Privacy Policy for ChchGas.nz
Last Updated: 17 June 2024
1. Introduction
Welcome to ChchGas.nz. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
This Privacy Policy complies with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and other applicable laws. By accessing or using our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our website, our servers automatically record information including your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and operating system.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. For more information about cookies, please see section 6 below.
- Information You Provide: If you contact us via email or through our feedback form, we may collect your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our website
- Understand and analyze how you use our website
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our website
- Detect, prevent, and address technical issues
4. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except as described below:
- Compliance with Laws: We may disclose your information where required by law or if we believe that disclosure is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, and other parties who perform services on our behalf.
- Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
5. Your Rights Under the Privacy Act 2020
Under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to:
- Request access to your personal information
- Request correction of your personal information
- Request deletion of your personal information
- Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal information
- Lodge a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner if you believe we have violated your privacy rights
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at chchgasnz@gmail.com.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by a web server when you access our website. We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and understand how users navigate through our website.
Types of cookies we use may include:
- Necessary cookies: These are essential for the website to function properly.
- Analytical/performance cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Functionality cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website and enable us to personalize content for you.
- Targeting cookies: These record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed.
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.
7. Google Analytics and Google Ads
We use Google Analytics to track and analyze website usage. Google Analytics may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, page views, and other browsing information.
We also use Google Ads to display advertisements. Google Ads uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. These cookies are used to tailor advertising to users that may be interested in our services.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings.
For more information about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use their services, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
8. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your personal information. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
9. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
10. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under age 16, we will take steps to delete that information.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at chchgasnz@gmail.com.