The Privacy Act 1993 places the responsibility on the organisation to protect information it holds from unauthorised and inappropriate access by unauthorised persons.
Both staff and student information which is held electronically within various systems must be protected against unauthorised and inappropriate use and from wilful damage at all times. Access to electronic data will be carefully managed in order to ensure business continuity, minimise business risk, and to maintain data integrity and confidentiality.
Information collected and made available through the Wānanga’s information systems is to be used only for the purpose for which it was collected. Misuse of personal information is an offence under the Privacy Act.
The significant amount of information held within the Wananga network is protected by copyright and should be accessed only by the relevant and authorised person.
