Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

NZ Police is committed to ensuring your privacy is protected, and we strive to uphold best practice privacy standards. We collect your details to keep you informed about recruitment, events, news, training and other information and opportunities from NZ Police.

Your details are stored in a secure database and are only made available to NZ Police recruitment staff. Your details are used solely for the purposes of keeping in touch with you, and distributing information regarding NZ Police recruitment. Your email address will not be made available to anyone outside of NZ Police.

You are welcome to contact us at any time to access and update your personal communications, or to opt out of receiving any further communications from us. Write to us at Police National Headquarters, PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, or phone 04 470 7392.

Scope of this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy relates to the NZ Police recruitment website www.newcops.co.nz.

Your privacy is very important to us at NZ Police, and we want to ensure that you understand the terms and conditions relating to the way in which we collect and use your personal information. This Privacy Policy tells you what information we collect, what we do with it, and your rights to view, correct or change it.

NZ Police, as a government department, is subject to the Privacy Act 1993. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (http://www.privacy.org.nz) provides further details of the New Zealand Privacy Act and how it protects personal information in New Zealand.

When do we collect personal information?

We collect personal information when you:

• fill in an online form
• subscribe to a service or newsletter, or
• correspond with us.

The information we collect

NZ Police operates the website www.newcops.co.nz. As part of our operations we may gather certain types of information about the users of this site:

• Personally Identifiable Information. This is provided by you when you register for services that we may offer. Examples of these services could include email newsletters, events, competitions and sample assessments. Providing this information will always be optional for you, and you can browse our websites without providing any personally identifiable information. However, some services may not be available to you if you choose not to provide it. We do not automatically record any personally identifiable information.
• Non-personal Information. This information is generated by our systems as they track traffic through our sites. This information does not and will not be used to identify you personally, and is not linked to the personally identifiable information that you may have provided. Examples of this type of information include:
  • the type of internet browser you use
  • the type of operating system you use
  • the screen resolution of your PC
  • the date and time you access our site
  • the pages you have accessed and the documents downloaded
  • the internet address from which you accessed our site (i.e. IP address)
  • the search terms you used to find content on our website, and
  • the last site you visited before you accessed the New Cops website

  Who we share this information with

  When we temporarily provide personal information to companies that perform services for us, such as to send you emails or SMS messages, we require those companies to protect the information in the same manner as NZ Police. These service companies cannot use your personal information for any other purpose than the reason you provided it to NZ Police.

  The non-personal information that is generated by our systems (not your personally identifiable information) may be shared with third parties such as our suppliers and business partners.

  Your personal information may be shared with third parties when we believe in good faith that we are required to do so by law.

  We will never sell your personal information to any third parties, including other marketers.

  What else we do with your personal information

  We collect information in order to provide the best possible service to you while you are visiting our site. To this end we may use the information that you provide for the following purposes:

  • To verify your identity if you need help with a forgotten password or you are having login problems with one of our site services.
  • To process any transactions that you might make on our site.
  • To help provide any other services that you have requested.
  • To offer the most relevant information suitable to you and your interests.
  • For any marketing, promotional, publicity, marketing research or market research that we might undertake.
  • For any other purposes for which you have given permission.

  Subscribing to a service or newsletter

  If you subscribe to a service or newsletter through this website, we record your email address in a database. We use your email address to send you the service or newsletter. We will not disclose your email address to any third parties.

  Subscribing to email newsletters or alerts implies that you have given your consent to receive emails from us, as defined in the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007. You can unsubscribe at any time by visiting the subscription page for the service you wish to terminate, entering your email address and clicking "Unsubscribe".

  What about cookies?

  A cookie is a small file that resides on your computer and is recognised by our server when you visit our sites. A cookie does not provide us with any personally identifiable information. It does provide details of your IP address, the computer platform that you use (e.g. Mac or Windows), the browser that you use (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) and what domain you are accessing our sites from. With this information we can do the following:

  • Track traffic patterns through our site.
  • Ensure that the most relevant content is being shown.
  • Allow you to enter certain site services without having to log in each time you visit.

  We will not use cookies to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to our sites, such as user IDs and passwords. NZ Police will not link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user.

  If you would rather we did not use cookies with you, you can refuse them by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive. You will still be able to visit our sites if you do this.

  Disabling/enabling cookies

  You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings on your browser. Disabling cookies will not affect your ability to use NZ Police websites.

  • If you would like to disable/enable the use of cookies in Internet Explorer 7 or 8, follow the instructions here.
  • If you would like to disable/enable the use of cookies in Internet Explorer 6, follow the instructions here.
  • If you would like to disable/enable the use of cookies in the Mozilla Firefox, follow the instructions here.

  Opting in and opting out

  You will always have the option to opt in to certain services and to opt out of those services at any stage. This means you may change your mind at any stage about participating in any of our services.

  Can we change this policy?

  In order to reflect the fact that our organisation is growing constantly, we reserve the right to change this policy at any time. We will notify site users of any changes to the Privacy Policy.

  Your right to access our information

  The Privacy Act of 1993 gives you the right to access and correct your personal information. To find out more about how to do this, please contact us at NZ Police by phone on 04 470 7392 or by email. Alternatively, post your corrections to the attention of The Police Privacy Officer, Legal Services, Police National Headquarters, PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140.

  How to contact us

  If you have any queries or concerns about the policy please contact:

  The Police Privacy Officer

  Legal Services

  Police National Headquarters

  PO Box 3017

  Wellington 6140

  DDI: 04 470 7392