Privacy notice
If you choose to respond to this consultation process, we will collect, use and disclose personal information about you. Please review this notice before submitting your response.
Australian stakeholders
Our department is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles in Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The Privacy Act regulates how we may collect, use, disclose and store personal information. We also hold personal information in accordance with the Archives Act 1983 (Cth).
We use technology by Converlens Pty Ltd to provide this consultation service and website. Our contractual arrangements require Converlens to comply with the Privacy Act and store data securely in Australia.
What personal information will be collected
Personal information means information or an opinion about an individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether or not it is true or recorded in material form.
Sensitive information is a subset of personal information and attracts a higher level of privacy protection. Sensitive information includes information or opinions about an individual’s racial or ethnic (e.g. indigeneity), a political opinion or association, religious beliefs or affiliations, trade or professional associations and memberships, a criminal record and health information.
By submitting a response to this consultation, you consent to the department collecting your personal information and sensitive information provided in your response. This may include:
your name, business address, email and telephone number
your opinions about amending the treatment of rated values and T0 under the GEMS determination for air conditioners and how the amendments may impact your business, which may include your membership of a trade or professional association.
How we will use and disclose your personal information
The department will use any personal information and/or sensitive information provided in your submission to:
Assess the potential effect of amendments to the treatment of rated values and T0 under the GEMS determination for air conditioners on the air conditioner industry and Australian community.
Prepare a report and inform future policy development.
Contact you about your submission, including for further information.
Inform you about the outcomes of this consultation process and/or other matters that we consider may be relevant to you.
The personal and/or sensitive information provided in your submission will be disclosed to department staff, external consultants working for the department, the Minister and his staff, staff from New Zealand’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), for the purpose of:
informing policy development
and for related purposes.
The disclosure of personal information and/or sensitive information to the EECA is reasonably necessary to advance consistent performance ratings for air conditioning models imported and traded in Australia and New Zealand and to enforce current regulations including;
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012, and
Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Regulations 2002 in New Zealand.
The disclosure of any personal information and/or sensitive information will be limited to New Zealand.
The department is required to inform you that by responding to this consultation process:
you consent to your personal information and/or sensitive information being collected, used and disclosed to the EECA;
you understand and acknowledge that the EECA is located in New Zealand, and relevant legislation of New Zealand will apply;
Australian Privacy Principle 8.1 contained in Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act will not apply; and
you understand and acknowledge that the EECA is not subject to the Privacy Act and you will not be able to seek redress under the Privacy Act, but will need to seek redress under the laws of New Zealand.
You can choose not to participate in this consultation process. If you do choose not to participate, the department will not be able to use and disclose any personal information and/or sensitive information for the purposes outlined above.
We may also disclose your personal information and/or sensitive information where authorised or required by law.
For more information, please refer to our department’s Privacy Policy or Converlens’ Privacy Policy.
New Zealand stakeholders
Under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), information held by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) is to be made available to requestors unless there are grounds for withholding it. The grounds for withholding information are outlined in the OIA.
If you are making a submission, you may wish to indicate any grounds for withholding information contained in your submission. Reasons for withholding information could include information that is commercially sensitive, or that you wish to withhold personal information (such as names or contact details). For any email communications, an automatic confidentiality disclaimer from your IT system will not be considered as grounds for withholding information.
EECA will consider your preference when determining whether to release information. Any decision to withhold information requested under the OIA may be reviewed by the Ombudsman.
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