Privacy Statements
Privacy Statements tell you why Customs collects personal information and what we do with it.
Customs collects and uses personal information through a variety of channels and applications, for a number of differing purposes.
As required by the Privacy Act 2020 and to ensure we're transparent with you and where we collect personal information, we provide a statement telling you why we're collecting the information and what we use that information for.
Below is a list of some key Customs privacy statements.
General
- Your information - This section of our website contains general material about privacy and how Customs collects, uses, and discloses information.
- Website Privacy Statement - This privacy notice applies to personal information collected by us through the use of this website (customs.govt.nz) in accordance with the New Zealand Government Web Usability Standard 1.3
- Border Protect - This statement describes how Customs will use information when you submit a report of suspicious activity to Border Protect.
Trade related
- Trade Single Window - The privacy statement applying to use of the Trade Single Window portal is available in the bottom-right corner of the portal's login page.
Travel related
- New Zealand Traveller Declaration - This privacy information applies to personal information collected through the travellerdeclaration.govt.nz website.
- eGates - This outlines how Customs, Biosecurity and Immigration officials will use the information you provide when you use eGate.