Privacy Statement

Personal Information Promise

We will:

• Value the personal information entrusted to us and make sure we respect that trust;
• Go further than just the letter of the law when it comes to handling personal information, and adopt good practice standards;
• Consider and address the privacy risks first when we are planning  to use or hold personal information in new ways, such as when introducing new systems;
• Be open with individuals about how we use their information and who we give it to;
• Make it easy for individuals to access and correct their personal information;
• Keep personal information to the minimum necessary and delete it when we no longer need it;
• Have effective safeguards in place to make sure personal  information is kept securely and does not fall into the wrong hands;
• Provide training to staff who handle personal information and  treat it as a disciplinary matter if they misuse or don’t look after  personal information properly;
• Put appropriate financial and human resources into looking after personal information to make sure we can live up to our promises; and
• Regularly check that we are living up to our promises and report on how we are doing