1. Collection: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) may gather two types of information about you from the Site:

(a) personal information, provided by you at the time of voluntary registration for the services offered; and

(b) aggregate information generated by NZTE’s systems, which track traffic to the Site but do not relate to you personally.

2. Disclosure of Information: NZTE may disclose:

(a) any information that NZTE gathers about you to third parties for the purposes of providing you with additional services;

(b) aggregate tracking information and other information that does not personally identify you, to third parties;

(c) your personal information to third parties, when NZTE believes in good faith that NZTE is required to do so by law;

(d) your personal information to third parties, provided NZTE has your prior authorisation, which NZTE will usually obtain at the time of collecting the information from you.

3. Use: NZTE uses the personal information it collects:

(a) to verify your identity and assist you if you forget your password or login details for any of NZTE’s registration services on this Site;

(b) to assist in providing the services requested by you;

(c) to provide further information to you about other websites and services or which NZTE considers may be of interest to you; (d) for future marketing, promotional and publicity purposes, including to carry out direct marketing, market research and surveys; (e) for ensuring that you are shown the information that is most relevant to you and your interests; and (f) for any other use that you authorise.

4. Cookies and Tracking: NZTE uses a “cookie” file containing information that can identify details of your IP address, PC platform (e.g. Windows, NT or Mac), Browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape or other, plus the version of Browser), domain (whether you are accessing the Site from NZ or elsewhere) and other user information (e.g. your username).

NZTE may use the information generated by cookies to:

(a) track traffic patterns to and from the Site;

(b) ensure any advertising is being shown to the most appropriate person; and

(c) enable you to enter the Site and use certain services and to visit registered user only areas of the Site. You can choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use the Site but you will need them to log on to the Site and to access personalised or secure content on the Site. Some pages may not function properly if the cookies are turned off.

5. Content Providers, Advertisers and Partners: NZTE does not control the practices of content providers, partners and advertisers connected with the Site and to whom you provide personal information whilst using one of the Site or services.

6. Holding, Correcting and Updating: Any personal information that you provide to NZTE will be collected and held by NZTE at its offices at 23 Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand.. If you have any questions about how NZTE services work or regarding this statement, contact NZTE by sending an email to webmaster@nzte.govt.nz.

For information about New Zealand’s Privacy Act 1993 and how it protects the personal information of individuals in New Zealand, visit the website of the Privacy Commissioner.