This privacy policy describes the potential collection, use, disclosure and the protection of personal information of individuals.

Bodhi complies with the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993 (the Act) when dealing with personal information. Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person).

This policy does not limit or exclude any rights under the Act. For further information on the Act, see www.privacy.org.nz

Collection of Personal Information

We collect personal information from:

• Individuals via our website and any related service (Wisenet, Moodle), through any registration process OR through any contact Bodhi (e.g. telephone call or email).
• Third parties when authorised information is publicly available. If possible, Bodhi collects personal information from Students and personal directly.

How we use personal information

We will use personal information

• to verify identity
• to provide services and products
• to market services and products, including contacting electronically (e.g. by text or email for this purpose)
• to improve the services that Bodhi provides (e.g student surveys through survey monkey)
• to undertake pre-employment checks
• to bill and to collect money
• to respond to communications, including a complaint
• to conduct research and statistical analysis (on an anonymised basis)
• to protect and/or enforce our legal rights and interests, including defending any claim
• for any other purpose authorised by students or personnal or the NZ Privacy Act

Disclosing your personal information:

Bodhi may disclose personal information to:

• another entity within the group
• any business that supports our services and products, including any person that hosts or maintains any underlying IT system or data centre that Bodhi use’s to provide the website or other services and products
• Police or other parties in the nature of pre-employment checks or student enrolment checks
• other third parties (for anonymised statistical information)
• a person who can require us to supply your personal information (e.g. a regulatory authority)
• any other person authorised by the Act or another law (e.g. a law enforcement agency)
• any other person authorised by the student or personal.

Protecting personal information

Bodhi will take reasonable steps to keep personal information safe from loss, unauthorised activity, or other misuse.

Accessing and correcting personal information

Subject to certain grounds for refusal set out in the Act, students or personal have the right to access their readily retrievable personal information that Bodhi hold and to request a correction to personal information. Before exercising this right, Bodhi will need evidence to confirm that the individual’s identity to whom the personal information relates.

In respect of a request for correction, if the correction is reasonable and we are reasonably able to change the personal information, Bodhi will make the correction. If the correction is not made, Bodhi will take reasonable steps to note on the personal information that the student or personal requested the correction.

To exercise either of the above rights, email us at info@bodhi.ac.nz

Email’s should provide evidence of identity and set out the details of the request (e.g. retrieve personal information, or request a correction).