Privacy and security

New Zealand Nurses Organisation is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation site and governs data collection and usage. By using the New Zealand Nurses Organisation site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

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Collection of your personal information

New Zealand Nurses Organisation collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. New Zealand Nurses Organisation also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by New Zealand Nurses Organisation. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by New Zealand Nurses Organisation for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through New Zealand Nurses Organisation public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: New Zealand Nurses Organisation does not read any of your private online communications.

New Zealand Nurses Organisation encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from New Zealand Nurses Organisation so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. New Zealand Nurses Organisation is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and New Zealand Nurses Organisation family of websites.

We will protect your personal information, and will only collect, use, store, and share it in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020.

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Use of your personal information

New Zealand Nurses Organisation collects and uses your personal information to operate the New Zealand Nurses Organisation website and deliver the services you have requested. New Zealand Nurses Organisation also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from New Zealand Nurses Organisation and its affiliates. New Zealand Nurses Organisation may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

New Zealand Nurses Organisation does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. New Zealand Nurses Organisation may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, New Zealand Nurses Organisation may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to New Zealand Nurses Organisation, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

New Zealand Nurses Organisation does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

New Zealand Nurses Organisation keeps track of the websites and pages individuals visit within New Zealand Nurses Organisation, in order to determine what New Zealand Nurses Organisation services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within New Zealand Nurses Organisation to individuals whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

New Zealand Nurses Organisation websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on New Zealand Nurses Organisation or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of New Zealand Nurses Organisation; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of New Zealand Nurses Organisation, or the public.

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Use of cookies

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation websites use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize New Zealand Nurses Organisation pages, or register with New Zealand Nurses Organisation site or services, a cookie helps New Zealand Nurses Organisation to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same New Zealand Nurses Organisation website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the New Zealand Nurses Organisation features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation services or websites you visit.

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Security of your personal information

New Zealand Nurses Organisation secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. New Zealand Nurses Organisation secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

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Changes to this statement

New Zealand Nurses Organisation will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect feedback. New Zealand Nurses Organisation encourages you to periodically review this statement to be informed of how New Zealand Nurses Organisation is protecting your information.

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Contact Information

New Zealand Nurses Organisation welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that New Zealand Nurses Organisation has not adhered to this Statement, please contact New Zealand Nurses Organisation at privacy@nzno.org.nz. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

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