About us
The Opportunity Party is a political party registered in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Opportunity’s vision is for an Aotearoa New Zealand in which individuals, our society, and our environment thrive together. Opportunity exists to enact policy that affords every Kiwi equal opportunity to pursue their potential, in ways that are socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable.
What personal information we collect
We may collect the following kinds of personal information:
- Basic identity and contact information: names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses.
- Membership and volunteer details: e.g. when you apply to become a member, sign up to volunteer, or participate in Opportunity events.
- Payment and financial information for donations or membership fees.
- Device, browser, usage information, IP addresses, cookies or similar technologies when you visit our website.
- Any other information you provide when interacting with us (e.g. through contact forms, surveys, submissions, or events).
We are committed to keeping your personal information safe. This includes taking reasonable steps to use secure storage, prevention of unauthorised access, and prevention of misuse of your information.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on our website with a new “Last Updated” date.
How we collect your information
We collect your personal information via:
- Direct interactions: forms on our website (such as joining, volunteering, donations, contacting us), and through email correspondence.
- Automated means: e.g. cookies, analytics tools to learn how people use our site, to improve it, and measure traffic.
- Third parties: where we engage service providers (e.g. payment processors, newsletter tools, or event registration platforms) who provide us with personal information to deliver services.
- Limited data from public sources such as the electoral roll (where legally permitted).
Purposes for which we use your information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To operate our organisation: manage membership, volunteers, events.
- To process donations, membership fees, and payments.
- To communicate with supporters, members, volunteers: sending newsletters, promotional materials, policy announcements, event invitations.
- To respond to enquiries, feedback or requests.
- To improve our website, user experience, and for security purposes.
- To comply with legal obligations (for example, electoral laws, financial reporting, anti-spam laws).
Disclosure of Information
We may disclose your personal information to:
- Our service providers and contractors who perform functions for us (e.g. payment processing, email delivery, analytics, event management).
- Other third parties if required by law, or to enforce our rights.
Because Opportunity is a registered political party, certain information you provide may be subject to disclosures under the Electoral Act 1993 (for example, donor information or membership numbers). Any such disclosures will be made in compliance with the Act.
Your rights
Under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, you have certain rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to access personal information we hold about you and the right to request correction of information that is inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading.
To exercise these rights, please contact our Privacy Officer at [email protected].
Queries or complaints
If you have any concerns or a complaint about the way we handle your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer at [email protected].
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
