Privacy policy

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to let users of community.net.nz (the Site) know when we collect personal information and what we do with it. We do not use, share or transfer personal information in connection with the Site except as set out in this policy.

The Site can be viewed and notifications can be subscribed to without the need to disclose any personal information to us.

User Accounts Privacy

To create a user account you must supply a name and email address. This information will be viewable by Site administrators, certain NZ Navigator Trust team members (including third parties who provide administration and/or improvement services in relation to the Site (Third Party Contractors)).

We will only use personal information provided to us for the purpose of administering, evaluating and improving the Site, improving our services and communicating with you.

Personal information will be kept secure, and (unless required or authorised by law) will not be supplied to any other third party nor used for any purpose for which you have not given your consent.

Contributor Privacy

Personal information that you provide for the purposes of establishing a contributor account will be held by NZ Navigator Trust, and may be shared with, and held by, Third Party Contractors to the extent necessary for those parties to provide administration and/or improvement services in relation to the Site.

We will only use personal information provided to us for the purpose of administering, evaluating and improving the Site, improving our services and communicating with you.

Personal information will be kept secure, and (unless required or authorised by law) will not be supplied to any other third party nor used for any purpose to which you have not given your consent.

From time-to-time we may contact you to check the accuracy of material submitted.

Where content is submitted for publication on the website it becomes publicly available. Please be careful about including personal contact details, for instance home addresses and phone numbers.

Data tracking used by this website

We may collect statistical information about your visit to help us improve the Site. This information is aggregated and non-personally identifying. It includes:

The statistical information referred to above will be viewable by Site administrators and some NZ Navigator Trust team members. High level statistics may be shared with our funders.

This website uses cookies to record information about user behaviour. 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 identify individuals or collect any personal information.

You may turn off or clear cookies at any time. Most browsers have a feature that allows the user to refuse cookies or issues a warning when cookies are being sent - check your browser's "Help". Turning off cookies will not affect your ability to use this site.

Feedback

Feedback is important and is used to evaluate and improve the Site. If you provide feedback on the Site directly to NZ Navigator Trust via the supplied email address, that feedback will be sent to appropriate NZ Navigator Trust team members. We may pass on relevant comments to other people who administer the Site. This could include your email address and other identifying information.

Rights of access and correction

Under the Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to access and to request correction of any of your personal information provided to NZ Navigator Trust in connection with your use of this Site. If you would like to see the personal information relating to you that NZ Navigator Trust has stored, or to change such personal information, or if you have any concerns regarding your privacy, please contact us at the address set out below. NZ Navigator Trust may require proof of your identity before being able to provide you with any personal information.

Email: info@community.net.nz

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, The Terrace
Wellington, New Zealand
Phone: 04 474 7595
Enquiries Line (from Auckland): 09 302 8655
Enquiries Line (from outside Auckland): 04 474 7590
Email: enquiries@privacy.org.nz

If you have any questions, please contact us.