Privacy

The purpose of this privacy statement is to let users of this website, growregions.govt.nz, know what information we may collect, when we may collect it and what we may do with it.

Grow Regions is a website published by Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit (Kānoa – RDU). Kānoa – RDU is a part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

You may view this website without disclosing any personal information.

MBIE will generally not share personal information that is provided or collected through this website, unless:

• you've given us consent to share it, or
• it's necessary to do so for the purpose for which you gave us the information — for example, to process your funding application.

MBIE will not otherwise disclose personal information provided or collected through this website, unless required or otherwise permitted by law.

MBIE may also be required to disclose information under the Official Information Act 1982 or to a Parliamentary Select Committee or Parliament in response to a Parliamentary Question.

When you subscribe to one of our alerts or newsletters, the details you provide may be stored in a secure third-party database (e.g. Campaign Monitor). You will be asked to provide your name and email address so we can send you future electronic newsletters. When you unsubscribe to our alert or newsletter, your details will be permanently deleted from the database.

We will generally only use personal information provided to us through this website for the purpose you provided it — for example, to administer, evaluate and improve the site, to improve our services, or to respond to the information provided.

We may also use personal information provided to us through this website for other reasons permitted under the Privacy Act — for example, with your consent, for a directly related purpose, or where the law otherwise permits or requires it.

You have the right to:

• find out from us whether we hold personal information about you
• access that information, and
• if applicable, request corrections to that information

If MBIE has a good reason for refusing a request for correction, you're entitled to request that a statement be attached to the information of the correction that was sought but not made.

If you want to check personal information that we hold, please write to:

Privacy Officer
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
PO Box 5488
Wellington 6011

For more information on the privacy laws in New Zealand and contact details for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, please visit the Privacy Commissioner's website.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner website

You can browse this website without having to disclose any personal data. However, we may collect statistical information about your visit to help us analyse usage and improve the website. This information includes, but is not limited to:

• your IP address
• the search terms you used
• the pages you accessed 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 to reach this site
• the device you used to access the site
• your operating system (e.g. Windows XP, Mac OS X)
• the type of web browser you use (e.g. Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox)
• other things — such as your screen resolution, the release of your installed Flash version, and the language setting of your browser.

This information:

• is viewable by website administrators and certain other MBIE staff
• may also be shared with other government agencies
• may be used for statistical or research purposes, but won't be published in a form that could reasonably be expected to identify you.

This site uses Google Analytics cookies to provide traffic analysis, which helps us improve our website. None of the cookies we use collect identifiable information about you.

You can disable or delete cookies through your browser settings. 

MBIE websites have security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control. In order to maintain the security of our systems and information, MBIE systems are subject to ongoing monitoring (including activity logging), analysis and auditing.

We may use information about your use of our websites and other IT systems to prevent unauthorised access or attacks on these systems or to resolve such events. We may use this information even if you're not involved in such activity.

We may use services from one or more third-party suppliers to monitor or maintain the security of its systems and information. These third party suppliers will have access to monitoring and logging information, as well as information processed on MBIE websites and other IT systems.