This statement sets out ACP Media Limited's policies relating to the collection and use of your personal information. It applies to your conduct on the netguide.co.nz Web site. These policies are in addition to ACP Media's general Terms of Use governing the Web site and should be read in conjunction with such Terms of Use. Whenever we say "we", "us" or "ACP Media" we mean ACP Media Limited.
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Your personal information is important to us
We recognise that your privacy is very important and that you have a right to control personal information. We know that providing personal information is an act of trust and we take that seriously. The following sections set out how we handle and protect your personal information and safeguard your privacy.
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How we collect information about you
There are three main ways we collect information about you:
When you visit the Web site
Whenever you visit the Web site, our servers automatically record information about your usage of the Web site, such as the time of the visit, its duration and the pages you visit. This is to help us understand what parts of our Web site our users enjoy the most and to help us ensure that advertisements on the Web site are most directly relevant to your interests. The information we collect about you in this way remains anonymous.
If you register to become a Villager
We collect personal information about you in order to provide enhacned Web site features, our email newsletter and special offers or deals from our affiliates and service partners. If you sign up for our email newsletter and you decide you want to unsubscribe, please follow the unsubscribe instructions contained at the bottom of the email.
If you enter into a competition, survey or accept an offer
When you enter into a competition, survey or accept an offer on the Web site, you will be asked to provide information about yourself to ACP Media, ACP Media will use this information to provide you with the services or products you have requested. ACP Media may also use your information to inform you of other ACP Media publications, products, services and events and special offers or deals from our affiliates and service partners.
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Our use of cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies.
Cookies provide us with aggregated information on how users interact on our Web site, track which advertisements are effective and help us improve your Web site experience. Cookies do not personally identify you, but your browser.
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How we use and disclose your information
We will not disclose any information about you to a third party without your consent unless itis:
- Required by law or required to enforce ACP Media's legal rights;
- We believe it necessary in order to provide you with a service which you have requested;
- We suspect that your use of the Web site is in breach of the Terms of Use;
- To protect the rights or property of ACP Media, any Web site user or any member of the public;
- To lessen a serious threat to a person's health or safety; or
- Related to the sale fo the Web site.
We will not share your personal information with a third party or allow a third party to promote its products and services directly to you without your explicit consent.
In order to operate the Web site or deliver a service you have explicitly requested, we sometimes share your personal information with an affiliate or with a service partner.
From time to time, we will send you information about ACP Media products, services or offers, offers from our carefully selected affiliates and service partners, our email newsletter to which you have subscribed, and tell you about new competitions.
You can manage the type of information you receive from us by:
- unsubscribing from the message you receive; or
- emailing our Web site Editor. Please allow 10 working days for us to process your request.
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How we store your information and keep it secure
We will take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information we hold about you and to keep this information accurate and up to date.
In addition, our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us. However, we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.
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How you can access and correct your information
If you wish to access and/or correct information held about you, you can request this information by emailing our Web site Editor. We will endeavour to respond to your request within 10 working days.
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Links to other Web sites
We provide links to Web sites outside the Web site. These linked sites are not under the control of ACP Media and we do not accept responsibility for the conduct of companies linked to our Web site. Before disclosing your personal information on any other Web site, we advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of that Web site.
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What to do if you have a problem or question
If you make us aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with our Web site relating to privacy issues, we will take these issues seriously and work to address these concerns. You can email our Web site Editor.
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Changes to the Privacy Policy
We will continuously review our Privacy Policy to ensure that it protects your privacy while supporting your user experience on the Web site. We encourage you to keep visiting our Privacy Policy to see if any updates have been made.
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