Privacy

Scope: This statement applies to all personal and health information collected by Plunket.

Plunket is committed to protecting your privacy and respecting your authority over any information we hold about you. This privacy notice tells you what information we collect and why, what we do with it, and your rights to view, correct or change it. For more information about Plunket’s policies, see our website terms and conditions.

Personal and health information - how and why we collect it

Plunket is a health agency and we may collect information from you or your child in person, online, by post, by phone, or from other sources including when you:

enrol your child or children for our service. Plunket Privacy Statement.
use Plunket services, for example attending a parent education group
call PlunketLine
make a financial donation
register to be a volunteer
apply for a job with Plunket
are part of the Plunket workforce
participate in research. In most Plunket research, participants are non-identifiable. We would use identifiable information only if you consent to its use. You also have the option to withdraw from any Plunket research project

Uses and disclosure

We collect information for specific purposes, such as:

providing a well child health service
volunteer recruitment
fulfilling contractual or legal obligations which bind us eg, to statutory agencies such as the Ministry of Health
making and maintaining contact with you
creating a financial donor database
assessing your suitability for employment
maintaining and administering your terms and conditions of employment
maintaining quality systems.

We will only use the information we collect about you for the purpose(s) it was collected. There are limitations on how we will share your information.

What we do with personal information

If you have general enquiries about our privacy policy, contact our privacy officer.

Your rights and choices

We may use the information you provide for any purpose for which you have given permission, including:

sharing with relevant Plunket staff, or other agencies and organisations
supplying any other services you have requested
offering the most relevant information for you and your interests
undertaking direct mailings or market research
processing any transactions that you might make on our site.

To view your/your child’s information, or if you have any concerns about – or want to correct - information that we hold, contact your area office.

Important information

As of 1 January 2018, the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society became the Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust. For more information, please see here.