This policy covers how Primary Health Care Ltd ("us", "we" or "our") treats personal information that it collects and receives on this website. We use information shared with us for the sole purpose of running and improving our services. This policy tells you what information we collect, how we use and share information, and finally, how you can contact us with questions or concerns.

What information do we collect?

As part of using the Primary Health Care Ltd website the following kinds of information may be collected.

1. Cookies - cookies are small files that are placed by a website and reside on your computer and are recognised when you visit or re-visit a website. A cookie does not contain any personally identifiable information. It can provide details of your IP address, the computer platform that you use (e.g. Macintosh or Windows), the browser that you use (e.g. Microsoft Explorer or Mozilla) and what domain you are accessing the server from. With this information the following can be achieved:
   • track traffic patterns to a website
   • ensure that the most relevant content is being shown
   • allow you to enter certain site member services without having to log in each time you visit
   • ensure faster web page access in certain situations.
2. Tracking technologies and third party cookies - the use of cookies by our service providers is not covered by our privacy statement. We use Google Analytics, a third-party tracking service, which may use cookies to track non-personally identifiable information about our visitors to our site for the purposes of monitoring usage and volume statistics. We have no access to or control over these cookies and this privacy statement does not cover the use of cookies by any third party. We encourage you to review Google Analytics privacy policy. 
3. Log and session information - when you use this website, we may record logs of your visit. This information may include your IP address, cookies as discussed above, the current date and time, pages you request, your browser type, and your chosen language. This data is used in aggregate to improve the quality of our site and to track usage trends.
4. User communications - when you communicate with us electronically, we may keep those communications in order to respond to them and improve the quality of our product and our support.
5. Email information - we may email you updates about your account or products and services in the form of bulletins or other messages, either regular or ad hoc. We endeavor to keep email communications spam free and will not bombard you with emails with offers that are not related to our business. Any 'subscription' type emails have simple, effective 'Unsubscribe' facilities at the end of each message should you no longer wish to receive them. We may track or monitor email usage for the purpose of improving our services.

What do we do with personally identifiable information?

We collect personally identifiable information in order to provide the best possible service to you. To this end we may, from time to time, use the information that you provide for the following purposes.

1. To verify your identity.
2. To help provide any other services that from time to time we may offer or you may request.
3. To offer the most relevant information suitable to your and your interests
4. For any relevant informational, marketing, promotional, publicity, or surveys that we might undertake.
5. For any other purposes for which you have given permission.

Third parties

We do not sell, rent, supply, give up or lease out any user or customer information to any third parties. We will only disclose information about you or your use of the website and/or services without your prior permission if we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

1. Conform to legal requirements (including, but not limited to, requirements in accordance with any applicable law, regulation or government request) or comply with legal process, or to help maintain the law.
2. Protect our rights or property or those of our related companies.
3. Act to protect the interests of our, or our related companies, customers or personnel.

Partners and linked websites

This privacy statement only relates to the Primary Health Care Ltd website. You are encouraged to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from our (or any other) website so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share information.

You should be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites linked to or from the Primary Health Care Ltd website. However, if you find privacy or content problems with websites linked to or from the Primary Health Care Ltd website we would appreciate being notified so that we can take the appropriate action.

Changes to this privacy policy

In order to reflect the fact that our business is growing constantly, we reserve the right to change this policy at any time. Any changes will take effect immediately they are posted on the Primary Health Care Ltd website. Wherever possible we will notify you of any changes to this policy, but in the event that we do not, your continued use of our services indicates your acceptance of the particular policy that is posted on the website at the time of use.

Right of access to your information

You have the right to be informed of the information that we hold about you and to have it changed, corrected or deleted. To find out more about how to do this, please contact us.

Our terms apply to the website and social media of Primary Health Care Ltd. By accessing this website and viewing any content you are agreeing to these terms which may change. If you do not agree with these terms, do not use this site.

Disclaimer

We cannot accept any legal liability for errors or damages resulting from using this website or information on it – which may change from time to time. 

Any reference to commercial products or services does not form an endorsement or recommendation.

The information on this website is for general informational and educational purposes only. It should not be used as a substitute for seeking professional care. For more information about a condition or treatment, please speak to a health professional.

Copyright

You have permission to copy, use and/or distribute information from this website under the following conditions:

• the source is acknowledged
• no fee is charged
• it is used for educational, informational or other non-profit purposes
• no alterations are made to the material.

If you are sharing files from this site on other sites, we ask that you link to the file.

Other websites linked to from this website may contain information that is the copyright of third parties so please ensure permission is gained before using any of their material.

User content

Views expressed in any user generated content on this site are not necessarily the views of Primary Health Care Ltd. When sharing content on a Primary Health Care Ltd website you agree to only share content that does not defame any person and does not infringe upon the copyright, moral rights, publicity rights, privacy rights or any other right of any person, or violate any law or judicial or governmental order.

Governing law

This website is governed by New Zealand law, and the courts of New Zealand have exclusive jurisdiction. The website may not comply with laws of countries outside of New Zealand. If you access this website from another country it is your responsibility to comply with the laws of that country.

Please don’t cause any damage to this website

It is unlawful to intentionally cause damage to this website and you accept responsibility for ensuring your own computer is secure, and free from all forms of corruption including viruses.