Occupi counts devices on the Wi-Fi, not people.
The Wi-Fi counts never know who you are. Here's the whole thing in three steps.
- 1The Wi-Fi counts devicesEvery 15 minutes, each access point reports how many phones and laptops are connected.
- 2Occupi gets one numberJust that count per access point. Never who, never which device.
- 3You see a rounded estimateTurned into people, rounded to the nearest 5, so one person is never visible.
The fine print, in plain words
Never collected
No names, student numbers, phone numbers, device addresses (MAC) or usernames. Occupi can't follow anyone from room to room, because it never learns which device is which.
Why it's an estimate
Some people carry a phone and a laptop, some carry nothing, and the Wi-Fi reports every 15 minutes. Staff check it against real head counts. Treat it as a good guide, not an exact seat count.
Your problem reports
No sign-in, and with real campus data no cookies. Only campus staff read your note, and notes are deleted within 180 days. Notes about people or teaching, names and contact details are refused.
For staff and the information officer
- Who is responsible
- The campus. It decides to use Occupi and is the responsible party under Data Protection and Privacy Act; Occupi processes data for it under a written operator agreement.
- Where the data lives
- By default on a server inside the campus network. Nothing about Wi-Fi counts needs to leave campus.
- What the Wi-Fi gives Occupi
- One number per access point every 15 minutes. Device addresses (MACs) stay in the campus Wi-Fi controller and never reach Occupi.
- Small groups
- Counts are rounded to 5 and anything under 5 shows as "fewer than 5", so a near-empty room never points at one person.
- What it is not for
- Attendance, marks, discipline or staff performance. It can't say who was in a room, and it has no report ranking lecturers or their changes.
- How long things are kept
- Wi-Fi counts 400 days. Class changes 180 days after the day. Sign-in codes 10 minutes.
- Students who use My day
- Their student number picks their timetable and is stored only as a keyed hash. It is never joined to the Wi-Fi counts: those stay per room, with no idea who is in it.
Your campus decides whether to use Occupi and answers questions about it under Data Protection and Privacy Act. Ask the campus information officer or student services if you want to know more.
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