Privacy Statement
Important information about your privacy
Your privacy and anonymity – our promise
Your safety and trust come first at Honest Bunch Foundation (Crime Stoppers and Integrity Line). We protect two things equally:
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Your privacy is maintained when sharing your name or contact details.
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Your anonymity is maintained when you choose to remain unidentified.
How we collect your information
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When you provide it to us as part of making a report to Crime Stoppers or Integrity Line.
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When it is provided to us by someone making a report to Crime Stoppers or Integrity Line (including personal information about someone else).
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By making a report to Crime Stoppers or Integrity Line, you permit us to handle personal information in accordance with this privacy statement.
If you report anonymously
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We do not ask for your name or contact details.
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IP addresses, device IDs, phone numbers, and/or location at a country level only, for example, New Zealand, Australia etc., are automatically collected at the time of making a report for the purpose of establishing if the report is being made for vexatious reasons or other improper purposes.
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This information is then destroyed after being used for this purpose, and is never passed on to partners or agencies we work with.
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Your report is stored in a way that cannot be linked back to you.
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Your identity will only be shared if you provide it and give us explicit permission to do so.
If you share personal details
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We keep personal information safe with appropriate safeguards including secure systems, encryption, and strict access rules.
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We only use it for the reason you (or the person making the report) gave it to us, and only keep it for as long as it is lawfully required.
Who we may share your information with
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Only people who need it to do their job - approved partners or agencies we work with, and only with your consent or when required by law.
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We never sell or trade your information.
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Anonymous reports are never shared in a way that could identify you.
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We may use and disclose data in aggregated form as a statistical or reporting measure, but not in a way that would identify any individual personally. We may also receive anonymised information from approved partners or agencies for statistical and reporting purposes.
Your choices
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It is your responsibility to make sure that personal information you provide to us is accurate, complete, relevant, up to date, and not misleading. Because of the way our services operate, we cannot confirm the accuracy of personal information provided to us (whether about you or someone else).
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You can choose to be anonymous or share your personal details when making a report – it’s always up to you.
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You can ask to see, correct, or delete your personal information.
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You can complain to us or the Privacy Commissioner if you’re not happy with how your information is handled.
Other privacy matters
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If personal information is involved in a privacy breach which we reasonably believe is notifiable or must be reported in accordance with New Zealand privacy law, we will inform the affected individual/s and report the breach to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
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We may update our privacy statement from time to time, and changes will apply once they are uploaded to our website.
Contact our Privacy Officer about privacy-related matters:
Privacy and Anonymity Officer
Email: ash.kaifong@integrityline-nz.org
Address: Integrity Line New Zealand
PO Box 25-392
WELLINGTON 6140
If after that you are still unhappy, you can complain to the Privacy Commissioner. See www.privacy.org.nz for how to make a complaint.