Information we may collect from you

Personal health related information may include your NHI number, medical history, test results.

With your permission, we may collect information about you from third parties. For example:

• Test results from your nurse, doctor (GP) or other health practitioner.

When you make a donation through our Website (for example, by making a one-off donation), we will ask you to submit certain personal information (such as credit card information) so we can process your donation. We use the credit card information you provide only to fulfil the transaction you requested.

If you are a regular donor, we will maintain your information in our regular donor and membership database and may contact you from time to time. For example:

• Email you our Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa supporters newsletter
• Invite you to one-off events

When you sign up to, or renew Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa membership through our Website, we will ask you to submit certain personal information (such as credit card information) so we can process your membership payment. We use the credit card information you provide only to fulfil the transaction you requested.

If you are a Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa member, we will maintain your information in our regular donor and membership database and may contact you from time to time. For example:

• Email you our Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa member's newsletter
• Invite you to one-off events

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

1. To undertake customer service activities, such as responding to any queries, comments or complaints you may have, or to provide you with further information as requested by you, or to update you on our work
2. With your permission, to refer you to another service provider (we may pass relevant information on to that provider as part of the referral)
3. To enable us to monitor, review and improve our business systems, products and services
4. To comply with relevant laws and regulations
5. For any other specific purpose which we will notify you of at the time your personal information is collected, and
6. To report significant misconduct or breach of duty, or where there is a serious threat to health or safety. If our staff are threatened or abused, we may refer this to the police

We respect and protect the privacy and confidentiality of your personal and health information. We will not share your donation, membership, or health record unless you ask us to, or we are required to do so by law.

We provide non-identifiable information to the Ministry of Health (we do not disclose personal information that can identify you).

With your permission, we may communicate with appropriate health practitioners, to ensure you receive the health services that you are entitled, such as linking you to other health providers, arranging tests if necessary, and linking you to counselling and other support services.

Research may be undertaken on non-identifiable information (we do not disclose personal information that can identify you).

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