Copyright, disclaimer & privacy policy

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy is to let users of this website (the “Site”) know when we collect personal information and what we do with it. The Climate Change Commission Secretariat (the “Secretariat”) does not use, share or transfer personal information in connection with the Site except as set out in this policy.

Collection, storage and use

No need to disclose personal information

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

Your disclosure of personal information

However, you may choose to disclose personal information when adding material to the Site. Such information will be viewable by Site administrators, certain Secretariat staff and contractors (including third parties providing services related to the administration, improvement, and/or securing of the Site and the information it contains (“Third Party Contractors”) and, if published, members of the public. Please do not post or otherwise transmit personal information of a sensitive nature.

Holding of information

Personal information that you provide will be held by the Secretariat, and may be shared with, and held by, Third Party Contractors to the extent necessary for the services they provide related to the administration, improvement, and/or securing of the Site and the information it contains. Email addresses provided when communicating with the Committee, or when emailing feedback directly to the Secretariat, are not made available to the public. Unless required by law, we will not publicise the names or email addresses of individuals who provide feedback to us without their consent.

Use of personal information

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

Feedback

Feedback is important and is used to evaluate and improve the Site. If you provide feedback on the Site directly to the Secretariat via the supplied email address, that feedback will be sent to appropriate Secretariat staff. We may pass on relevant comments to other people within the Secretariat who administer, have contributed content to, or are otherwise interested in, the Site. This could include your email address and other identifying information.

Statistical information and cookies

Statistical information collected

We may collect statistical information about your visit to help us improve the Site. We use Google Analytics for tracking usage of the Site. This information is aggregated and non-personally identifying. It includes:

• your IP address
• the search terms you used
• the pages you accessed on our Site and the links you clicked on
• the date and time you visited the site
• the referring site (if any) through which you clicked through to this Site
• your operating system (e.g., Windows XP, Mac OS X)
• the type of web browser you use (e.g. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge), and
• other incidental matters such as screen resolution and the language setting of your browser

Learn more about how Google uses information it collects through Google Analytics.

Use of statistical information

The statistical information referred to above will be viewable by Site administrators and certain other Secretariat staff. It may also be shared with other government agencies.

Cookies

This Site generates persistent session cookies for the purpose of monitoring Site usage. The cookies do not collect personal information. You can disable them or clear them out of the web browser you are using to view this Site without affecting your ability to use the Site.

Records and disclosure statement

Public Records, Official Information and Parliament

Your emails and contributions to the Site may constitute public records and be retained to the extent required by the Public Records Act 2005. The Secretariat may also be required to disclose those materials under the Official Information Act 1982 or to a Parliamentary Select Committee or Parliament in response to a Parliamentary Question.

Rights of access and correction

Your rights

Under the Privacy Act 1993, you have the right to access and to request correction of any of your personal information provided to the Secretariat in connection with your use of this Site. If you would like to see the personal information relating to you that the Secretariat 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. We may require proof of your identity before being able to provide you with any personal information.

You can contact us about privacy matters by email at Privacy.Officer@climatecommission.govt.nz, or by post at the address below:

Privacy Officer
Climate Change Commission Secretariat
Level 21, 1 Willis Street
Wellington 6011
PO Box 24448
Wellington 6142

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: 04 474 7590
Enquiries Line (from Auckland): 302 8655
Enquiries Line (from outside Auckland): 0800 803 909
Fax: 04 474 7595

Email: enquiries@privacy.org.nz

© Crown Copyright

Copyright material on the Climate Change Commission website is protected by copyright owned by the Climate Change Commission on behalf of the Crown. 

Crown copyright protects work created or owned by the New Zealand government, including government forms, codes of practice, official press releases and public records. Crown copyright is legally defined under section 26 of the Copyright Act 1994.

Some content on this website includes material for which the copyright is owned by third parties. You must get authorisation from the third party to copy or reproduce this material.

You can find more information about Crown copyright on the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office website.

The Climate Change Commission disclaims and excludes all liability for any claim, loss, demand or damages of any kind whatsoever (including for negligence) arising out of or in connection with the use of either this website or the information, content or materials included on this site or on any website to which it is linked.