Privacy Statement

Standard

All agency sites must carry a privacy statement.  The statement must cover (as a minimum):

• the scope of the statement (eg, "This privacy notice applies to personal and other information collected on [the agency's] website: www.agency.govt.nz");
• the circumstances in which personal information is collected, by whom it is held (eg, your agency and/or third party agencies or web services) and any choices users may have as to whether such information is collected in the first place;
• the uses to which collected personal information may be put by the collecting agency and the circumstances in which it may be disclosed;
• the collection and use of statistical information, including users' IP addresses;
• a statement that cookies are used if that is the case and relevant implications of that (if any);
• users' rights to request access to or correction of personal information held by the website's owning agency; and
• contact details for such purposes.

Note

The privacy statement, or a link to it, must be placed on the About This Site page.

Guidance

See the Guide to the Privacy Statement Standard.