Privacy policy

INTRODUCTION

The Privacy Act 2020 has the stated aim of protecting and promoting the privacy of individuals. It governs the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal information. New Zealand School of Food and Wine Limited (we, us, our, NZSFW, the school) handles personal information in accordance with the 13 information privacy principles in the Act.

This policy sets out how we will collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information. 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 on the website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.

Why do we collect personal information

NZSFW collects and stores information from from you to:

  • comply with the requirements of the Education and Training Act 2020 and other legislation relating to maintenance of records
  • manage its business, including internal reporting, administrative processes, advertising and selection of scholarship and award/prize winners; and
  • supply information to government agencies and other organisations, as set out below.

NZSFW will comply with all legal requirements in relation to the use and disclosure of personal information, as set out in the Privacy Act 2020. You are entitled to see any information that NZSFW holds about you and request that any errors in the information be corrected. To do so, contact NZSFW via email at admin@foodandwine.co.nz.

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 any related service, through any registration or subscription process, through any contact with us (e.g. telephone call or email), or when you buy or use our services and products.
  • Your employer or any other thrid party who submit your details as part an enrolment or enquiry as set out above.
  • 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 for the purposes of:

  • complying with the requirements of the Education and Training Act 2020 and other legislation relating to maintenance of records
  • Corresponding with you.
  • Attending to day to day administrative matters.
  • Informing you about your courses and other courses/events.
  • Informing you about opportunities to engage with and support the School.
  • Facilitating and enabling programmes relevant to your enrolment (such as work experience, voluntary activities, internships, industry experience, job opportunities and the like).
  • On course completion, placing your details on the school's alumni database so that you may be kept informed of alumni news, events and activities.
  • Facilitating appropriate assistance in the event of an emergency involving you.
  • Conducting benchmarking, analyses, quality assurance and planning.
  • After your enrolment with NZSFW ceases, contacting you for the purpose of seeking your feedback in relation to benchmarking, analyses, quality assurance and planning activities.
  • Complying with legislative reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
  • Using the information for other School purposes and as otherwise permitted by the Privacy Act 2020.

Disclosing your personal information to Other Organisations

NZSFW may supply your personal information collected to the following government agencies:

  • Tertiary Education Commission
  • Ministry of Education
  • New Zealand Qualifications Authority
  • Ministry of Social Development
  • Inland Revenue
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, including Immigration New Zealand; and
  • when required by law, New Zealand Police, Department of Justice and the Accident Compensation Corporation.

The government agencies listed above may use the personal information supplied to them to:

  • administer the tertiary education system, including allocating funding and the administration of the Fees Free schemes
  • develop policy advice for government
  • conduct statistical analysis and research
  • update the New Zealand Record of Achievement
  • include in the National Student Index or use in an authorised information matching programme with the New Zealand Birth Register
  • fulfil their statutory responsibilities
  • supply it to Statistics New Zealand to be integrated in Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure.

NZSFW may also supply personal information as applicable to:

  • other educational organisations for the purpose of verifying academic records or with whom the School has entered into a collaboration, joint venture or other contractual arrangements.
  • External organisations such as former employers, secondary schools, other tertiary education institutions, and tertiary admission centres, and English language testing verification services to verify your qualifications or experience for the integrity of the selection process.
  • Education New Zealand for the purposes of supporting international students
  • scholarship providers for the purposes of administering scholarships
  • debt collection agencies for the purposes of recovering unpaid fees
  • Southern Cross Benefits for the purposes of purchasing southern cross insurance.
  • The School’s legal advisers or other professional advisers and consultants engaged by the School.
  • In the event of an emergency, police, medical or hospital personnel, civil emergency services, your legal representative or nominated emergency contact person, or other person assessed as necessary to respond to the emergency.

Data storage – Data collected from tertiary education organisations are now stored in the Cloud. Student enrolment and course and qualification completion data is stored in a Microsoft, Dropbox, Amazon or Google datastore based in Sydney, Australia and The Unites States.

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 admin@foodandwine.co.nz. 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). We may charge you our reasonable costs of providing to you copies of your personal information or correcting that information.

Request to Delete Personal Data and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The Education and Training Act 2020 and other legislation relating to maintenance of records require NZSFW to retain personal information indefnately. This overrides provisions in the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and the European Union GDPR such that NZSFW may refuse your request to delete personal information.

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.

We use cookies (an alphanumeric identifier that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive so that we can recognise your browser) and other tracking methods to monitor your use of the website which are shared with Google and Microsoft Advertising. You may disable cookies and tracking by changing the settings on your browser, although this may mean that you cannot use all of the features of the website.