Privacy
Skipper Training NZ collects and stores information from this form to:
- Manage the business of Skipper Training NZ (including internal reporting, administrative processes and selection of scholarship and prize winners)
- Comply with the requirements of the Education and Training Act 2020 and other legislation[[1]] relating to maintenance of records
- Supply information to government agencies and other organisations as set out below.
In signing this enrolment form you authorise the disclosure of your personal information on the understanding that Skipper Training NZ will comply with the legal requirements in relation to the use and disclosure of personal information, as set out in the Privacy Act 1993 (shortly to be replaced by the Privacy Act 2020), the Education and Training Act 2020 and other relevant legislation. You are entitled to see any information that Skipper training NZ holds about you and request to correct any errors in that information. To do so, contact the Enrolments Officer.
NB: The Privacy Act 2020 has the stated aim of protecting the privacy of individuals. It also governs the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal information. The Privacy Act requires Skipper Training NZ to collect, hold, handle, use and disclose personal information in accordance with the twelve information privacy principles in the Act.
http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0028/latest/DLM296639.html?src=qs
Supply of information to government agencies and other organisations
Skipper Training supplies data collected on this form to government agencies, including:
- The Ministry of Education
- Education New Zealand
- The New Zealand Qualifications Authority
- The Tertiary Education Commission
- The Ministry of Social Development (in relation to student loans and allowances) and Inland Revenue (student loans)
- Immigration New Zealand (for those who are not New Zealand citizens or permanent residents) and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
- Agencies which support particular students through scholarships, payment of fees or other awards (if you are a recipient of one of these awards)
Those agencies use the data collected from Skipper Training NZ to:
- Administer the tertiary education system, including allocating funding and the administration of the Fees-Free initiatives
- Develop policy advice for government
- Conduct statistical analysis and research.
Your personal details (name, date of birth and residency) as entered on this form will be included in the National Student Index and may be used in an authorised information matching programme with the New Zealand Birth Register.
The government agencies above may supply data collected on this form to Statistics New Zealand for the purposes of integrating data with data collected by other government agencies, subject to the provisions of the Statistics Act 1975. Integrated data is used for the production of official statistics, to inform policy advice to government and for research purposes.
In handling data supplied by you on this form, the government agencies are required to comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act 2020.
When required by law, Skipper Training NZ releases information to government agencies such as the New Zealand Police, Department of Justice, Ministry of Social Development, and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).
Information collected on this form may be supplied to other educational organisations for the purpose of verifying academic records.
Skipper Training NZ also grant Sebdata Consultants monitored access to their Student Management System including student details in order to assist with government compliance reporting.