PRIVACY STATEMENT FOR PARENTS & CAREGIVERS

We collect personal information from you and your child to provide our service, including information about your:

• Name and your child's name

• contact information, including emergency contacts

• address details

• child's health and disability details

• child's enrolment details

• billing information

• Your child's day-to-day activities, progress and development

We collect your/your child's personal information to:

• administer education and care programmes, and provide our services

• meet the requirements for providing a quality and safe early childhood education service

• be able to invoice you for our service costs and advise you of changes to our service when necessary.

Besides our staff, we share this information with:

• The Ministry of Education, the Education Review Office, and other government officials ensuring we meet legal compliance requirements.

• Online data/platform providers Storypark. Teachers upload information to this platform, which can be moderated or altered by you and others to whom you give access.

The Ministry of Education allocates a National Student Number to all children participating in early childhood education. This number travels with your child as they enter school and beyond in the education system. For more information about the Ministry's approach to the Privacy Act and its use of information about you and your child, go to:

https://www.education.govt.nz/early-childhood/funding-and-data/eli/

https://services.education.govt.nz/eli/overview/about-eli/

https://services.education.govt.nz/eli/overview/eli-information-collection/

https://services.education.govt.nz/eli/eli-privacy/eli-privacy-information/

Providing some information is optional. If you choose not to provide the requested information, we may be unable to complete enrolment or provide our services.

We keep your child's information safe by storing it in safe physical or encrypted electronic files and only allowing appropriate staff to view it.

We keep your child's information for seven years, at which point we securely destroy it by shredding physical files and deleting electronic records unless otherwise required by law.

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you or your child and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information or to have it updated/corrected, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at admin@kidsatplay.org.nz or manager@kidsatplay.org.nz

 If you have complaints or concerns about privacy matters, please get in touch with our privacy officer, Centre Manager, at manager@kidsatplay.org.nz or by phone at (09) 6305800