16.7 Privacy Statement
The New Zealand Web Standards 2.0 were released in March 2009 and replace the previous version, the New Zealand Government Web Standards 1.0 (below). See Meeting the standards for more information.
The Standard
16.7 Every page within a web site (including a home page) under ownership of the agency must link to a privacy notice. The text of the link includes the word 'privacy'.
Guide to this Standard
A web site can supplement privacy information contained within a privacy notice with additional targeted privacy messages e.g. where the web site collects information by means of a form.
The agency is expected to have a principal privacy notice, as content or a link to a dedicated privacy page, within "About this Site", as required in standard 16.3.
Rationale for this Standard
A privacy notice must communicate information clearly and comprehensively about the handling of personal information. This standard provides a government mandate that agencies are obliged to provide a privacy notice and assists with compliance with the The Privacy Act 1993.
