Privacy Policy

This statement sets out the Workchoice Trust’s policies relating to the collection and use of your personal information. It applies to your use on www.choicestudents.co.nz.

Your personal information is important to us

Your privacy on the internet is important to us. Because the internet offers the ability to collect certain types of information about users, we want you to understand what information we gather and how we use it.

How we collect information about you

There are four main ways we collect information about you:

When you register

When you register on the site, you will be asked to provide certain personal and demographic data. This is to help us understand the types of students who are participating in Workchoice Day as well as student trends and interests.
When you visit the website

Whenever you visit the website, our servers automatically record information about your use of the website – such as the time of the visit, its duration and the pages you visit. This helps us to understand what parts of the website our users enjoy and ensure that they content on the website is relevant. The information we collect about you in this way remain anonymous.
If you enter into a competition

When you enter into one of daily prize draws in the 10 Days of Workchoice campaign or any other competition run through the website, we will keep track of all competition entries. Again, this will help us understand what content our users enjoy.
Promotional messages we send to you

If you opt-in to receiving emails from the Workchoice Trust when you register, we will send you electronic messages in the lead up to Workchoice Day. Thereafter, from time to time thereafter, we will send information about the Workchoice Trust, about careers and about the career opportunities offered by our leading, supporting & provider partners. We might also email to tell you about competitions.

You can manage the type of information you receive from us by:

Unsubscribing from the message you receive; or
Emailing the website editor. Please allow 10 working days for us to process your request.

If you sign up for the search4jobs Job Seeker newsletter, you will also receive a monthly email from search4jobs relating to the job market. We will provide search4jobs with only the relevant personal information you provided on registration so you can receive this service. Once this information is provided to search4jobs, it comes under their privacy policy. You will be able to unsubscribe from this service by following the instructions at the bottom of any email they send.

Our use of cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies. The cookie file is anonymous as it only gives us details of your IP address, PC platform browser and domain.

Cookies provide us with information about how users interact with our website. Cookies do not personally identify you, but your browser. You can choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser and/or by deleting them from your hard drive. You do not need to have cookies turned on to view our website.

How we use and disclose your information

We will not disclose any information about you without your consent unless it is required by law; to enforce or apply our terms and conditions; to protect the rights or property of the Workchoice Trust, our users or others; or to lessen a serious threat to a person’s health or safety.

We will never share your personal information with a third party without your explicit consent.

In order to operate the site or deliver a service you have requested, we sometimes share your personal information with an affiliate or partner. If you opt-in to the search4jobs monthly Job Seeker newsletter, your relevant details will be passed on to search4jobs.

Similarly, relevant details and your feedback will be provided to your hosting companies if you select that option on the evaluation form.

Applying for jobs

The Apply Online feature enables you send a job application to the organisations advertising on our Jobs page. These applications are forwarded directly to the organisation listing the job and they are not read by the Workchoice Trust.

How we store your information and keep it secure

We will take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information we hold about you and to keep this information accurate and up to date.

However, we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.

Links to other websites

Our site contains links to other sites. These websites are not under the control of the Workchoice Trust and may not follow the same privacy policy as ours. We recommend that your check any relevant privacy policies before providing your personal information to any third party.

Emailing tools

The Workchoice Trust provides facilities throughout the site to refer a friend to the site. You may not use the Refer this to a Friend service that we offer to send spam or otherwise send content that would violate our Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions.

What to do if you have a problem or question

If you make us aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with our website relating to any privacy issues, we will take these seriously and work to address the concerns. You can email our website editor.