North Shore City Council is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This privacy policy governs the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data by us in connection with this website and has been prepared in accordance with our obligations and your rights set out in the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993. North Shore City Council reserves the right to modify or amend this privacy policy at any time and for any reason. By using this website you consent to North Shore City Council's use of your personal data in accordance with this privacy policy (as amended from time to time).
This privacy policy explains:
- What kind of personal data North Shore City Council collects
- Where North Shore City Council collects personal data from
- How North Shore City Council uses personal data
- How North Shore City Council stores personal data
- How you can access/amend your personal data
- How long North Shore City Council holds personal data
- Why North Shore City Council create and use cookies
- Who you can contact for further information
What kind of personal data North Shore City Council collects
North Shore City Council collects only the personal data you provide North Shore City Council (including your name, email address, and contact telephone numbers). North Shore City Council may also keep a record of any information that you acquire from North Shore City Council.
Where North Shore City Council collects personal data from
North Shore City Council collects personal data from the following sources:
- By you contacting North Shore City Council enquiring about information on North Shore City, North Shore City Council, North Shore City Council services or anything on this website
- Directly from you when you register and request North Shore City Council to supply you with information or services in connection with this website
- By you conducting transactions through the website
- Indirectly through your use of this website and the services and functionality offered through it
How North Shore City Council uses personal data
North Shore City Council uses your personal data for the following purposes:
- Replying to your queries
- Processing your application for registration for use of North Shore City Council services or to gain access to information on this website made available only to registered users
- Providing you with information about North Shore City, North Shore City Council and North Shore City Council services
- Providing you with services
- Complying with relevant legislation and regulations
- Any specific purpose which North Shore City Council notifies you of at the time personal data is collected
- Processing transactions that you may conduct through the website
North Shore City Council may disclose information about you (including your identity) to a third party if North Shore City Council is requested to do so in the course of a criminal or other legal investigation, or if North Shore City Council determines that disclosure is necessary in connection with any complaint regarding your use of this website.
How North Shore City Councils stores personal data
North Shore City Council stores personal data electronically and in paper form. The personal data is kept safe and secure using generally accepted standards of security.
How you can access/amend your personal data
You may access your personal data that North Shore City Council holds by emailing us at actionline@northshorecity.govt.nz North Shore City Council will provide you with a copy of the personal data North Shore City Council keeps about you.
You may request that the personal data North Shore City Council holds about you be corrected by emailing us at actionline@northshorecity.govt.nz If North Shore City Council agrees that your personal data is to be corrected, North Shore City Council will provide you with an amended record of your personal data.
How long North Shore City Council holds personal data
North Shore City Council will keep your personal data only for as long as necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.
Why North Shore City Council create and use cookies
iGovt Logon Service cookies
The North Shore City Council website is configured to create and use a cookie after the user has logged into the website using the iGovt Logon Service. The cookie that gets created after the user has logged in to the iGovt Logon Service only stores the user session details such as the actual time of the user login and does not store any personal details of the user. The cookie is encrypted to prevent from being tampered and does not at any point retain and personal details of the user.
Google analytics cookies and data collection
The North Shore City Council website uses cookies and the services of Google Analytics to retrieve aggregate information to perform analyses of website use. Information collected by these means is not used to identify individual website users. Information collected includes non-personal information such as:
- the Internet domain and IP address from which you are accessing this website
- the browser and operating system you are using
- the date and time you access the site
- the pages you visit
- whether you arrived at this website via a link from another site and the address of such site
You consent to the collection and use of all this information for both the purposes stated above.
Who you can contact for further information
If you have any queries about this privacy policy or personal data North Shore City Council has collected, please contact:
City Secretary
Physical Location
1 The Strand
Takapuna
North Shore City
New Zealand
Postal address
Private Bag 93500
North Shore City
New Zealand
Email - actionline@northshorecity.govt.nz