Privacy statement
Our privacy policy is governed by the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 – New Zealand Legislation
If you voluntarily provide personal information (for example, through email feedback or online forms), we will keep that personal information secure. Any personal information supplied will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided or permitted by the Privacy Act 2020 and will not be disclosed to any third party except where necessary for the provision of services, or as authorised or required by law.
Check personal information
If you want to check personal information that we hold or request the correction of that information when required, you can write to or email us.
Cookies
Browser cookies are small files that are sent by a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are used by this website to provide the Ministry with information about site usage and to help us improve our website.
Cookies from this site are not used to gather any personally identifiable information. The information we collect includes the date and time you visited the site, your IP address, the pages you accessed on our site, the search terms you used, details about your operating system (for example, Windows 7, Mac OSX) and your web browser (for example, Chrome or Internet Explorer).
The data is collected and aggregated for the Ministry by Google Analytics, a measurement and research service. You can find out about Google Analytics' privacy policy in their Privacy Center.
You can manually disable cookies at any time – check your browser's "Help" to find out how. This will not affect your ability to view this site.
Unsolicited email
Publication of email addresses on this site should not be taken as deemed consent to receiving unsolicited email.
Persons or organisations wishing to send email material to individuals or organisations whose email addresses appear on this website must comply with the requirements of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007.
Spam prevention and messaging compliance – Department of Internal Affairs
