This is how we deal with information about your visit to our website.

Information collected and stored automatically

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

1. The Internet domain (for example, “www.acompany.co.nz” if you use a private Internet access account, or “www.youruniversity.ac.nz” if you connect from a university’s domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website;

2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;

3. The date and time you access our site;

4. The pages you visit; and

5. If you linked to or visited the Takiwā Poutini website from another website, the address of that website.

We use this information to help us make the Takiwā Poutini site more useful to visitors – to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

If you send us personal information

If you choose to provide us with personal information – by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it to us through the website – we use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information you have requested.

All personal information collected by Takiwā Poutini will be managed in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act and Health Information Privacy Code.

We only share the information you give us with another organisation if your inquiry relates directly to that organisation, or as otherwise required by law.

We do not create individual profiles with the information you provide or give it to any private organisations.

In some instances your data is stored by external secure online service providers.

Takiwā Poutini does not collect information for commercial marketing.

If you believe that your rights under the Health Information Privacy Code have been breached you can make a complaint either to Takiwā Poutini by contacting us or to the Privacy Commissioner (P.O. Box 466, Auckland).

Information held in relation to newsletter subscriptions

We provide email subscription options for updates on various topics. Subscription to email updates is optional, and users can unsubscribe at any time.