You may browse and access information contained within this website without providing any personal information.
Personal information is only used for the purpose it is provided
Where you voluntarily provide personal information (for example, through online forms or email requests), we will only use that information for the purpose for which you provide it. The Environmental Protection Authority will hold all information you provide in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993. The Privacy Act 1993 regulates us through Information Privacy Principles as to how we collect, use, hold, disclose, access, correct, manage and dispose of personal information.
For more information, refer to the Privacy Act on the New Zealand Legislation website.
Information we collect from website visits
If you visit this website to read or download information, we collect and store the following information:
- Your service address.
- Your top level domain name.
- The date and time of your visit to the site.
- The pages you accessed and the documents you downloaded.
- The type of browser you used.
The information collected is used to create summary statistics which allow us to assess the number of visitors to different sections of the website, identify what information is of most and least interest, monitor system performance, and help us make our site more useful to visitors. Information collected is not passed to any third party.
Viewing or correcting personal information
To view any personal information about you that we hold, or if you have any concerns about personal information that we hold and wish to request its correction, please write to:
The Privacy Officer
Environmental Protection Authority
PO Box 131
Wellington 6140