INTRODUCTION
Michael Park School (we, us, our) complies with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 (the Act) when dealing with personal information. Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person).
This policy sets out how we will collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information in relation to your interactions, particularly in relation to your use of the website https://michaelpark.school.nz
This policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the Act. If you wish to seek further information on the Act, see www.privacy.org.nz.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may change this policy by uploading a revised policy onto the website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.
This is the first iteration of this policy.

WHO DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM
We collect personal information about you from:
• you, when you provide that personal information to us, including via the website and its forms, through our enrolment process or through any contact with us (e.g. telephone call or email)
• third parties where you have authorised this or the information is publicly available.
If possible, we will collect personal information from you directly.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will use your personal information:
• to provide services to you
• to contact you in relation to your enrolment or participation in the school or kindergarten
• to market our services to you, including contacting you electronically (e.g. by text or email for this purpose)
• to respond to communications from you, including a complaint
• to conduct research and statistical analysis (on an anonymised basis)
• to protect and/or enforce our legal rights and interests

DISCLOSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal information to:
• related school entities (including BOT and RSST)
• a person who can require us to supply your personal information (e.g. a regulatory authority)
• any other person authorised by the Act or another law (e.g. a law enforcement agency)
• other third parties (for anonymised statistical information)
• any other person authorised by you

PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will take reasonable steps to keep your personal information safe from loss, unauthorised activity, or other misuse.

ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Subject to certain grounds for refusal set out in the Act, you have the right to access your readily retrievable personal information that we hold and to request a correction to your personal information. Before you exercise this right, we will need evidence to confirm that you are the individual to whom the personal information relates.
In respect of a request for correction, if we think the correction is reasonable and we are reasonably able to change the personal information, we will make the correction. If we do not make the correction, we will take reasonable steps to note on the personal information that you requested the correction.
If you want to exercise either of the above rights, email us at [email protected]. Your email should provide evidence of who you are and set out the details of your request (e.g. the personal information, or the correction, that you are requesting).

INTERNET USE
While we take reasonable steps to maintain secure internet connections, if you provide us with personal information over the internet, the provision of that information is at your own risk.
If you follow a link on our website to another site, the owner of that site will have its own privacy policy relating to your personal information. We suggest you review that site’s privacy policy before you provide personal information.

COOKIES & WEB TRACKING TECHNOLOGY
We use cookies and web tracking technology to analyse your interactions with our website and to support with the delivery of personalised advertising.
• Cookies: A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by a website to capture information about your visit. We use cookies (including those from third-party service providers such as Google Analytics) for a number of purposes, including improving our services and enhancing your online experience with us
• Changing the settings of your cookies: In most circumstances you can adjust the settings on your browser to notify you when you are offered a cookie so you can decide whether or not to accept it. However, if you disable or block cookies, some parts of our website may not work properly

• Analytics and other technologies: We use cookies and other tracking software throughout our website. These collect information covering multiple sessions across multiple devices which may identify you personally, e.g. where you provide us with information on an online form (regardless of whether that form is submitted or not) or when you are using, or have used, one of our secure online services. We can use this information to:

• identify you and your browser, and determine if your device has previously visited our website
• identify other pages or a third party’s website you have accessed through our website or when we provide you a link to click
• measure the effectiveness of our websites and online marketing campaign performance (e.g. to understand, optimise and personalise your experience)
• improve our advertising and deliver you content or offers we think are more relevant and personal to you both on and outside our website
Cookies we use include:
• Google Analytics: Google Analytics help us understand how you interact with our website, its content, and features.
• Facebook (Meta): Facebook cookies help us deliver, measure, and improve your experience of digital ads on Facebook and Instagram.

INFORMATION STORAGE
We store most of our personal information in New Zealand.
We store personal information electronically and physically. We store electronic information in facilities in New Zealand and overseas:
• that we manage
• that are managed by third parties

CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, our privacy practices, or if you would like to request access to, or correction of, your personal information, you can contact us at [email protected].