Privacy
Last updated: 23 September 2026
Game On is run by The Cause Collective. This page explains what we do with your information when you use this website or register your interest in the programme. We follow the Privacy Act 2020.
The Cause Collective has an organisation-wide privacy policy that covers everything we do. This page sets out how it works for Game On. If the two ever disagree, the organisation-wide policy wins.
What we collect
If you register your interest, we ask for your first name, last name, email address, mobile number, age, where you are based, and what kind of work you are interested in. You can also tell us how you heard about us, which is optional.
If you send us a message through the contact form, we collect your name, your email address, your phone number if you give it, and whatever you write in the message.
If you are a school or a studio getting in touch, we collect your name, your organisation, your role and your contact details.
Like most websites, this one also records basic technical information when you visit, such as which pages you looked at and roughly where in the world you are. We use it to understand which parts of the site are useful. It does not identify you by name.
Why we collect it
Three reasons, and no others.
To talk to you about Game On. Someone from the team will get in touch, answer your questions, and if you decide to go ahead, help you through the programme.
To run the programme. That means matching you to studio visits, portfolio sessions and internships, and making sure the right people know you are coming.
To report on how the programme is going. Game On is funded by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples and we report to them every three months. The next section explains what that involves.
We do not sell your information. We do not use it for advertising. We do not pass it to anyone outside the programme.
Who sees it
Inside the programme, your information goes to the people who need it to help you:
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The Cause Collective, who run Game On
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TupuToa, who provide coaching and support
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The studio you are visiting or placed with, and only the details that studio needs, such as your name and the dates you are coming
Reporting to the Ministry for Pacific Peoples works differently. We report every three months on how the programme is tracking. Those reports are numbers: how many people registered, how many were placed, how we are going against what we said we would do. They do not identify you.
We do not send the Ministry anything with your name on it. If we ever want to share your story, a photo of you, or anything else that identifies you, we will ask you first and you can say no. Saying no does not affect your place on the programme.
If you are under 18
Game On is for people aged 18 to 29. If you are younger and you register, we will point you to other ways in, including the work we do with schools. We will not keep your details unless a parent or caregiver tells us that is okay.
How long we keep it
We keep your details while you are involved with Game On, and for as long as we have to afterwards for reporting and audit. The programme is government funded, so some records have to be kept for a period. Once we no longer need them, we delete them properly.
If you ask us to delete your details sooner, we will, unless we are required to keep something for reporting. We will tell you if that is the case.
Your rights
Under the Privacy Act 2020 you can:
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ask us what information we hold about you
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ask us to correct anything that is wrong
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ask us to delete your information, subject to the point above
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withdraw your consent at any time
Email privacy@thecausecollective.org.nz and we will come back to you within 20 working days.
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If something goes wrong
If we lose your information, or share it when we should not have, we will tell you. If it is serious we will also tell the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Complaints
Talk to us first. Email privacy@thecausecollective.org.nz and we will look into it.
If you are not happy with how we handle it, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Call 0800 803 909, write to PO Box 10 094, Wellington 6140, or complain online at privacy.org.nz.
Contact us
The Cause Collective, registered charity CC53775
15 Earl Richardson Avenue, Wiri, Auckland 2104
PO Box 276002, Manukau, Auckland 2241
info@thecausecollective.org.nz
09 869 2433