Privacy 

Early childhood services, student management systems and other organisations must make sure they protect the information they collect, access and submit to the ELI system. 

Personal information such as names, birthdates and addresses, must be kept private. This is required under the Privacy Act 2020.  

Privacy Act 2020 No 31 (as at 01 July 2024), Public Act Contents – New Zealand Legislation 

For more information visit The Early Learning Information (ELI) system - Ministry of Education. 

For security and support purposes, our security systems collect information including:

• the date and time you visited the site 
• your country/location  
• your IP address  
• the pages you accessed on our site, details about your operating system (for example, Windows 7, Mac OSX) and  
• your web browser (for example, Chrome or Internet Explorer). 

This is used for support purposes (such as if you had issues accessing part of our site) or for security purposes (such as if our security teams need to investigate a security incident).  

This information is retained for 18 months in line with NZ Government protective security requirements. 

Principles of Use 

The Ministry worked with the ECE Sector Advisory Group to develop seven principles of use for ELI.  These describe shared responsibilities, access to data, timeliness, ability to correct errors, and obligations of the Privacy Act 2020.  

More Information

For more information on privacy visit our Early Learning Information (ELI) website and download our Guide on Early Learning Information (ELI) and Privacy.

The Early Learning Information (ELI) system - Ministry of Education