PRIVACY

You may browse and access information contained on this website without providing any personal information. Where you voluntarily provide personal information the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs will only use that information for the purpose for which it was intended. We will keep any such information secure and will not disclose it to a third party without your permission. To view or correct any personal information held by "the Ministry" please write to:

The Privacy Officer, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
P O Box 833, WELLINGTON, New Zealand

or send an email to privacy@mpia.govt.nz

Commitment to Privacy

The Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs is involved in New Zealand government initiatives such as e-government which include commitments to individuals’ privacy rights in all aspects of electronic government.  If you have a question specific to privacy, please contact us at privacy@mpia.govt.nz.  We hope the following policy will help you understand how we collect, use, and safeguard the personal information you provide on our website.

Information collection and use

If you browse our website, you do so anonymously.  We do not collect personal information, including your email address. We do log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which parts of our website you visit and how long you spend there. But we do not link your IP address to anything personally identifiable. The only other information automatically provided to us is the type of computer and operating system you are using. Your browser supplies us with this information.

Like many other websites, this website may use a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how you use the site.

In some of our email communications we use a device called a "click-through URL". When you click on one of these URLs, you pass through our system before arriving at the website that is your true destination. We use click-throughs to determine the level of interest in particular topics and to measure the effectiveness of our communications. We do not share this data with anyone, and we make no attempt to match click-throughs to particular email addresses.

At times we may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information such as your email address and postal address, for purposes such as corresponding with us or participating in an online survey.

Because the Ministry operates as just one part of the government unit, we make Ministry information available to other government agencies. As part of this process, the personal information that you have provided to us may be sent to other government agencies around New Zealand.