Central Hawke’s Bay District Council does not have an explicit privacy policy.   Council is covered by The Privacy Act 1993 and its subsequent amendments.  The Privacy Act sets out 12 basic principles covering the collection, retention, use and disclosure of personal information. 

You can request access to the information an organisation holds about you.  This request can be either verbal or in writing.  The organisation must make a decision regarding your request and notify you of that decision as soon as practical, and not later than 20 days of receiving your request.  In certain circumstances organisations can extend the time limit but they have to give you notice that this is being done.  Once you have your information you may request any errors to be corrected.

Your use of this website and your privacy

We do not collect information about you or anything that may identify you during your visit to this website with the exception of your use of our online forms. If you provide any personal information in an online form, we will only use that information to contact you and will not provide that information to any other party without your permission.  The exception to this is when you make a formal submission to Council during consultation.  Any contact details you may provide with your submission will be included in the resulting Council report which will be a public document.