Privacy Policy

This policy explains how and when https://www.specialistcare.co.nz/ collects personal information, what we do with it and your right to see or change it.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to let users of www.specialistcare.co.nz (the ‘site’) know when we collect personal information and what we do with it.

We don’t use, share or transfer personal information in connection with the site except as set out in this policy, or as otherwise set out somewhere on the site (including in terms linking to the site).

No need to disclose personal information

You can use the site — including completing user research tasks — without disclosing any personal information.

Your disclosure of personal information

You may choose to disclose personal information to us when you submit a form on our website. This information can be viewed by site administrators, Ponsonby Specialist Centre staff and sometimes third-party contractors who administer or work on the site.

Don’t send us sensitive personal information or include any sensitive personal information in submission forms.

Holding of information

If you provide personal information, it’s held within the website on our hosting providers servers.  Refer to our submission form platform provider for more detail on what information is stored: https://formidableforms.com/privacy-policy/. It may be shared with third-party contractors to the extent necessary for them to administer or work on the site, or to work on special projects with us. Email addresses are not made available to the public. Unless required by law, we won’t publicise the names or email addresses of individuals who provide us with submission forms without their consent.

Use of personal information

We’ll only use personal information provided to us for the purpose of:

• administering, evaluating and improving the site
• improving our services, and
• communicating with you, including responding to your feedback and information provided in submission forms.

Submission forms

If you provide us with a submission form, that submission form will be sent to appropriate Ponsonby Specialist Centre staff member. We may pass on relevant content from that submission form to other third parties who are participating in the particular consultation that the submission form relates to. This could include your email address and other identifying information.

Statistical information collected

We may collect statistical information about your visit to help us improve the site. This information is aggregated and doesn’t identify you personally. It includes:

• your IP address
• the search terms you used
• the pages you visited on our site and the links you clicked on
• the date and time you visited the site
• the referring site (if any) from which you clicked through to this site
• your operating system, for example Windows XP, Mac OS X
• the type of web browser you use, such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
• other things like your screen resolution and the language setting of your browser.

Use of statistical information

The statistical information referred to above can be viewed by site administrators and certain other Ponsonby Specialist Centre staff.

Cookies

This site generates persistent session cookies (that is, they have an expiry date and are removed on that date) for the purpose of monitoring site usage. The cookies don’t collect personal information. You can disable them or clear them out of your web browser without affecting your ability to use the site.

Your rights

Under the Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to access and ask us to correct any of your personal information provided to Ponsonby Specialist Centre in connection with your use of this site.

Contact us if:

• you would like to see or change your personal information Ponsonby Specialist Centre has stored, or
• you have any concerns regarding your privacy.

Ponsonby Specialist Centre Limited may require proof of your identity before being able to provide you with any personal information.

Ponsonby Specialist Centre Limited
1-3 Cowan Street
Ponsonby, Auckland
Phone: 09 360 5000
Email: [email protected]

If you’re not satisfied with our response to any privacy-related concern you may have, you can contact Ponsonby Specialist Centre Limited