Privacy, copyright and disclaimer

The Hear Me See Me website is managed by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children. This privacy statement applies to personal information collected by Hear Me See Me.

The data we collect and why

You can use our website without providing any personal information. If you voluntarily provide personal information, for example through online forms or an application for funding, we'll only use that information to communicate with you or process your application.

We'll keep any information we collect secure and will not disclose it to any third parties. If you'd like to view any personal information held by us, if you have any concerns or wish to request correction of personal information, please email us at kiaora@hearmeseeme.nz.

Statistical information and cookies

We may collect statistical information about your visit to our website to help us improve it. This information does not identify individuals and makes use of cookies. A cookie is a piece of code that creates a file on your computer to track the pages that you view on our website.

Privacy

Your personal information is a taonga. It is important to us that you know exactly how your personal information will be collected, used and stored for this campaign.

You can use the Hear Me See Me website without providing any personal information.

Where you voluntarily provide personal information such as through filling in an online form or sending us an email request, we will only use that information to communicate with you.

Your personal information will not be given to any third parties without your permission and will be kept secure.

To view any personal information held by us, or if you have any concerns about personal information that we hold and wish to request its correction, you can email us at kiaora@hearmeseeme.nz or write to us at:

Privacy Officer

Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children

PO Box 546

Wellington 6011

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect and analyse details about the use of our website. You may turn off cookies at any time. Most browsers have a feature that allows the user to refuse cookies, or issues a warning when cookies are being sent. Turning off cookies will not affect your ability to use this site.

The information Google Analytics collects includes:

• the first three parts of the IP address of the device
• the pages accessed on our site and the links clicked on
• the date and time the site was visited
• the referring site (if any) through which you clicked through to this site
• the operating system, such as Windows 10 or Mac OSX, on the device used
• the type of web browser used, such as Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox
• other incidental information, such as screen resolution and the language setting used.

 

Use of statistical information

The data is collected and stored on the Google server and is viewable by authorised staff as detailed in their privacy policy.

How Google uses data when you use their partners' sites or apps(external link)(external link)

 

Cookies

This site generates persistent session cookies (that is, they have an expiry date and are removed on that date) for the purpose of monitoring site usage. The cookies don't collect personal information. You can disable them or clear them out of your web browser without affecting your ability to use the site.

Copyright

Crown copyright ©.

Copyright material on the Hear Me See Me website is protected by copyright owned by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children(external link) on behalf of the Crown.

Unless indicated otherwise for specific items or collections of content (either below or within specific items or collections), this copyright material is licensed for re-use under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence(external link).

In essence, you are free to copy and distribute the material, as long as you attribute it to Hear Me See Me and abide by the other licence terms.

Please note that this licence does not apply to any logos, emblems, trademarks, photography or imagery on the website or to the website’s design elements. Those specific items may not be re-used without express permission.

Disclaimer

The information provided on our website is intended to provide general information to the public. All reasonable measures have been taken to ensure that the information shared is current and accurate.

It is not intended to, and should not, replace specific, professional advice.

Hear Me See Me is not responsible for the contents or reliability of any linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing is for convenience only and should not be taken as endorsement of any kind.

Hear Me See Me cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and has no control over availability of the linked pages.

If you have questions about anything related to the mental health or wellbeing of you or someone you know, you should consult your doctor or another healthcare professional without delay.

Hear Me See Me may change, delete, add to, or otherwise change information contained on this website without notice. This does not apply to young people’s stories as we will always seek their consent before releasing any changes.

 Oranga Tamariki does not implicitly or impliedly endorse any website, organisation, or people who have off-site links to websites managed by Oranga Tamariki.