The Web Standards Self Assessment Tool website (the “Site”) is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs. The purpose of this privacy policy is to let users of the Site know when we collect personal information and what we do with it. We do not use, share or transfer personal information except as set out in this policy.
Collection, storage and use
Your disclosure of personal information
You may decide to disclose personal information to us by providing identifying information when:
obtaining a logon to the Site;
entering material into the Site; or
seeking information from or via the Site.
This information will be viewable by certain members of our staff. It will not be viewable on the Site by other agencies using the Site.
Holding of information
Personal information that you provide will be held by the Department of Internal Affairs.
Use of personal information
We will only use personal information provided to us for the following purposes:
to provide the assessment tool offered by this Site;
to administer and evaluate the Site; and
to communicate with users of the Site.
Statistical information and cookies
Statistical information
We may collect statistical information about your visit to help us analyse usage of, and improve, the Site. This information includes:
users' IP addresses;
users' search terms;
pages accessed on the Site;
links that are clicked on;
date and time of Site visits;
previous visited site;
users' operating systems; and
browsers used when accessing the Site.
Cookies
This Site generates session cookies for the purpose saving a user's location within the self-assessment tool. These cookies, which can be found on your computer, are named SmeIndex, .ASPXAUTH and ASP.NET_SessionId. The Site also generates a number of more persistent cookies for site analytics purposes. These cookies, which can be found on your computer, are named __utma (persistent), __utmb and __utmc (expire in 30 minutes) and __utmz (expires in 6 months).
Records and disclosure statement
Public Records, Official Information and Parliament
Personal and other information disclosed to us on or via our website may constitute public records and be retained to the extent required by the Public Records Act 2005. We may also be required to disclose such information under the Official Information Act 1982 or to a Parliamentary Select Committee or Parliament in response to a Parliamentary Question.
Self access and correction
Registered users are able to access and change their user profile details by clicking on the "user profile" tab when logged in.
Rights of access and correction
Your rights
You have the right to access and to request correction of any of your personal information provided to us in connection with your use of this Site. If you would like to see the personal information relating to you that we have stored, or to request correction of such personal information, or if you have any concerns regarding your privacy, please contact us by any of the means set out below. We may require proof of your identity before being able to provide you with any personal information.
The Privacy Office Department of Internal Affairs PO Box 805 Wellington 6140 Phone: 04 495 7200 Email: privacy@dia.govt.nz
Privacy Commissioner
If you are not satisfied with our response to any privacy-related concern you may have, you can contact the Privacy Commissioner:
Office of the Privacy Commissioner PO Box 10-094 Wellington, New Zealand Phone: +64-4-474 7590 Enquiries Line (from Auckland): 302 8655 Enquiries Line (from outside Auckland): 0800 803 909 Fax: +64-4-474 7595 Email: enquires@privacy.org.nz