What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our website?

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience.

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When do we collect information?

We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form or enter information on our site.

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How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

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• To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content in which you are most interested.

• To allow us to provide better service to you in responding to your requests

• To quickly process your transactions

• To send periodic newsletters and emails if you have agreed we can do so

• To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services; 

• To comply with any applicable laws and regulations

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Our website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to provide services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. 

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by us adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

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Do we use 'cookies'?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, retail web sites use cookies to help them remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved service. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

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We use cookies to:

• Help remember and process your requests;

• Understand and save your preferences for future visits

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You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different. so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

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If you set cookies to 'off', some features will be disabled. It may affect the user experience in that some features make site experience more efficient and in some cases some of our services will not function properly when features are disabled. However, you can still communicate with us.

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Third Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.

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Third party Links

We do not include or offer third party products or services on our website apart from advertising the Wix platform that our site is hosted on. From time to time our blog and newsletter will include links to information sites, news, and other public information. We do not accept responsibility for the content on third party websites.

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We are committed to the following:

• Users can visit our site anonymously without registering.

• Users are able to change their personal information by logging in to their account (if a registration has been completed and registration features are enabled).

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How does our site handle 'do not track' signals?

We honour "do not track" signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

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Children's Online Privacy Protection

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, we put parents in control. We follow best practice to  protect children's privacy and safety online. For our over-arching Child Protection Policy see the attached document.

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Data breach notification

We will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

• We will notify the users via email within 7 business days.

• If the breach has caused or is likely to cause anyone serious harm, we will notify the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand and any affected people as soon as practically able.

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We collect your email address in order to:

• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

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We agree to:

• not use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses

• honour opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly

• allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email sent by us

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Unsubscribe Requests

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future email or newsletters:

• Email us - unsubscribe@gci.org.nz and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence. If you wish to switch to snail mail correspondence only, please let us know.

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Privacy Policy Updates

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

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Contacting us

f you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us. If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy you may contact us using the information below.

GCI New Zealand. PO Box 304055 Hauraki Corner, Auckland 0750. Or email: rex@gci.org.nz Phone: +64-9-489-8910