Copyright/disclaimer

Disclaimer

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Copyright

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You may recopy the material to individual third parties for their personal information only, but only if you acknowledge the NZQA website as the source of the material and include the NZQA web address (http://www.nzqa.govt.nz) in the copy of the material. You must also inform any third party that these conditions apply to them.

Authorisation does not permit incorporation of the material or any part of it in any other work or publication in any form without the prior written consent of NZQA. No part of the NZQA website may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose without prior written consent.

NZQA holds the copyright to national qualifications and unit and achievement standards. Qualification developers may hold the copyright to New Zealand qualifications, but they will still need to be accessible in the manner outlined in "General Registration Criteria". The developers of other qualifications will continue to hold the copyright to the qualifications that they develop.

The address for copyright correspondence is:
The Chief Executive
PO Box 160
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

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Where you are requested to provide personal information, the relevant part of the website will inform you of the reason that information is sought. We will only use that information in a manner that is consistent with the reason for which the information was provided.

NZQA will take all practicable steps to keep any personal information you provide secure. NZQA will not make your personal information available to third parties in a way that identifies you. However, NZQA shall not be liable for any loss of privacy, disclosure of information, harm, damage or loss that may result from your transmission or sending of information to NZQA in connection with this website.

The Privacy Act 1993 gives you the right to see and correct information that NZQA holds about you. If you want to access the information held about you by NZQA, or if you would like to correct any such information held, or if you have any privacy concerns, please contact the NZQA Privacy Officer.

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