Our commitment

We are committed to preserving and respecting your privacy and complying with the Privacy Act 1993.

Collection of personal information

Sensitive information

We do not collect sensitive information such as your race, religion, beliefs or sexual preference except where you have consented or where we are permitted or required by law to do so.

Web site cookies

We make use of cookies technology on our website. We use cookies to improve the functionality of our website, not to store any of your personal information. Cookies cannot determine the identity of individual users. It is a feature of your Internet browser which you can disable at any time, but if you disable this feature you may not be able to access all of the functionality of our website.

Use of personal information

 We use your personal information:

• to identify you so that we can provide information to you;
• administer our provisions of information;
• to market other services that we or third parties offer; and
• to comply with our legal obligations.
  

Disclosure of personal information

Generally, we will not disclose personal information we collect about you to any third parties without your prior consent. Similarly, we will not sell any information we collect about you.

However, we may disclose personal information about you (subject to confidentiality agreements where appropriate):

• to service providers who provide services to us, such as legal practitioners;
• to credit reporting agencies;
• to third parties where you have given consent to the disclosure;
• to government, law enforcement and regulatory bodies where this is necessary for us
• to comply with our legal obligations; and
• to parties to whom we sell all or part of our assets or business.

You can correct information

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information which we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date.

We will correct some of the personal information (such as contact details) that we hold about you by requesting us to do so via email or in writing.

If you wish to access the information we hold about you, please send an email to our Privacy Compliance Officer (see contact details below) and we will respond to you within 30 days. A handling fee may be payable so that we can obtain the information you require.

You can also request that incorrect information about you be corrected or deleted.

Security

We take all reasonable steps to protect the security of the personal information that we hold. This includes appropriate measures to protect electronic materials and materials stored and generated in hard copy.

You should be aware that the Internet is not a secure environment. If you use the Internet to send us information, including your email address, it is sent at your own risk.

Updating our privacy statement

We may revise or update our privacy statement occasionally. We will inform all of our customers when this occurs via e-mail to their primary e-mail account.

Complaints and further information

If you have any complaints about our privacy practices or would like further information please contact our Privacy Compliance Officer.

Contact details for our Privacy Compliance Officer:
Telephone: +61 3 9660 2266
E-mail: privacy@iclei.org
Postal Address: Level 4, 267 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000, Australia

ICLEI-A/NZ provides councils with a specific website password for access to restricted areas of the web site. ICLEI-A/NZ requests that councils do not disseminate their individual passwords to non-authorised users.

It is important that all participants respect the confidential nature of information and data on this website and do not circulate restricted material without the prior approval of ICLEI-A/NZ.

See CCP-NZ Data Security [PDF document] for more information.

ICLEI-A/NZ supports the use of its logos by participant and member councils and supporting organisations. Use of ICLEI-A/NZ's logos is subject to the conditions stipulated in the Guidelines for Logo Use [PDF document].

'Communities for Climate Protection', 'CCP' and the Communities for Climate Protection logo are all registered trademarks of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI-A/NZ).

The views expressed in this website and its contents are not necessarily the views of the New Zealand Government or its agencies, and neither the New Zealand Government, its agencies or ICLEI-A/NZ accept responsibility in respect of any information or advice given in relation to, or as a consequence of, anything contained therein.