Privacy Statement

This statement applies to personal information collected through this website (tekura.courts.govt.nz). This statement is to let users of this website know when we collect personal information and what we do with it.

Collection of personal information

No need to disclose personal information

You can use this site without disclosing any personal information.

Disclosure of personal information

We collect personal information that you choose to give us while using our website and its services, for example your email address if you contact us through the email address listed on our site. We only use this personal information for the purpose(s) specified at the point of collection.

Any information you provide to us via email is viewable by Te Kura site administrators. Please do not send us sensitive information.

We do not give information about you to other government agencies, organisations or anyone else unless one of the following applies:

one of the reasons we obtained the information was to give it to someone else
you have given authority for us to do so
it is required or authorised by the Privacy Act 2020 or by any other law
it will prevent or lessen a serious threat to public health or safety or to somebody's life or health, or
the information is to be used in a way that will not identify you, or it is to be used for statistical or research purposes and will not be published in a way that will identify you.

Data for analytics purposes

We—and our contractors, providers and agencies—use analytical tools, including Google Analytics, to create summary statistics that allow us to assess information, such as the number of visitors to different sections of the website, identify what information is of most and least interest, monitor system performance, and help us make our website more useful to visitors. To do this, these analytical tools collect and store the data when you visit the website, including:

your service address (IP address)
the date, time and duration of your visit to the site
the pages you accessed on this site and the links you clicked on (including documents)
the referring site (if any) through which you clicked through to this site
the type of browser you used
the search terms you used
your operating system (e.g., Windows XP, Mac OS X), and
other incidental matters such as your screen resolution and the language setting of your browser.

This information is viewable by Te Kura administrators.

Automatic collection of information

We do not collect personal information about you if you only browse this website. We do not use cookies to store personal information. You are able to access and use our website with cookies disabled in your browser settings.

Records

Your emails to the site may constitute public records and be retained to the extent required by the Public Records Act 2005. We may also be required to disclose those materials under the Official Information Act 1982 or to a parliamentary Select Committee in response to a parliamentary question.

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 Te Kura in connection with your use of this site. If you would like to see or change your personal information that Te Kura has stored, or if you have any concerns regarding your privacy, please email us at TeKura@justice.govt.nz. Te Kura may require proof of your identity before being able to provide you with any personal information.