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<p><font size="2"><a name="top"></a></font> <ul type="disc"> <li><font size="2"><a href="#one"></font>Data tracking used by this website</a> <b><font size="2">This information applies to personal information collected on this website: </font></b><b><font size="2">www.dia.govt.nz</font></b><b><font size="2"> </font></b> <li><font size="2"><a href="#two"></font>Personal information submitted to the Department of Internal Affairs</a> <b><font size="2">This information applies to personal information collected elsewhere by the Department of Internal Affairs</font></b></ul> <font size="2"><h4>The Department is committed to looking after the personal information entrusted to us so that our staff, members of the public and the government retain the highest level of confidence in our ability to safeguard the personal information we hold.</h4></font><br> <font size="2"><a name="two"></a><h2>Personal information submitted to the Department of Internal Affairs</h2></font><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F">The Department of Internal Affairs collects personal information from our customers to assist with the provision of a variety of services, for example, to apply for a passport, a birth certificate, or as part of a policy submission. We only collect the information necessary to provide our services.</font><br> <br> <font size="2">Much of the personal information we collect from individuals relates to births, deaths, marriages, civil union services, name changes, passports and citizenship. </font><font size="2">See </font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240515072936/http://www.dia.govt.nz/Legal-Privacy-Births-Deaths-Marriages-Civil-Unions-Name-Changes-Passports-and-Citizenship-Privacy-Notice"><font size="2">f</font><font size="2">urther information on the privacy policy specific to these services</font></a><font size="2">.</font><br> <br> <font size="2">We will not disclose personal information provided by you to any third parties, except where authorised by law. Information provided by you may be used by other government agencies to allow more effective verification of information including your identity. This is important for maintaining the integrity of our services and to help in assessing your eligibility for our services. </font><br> <br> <font size="2" color="#2F2F2F">In some cases we may share the information you provide us with a third party. This may be another government agency, regulatory authority or a trusted third party. For more information on this see:</font> <ul type="disc"> <li><font size="2"><a href="#three"></font>Information matching, information sharing and disclosure</a> <li><font size="2"><a href="#four"></font>Confirmation Service</a></ul> <font size="2">The Department takes information security seriously. Our systems, including the information you provide us by email, through our websites and by other methods is monitored for security purposes. This may include monitoring and access by third parties that provide services to the Department. This monitoring ensures that your information and the Department鈥檚 information and systems are kept safe.</font><br> <br> <font size="2" color="#2F2F2F">You have the right to view any personal information about you held by the Department, and to ask that we correct it if it鈥檚 wrong. To do this, you can email us at:</font><br> <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240515072936/mailto:Privacy@dia.govt.nz"><b><font size="2">Privacy@dia.govt.nz</font></b></a><br> <br> <font size="2" color="#2F2F2F">Or write to:</font><br> <b><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F">The Privacy Officer</font></b><br> <b><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F">Department of Internal Affairs</font></b><br> <b><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F">PO Box 805</font></b><br> <b><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F">Wellington 6140</font></b><br> <br> <font size="2"><a name="three"></a><h2>Information matching, information sharing and disclosure</h2>The department will not disclose personal information provided by you to any third parties, except where authorised by statute. Information provided by you may be used by other government agencies to allow more effective verification of information including your identity. This is important for maintaining the integrity of our services and to help in assessing your eligibility for various services. </font> <ul type="disc"> <li><font size="2">See more about </font><a href="/web/20240515072936/https://www.dia.govt.nz/Legal-Privacy-Information-Matching"><font size="2">Information matching</font></a><font size="2"> </font> <li><font size="2">See more about </font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240515072936/http://www.dia.govt.nz/privacy-information-sharing"><font size="2">information sharing</font></a></ul> <br> <font size="2"><a name="four"></a><h2>Confirmation Service</h2>The Confirmation Service allows approved organisations to electronically check certain identity information. This check determines whether an individual鈥檚 supplied identity information is consistent with the information held by the Department. </font><br> <br> <font size="2">This is allowed under the </font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240515072936/http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2012/0124/latest/whole.html"><font size="2">Identity Information Confirmation Act 2012</font></a><font size="2"> (Legislation website). The individual鈥檚 consent is required before organisations can perform any checks.</font><br> <br> <font size="2">The Confirmation Service helps to prevent identity-related crimes and assists organisations to provide products and services more efficiently.</font><br> <br> <font size="2">Organisations wishing to use the Confirmation Service should contact an Intermediary listed in the link below:</font> <ul type="disc"> <li><a href="/web/20240515072936/https://www.dia.govt.nz/Legal-Privacy-Organisations-approved-to-act-as-an-intermediary"><font size="2">List of organisations that have been approved to act as an Intermediary</font></a> <li><a href="/web/20240515072936/https://www.dia.govt.nz/Legal-Privacy-Organisations-approved-to-use-the-Confirmation-Service"><font size="2">List of organisations that have been approved to use the Confirmation Service</font></a></ul> <br> <font size="2"><a name="one"></a><h2>Data tracking used by this website</h2></font><font size="2"><h4>The following privacy notice applies to personal information collected on </font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240515072936/https://www.dia.govt.nz/">www.dia.govt.nz</a> (and other websites managed by Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs)</h4> <font size="2">The Department may collect statistical information about your visit to our website to help us improve it. This information does not identify individuals and makes use of cookies. A cookie is a piece of code that creates a file on your computer to track the pages that you view on our website. We use Google Universal Analytics to collect and analyse details about the use of our website. You may turn off cookies at any time. Most browsers have a feature that allows the user to refuse cookies, or issues a warning when cookies are being sent. Turning off cookies will not affect your ability to use this site.</font><br> <br> <font size="2">The information Google Analytics collects includes:</font> <ul type="disc"> <li><font size="2">The first three parts of the IP address of the device;</font> <li><font size="2">The pages accessed on our site and the links clicked on;</font> <li><font size="2">The date and time the site was visited;</font> <li><font size="2">The referring site (if any) through which you clicked through to this site;</font> <li><font size="2">The operating system (e.g., Windows 7, Mac OSX) on the device used;</font> <li><font size="2">The type of web browser used (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox); and</font> <li><font size="2">Other incidental matters such as screen resolution and the language setting used.</font></ul> <font size="2">The data is collected and stored on the Google server and is viewable by authorised staff as detailed within their privacy policy. 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