Austin-Sparks.net complies with the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993 (the Act) when dealing with personal information. Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person). This policy sets out how we
will collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information. This policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the Act. If you wish to seek further information on the Act, see www.privacy.org.nz.
Changes to this policy
We may change this policy by uploading a revised policy onto the website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.
Who do we collect personal information from
We
collect personal information about you from:
You, when you provide that personal information to us, through the email subscription process, or through emailing us
We collect personal information from you directly.
How we use your personal information
We
will use your personal information to respond to communications from you, and to send you emails from lists that you have subscribed to. You can unsubscribe or change your subscription any time.
Disclosing your personal information
If
necessary, we may disclose your personal information to:
the company in the USA that hosts and maintains our IT system and data storage that we use to host the website
any other person authorised by the Act or another
law (e.g. a law enforcement agency)
any other person authorised by you.
Protecting your personal information
We will take reasonable steps to keep your personal information safe from loss, unauthorised
activity, or other misuse. We never pass on our subscription email lists to anybody.
Accessing and correcting your personal information
Subject to certain grounds for refusal set out in the Act,
you have the right to request a correction to your personal information. Before you exercise this right, we will need evidence to confirm that you are the individual to whom the personal information relates. In respect of a request
for correction, if we think the correction is reasonable and we are reasonably able to change the personal information, we will make the correction. If we do not make the correction, we will take reasonable steps to note on the
personal information that you requested the correction. If you want to exercise either of the above rights, email us at info@austin-sparks.net. Your email should provide evidence of who you are and set out the details of your request
(e.g. the personal information, or the correction, that you are requesting).
Internet use
While we take reasonable steps to maintain secure internet connections, if you provide us with personal
information over the internet, the provision of that information is at your own risk. If you follow a link on our website to another site, the owner of that site will have its own privacy policy relating to your personal information.
We suggest you review that site’s privacy policy before you provide personal information. We use cookies (an alphanumeric identifier that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive so that we can recognise your browser) to monitor
your use of the website and to make using our website a better experience. You may disable cookies by changing the settings on your browser, although this may mean that you cannot use all of the features of the website.