 

If you’re not satisfied with our response to your concerns, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.