Legal statements

Privacy Statement

“The Privacy Act 1993 seeks to provide protection for individual privacy in relation to the collection, use, access, correction and disclosure of personal information held by any public and private sector "agency" (e.g. Waitakere City Council). Personal information may be collected only for a lawful purpose connected with a function or activity of the Council and only if necessary for that purpose. Such information must, as a general rule, be collected directly from the individual concerned and that person must be told why the information is needed.

The Council holds information about ratepayers and residents of Waitakere City in its role as an agency. This information is required for lawful purposes used in the functioning of Waitakere City Council, and is sourced and held in accordance with Principle 2 and Part 7 (Public Registers) of the Privacy Act. You have the right to access information about yourself and have it corrected (an application must be made in writing).

Enquiries about or formal requests for information in relation to the Privacy Act 1993 or the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 should be made in writing to: Manager - Democracy & Support Services.

Please note that we may collect website visitors’ contact information, e.g. email addresses. This information may be used to send general promotional material about our activities, which we believe may be useful to you. Notwithstanding this, we would only use or disclose personal information that you have provided to us or which we have obtained about you if:

• You have authorised us to do so;
• We have informed you of the intended use or disclosure and you have not objected to that use or disclosure; or
• We are authorised, required or permitted by law to use or disclose the information e.g. for law enforcement.

For more detailed information on this subject refer to the Privacy Act or the Privacy Commissioner's article "The Privacy Act & You". This provides a link to the 12 information privacy principles which deal with the collection, holding, use and disclosure of personal information. If you believe we have breached the Privacy Act, or are not sure of our obligations, you can phone the Privacy Commissioner’s hotline on 0800 803 909 or visit the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's website.

Disclaimer Statements

Waitakere Online provides links to other websites. Whilst Council will ensure that some monitoring of linked sites is in place, these sites may not remain current or be maintained on a regular basis.

The Waitakere Online administrators are not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with the linked websites.

Waitakere Online’s links to other websites should not be construed as any endorsement, approval, recommendation, or preference by us of the owners or operators of those websites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to on those websites.

We do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage, however caused (including through negligence), which you may directly or indirectly suffer in connection with your use of this website or any linked website, nor do we accept any responsibility for any such loss arising out of your use of or reliance on information contained on or accessed through this website or any linked website.

Whilst we have no reason to believe that any information contained on this website or any linked websites is inaccurate, we do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of such information. While we have taken every care to ensure the information on Waitakere Online is as accurate as possible we do not accept the responsibility for loss suffered as a result of reliance by you upon the accuracy or currency of information contained on this website or linked sites. If you would like to confirm the accuracy of information contained on the web site you may contact us.

The Consumer Guarantees Act and Fair Trading Act do not apply to the provision of information where it is made available in accordance with statutory obligations (e.g. official information) because it is not therefore provided "in trade".”

Copyright Statement

Material featured on Waitakere Online, and the sites Waitakere Online links to, is subject to Waitakere City Council copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. Waitakere City Council copyright protected material may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes free of charge, in any format or media, without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a derogatory manner or misleading context. Where the material is being published or issued to others, the source and copyright status must be acknowledged.

The permission to reproduce Waitakere City Council copyright protected material does not extend to any material on Waitakere Online or any of its links sites that is the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

Linking Policy
 

General Guidelines

We welcome opportunities to link to external sites that contain information that is useful or relevant to people and business in Waitakere. Our guidelines are:

Waitakere Online shall not link to external sites which contain content that demonstrates:

• Criminal or violent behaviour;
• Pornographic or obscene or objectionable material;
• Defamatory material;
• Offensive material;
• Material that is harmful to minors;
• Inaccurate or outdated information; and
• Is otherwise deemed not relevant or appropriate.

During the pre-election period, which is the 3 month period prior to the date of an election, Waitakere Online shall not link to external sites which contain content that:

• Promotes (or could be perceived to promote) the re-election prospects of any sitting member or new candidate.
• Defames any sitting member or candidate or disadvantage their prospects.

Severance of Links

Should the Editorial Board become aware of any links to external sites which may contain content that conflicts with the guidelines above, links between these and Waitakere Online shall be considered by the Board. Should the material be deemed inappropriate, the links will be immediately removed. There is no requirement to advise the operators of the offending site(s) of this action.

Complaints

If you have a complaint about any existing link please submit your complaint to the webmaster.