Privacy Policy

Your privacy on the Internet is important to us. Because the Internet offers the ability to collect certain types of information, we want you to understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of any information we gather. To that end, this privacy policy sets out what information we gather, how we may use it, and how to correct or change it.

But, basically, what it boils down to is this: we only collect information about you and your use of our website to provide, and improve, our services to you. We will not share this information with anyone, unless the law requires us to do so.

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Privacy Policy

Collection

YourHOST Ltd or our related companies ("we" or "us") may gather the following types of information about users including you ("you"):

• personal information provided by you when you interact with us, such as when you use or purchase our products or services, when you subscribe or register to use our products or services, and when you provide us with your feedback or respond to surveys you are asked to participate in;
• aggregated information generated by our systems or third party systems we use, which track traffic to and from our sites but does not relate to you personally; and
• other information that does not personally identify you. Failure to provide necessary personal information when requested may result in certain products or services not being available to you.

Disclosure of Information 

We may disclose:

• all information that we gather, including your personal information to our related companies;
• aggregated tracking information and other information that does not personally identify you, to third parties such as our advertisers;
• your personal information to third parties when we believe in good faith that we are required to do so by law;
• your personal information to other third parties provided we have your prior authorisation, which we will usually obtain at the time of collecting the information from you.

Use

We may use the personal information we collect:

• for verification of your identity and assisting you in case you forget your password or login details where these are necessary to access any of our products or services;
• for authorising and processing credit card transactions which you enter into online;
• to assist in providing the products and services requested by you; 4. to provide information to you about other websites, products and services, which we consider may be of interest to you;
• for future marketing, promotional and publicity purposes, including carrying out direct marketing, market research and surveys;
• for ensuring that you are shown the advertising and information that is most relevant to you and your interests; and
• for any other uses that you authorise.

Content Providers, Advertisers and Partners

We do not control the practices of content providers, partners and advertisers connected with our sites and to whom you provide personal information whilst using one of our sites or services. Our sites contain links to other sites, which may not follow the same privacy policies as us. We recommend that you check any relevant privacy policies before providing your personal information to any third party.

Cookies, Clear GIFS and Tracking

We may use a cookie file containing information that can identify the computer you are working from. The cookie file is anonymous as it only gives us details of your IP address, PC platform (Windows, NT or Mac), Browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or other, plus the version of Browser) and domain (whether you are accessing the site from NZ or elsewhere). We may use the information generated by 'cookies' to:

• enable you to use certain services as a member without having to log on each time and to visit member-restricted areas of the site;
• track traffic patterns to and from our sites such as the pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, the date and time of your visit, and referring pages (pages you came from or go to); and

You can choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use our websites, but you may need them for customisable areas of sites we may develop in the future. If your cookies are turned off we will not have any control over the frequency of display of certain ad formats. This could affect your reading experience.

Analytics

YourHOST Ltd or our related companies currently manage and optimise our Internet business and communications by collecting non-personally identifiable information about visits to our site to assist us in analysing the site's performance and advertising effectiveness and optimising the site for readers and marketers.

Opting in and Opting Out

If our intended collection, use or disclosure of your personal information is outside the collection, use or disclosure set out in this Privacy Policy we will give you the option to:

1. opt out and not receive certain services or participate in certain interactive areas; or
2. opt in, for example agreeing to be contacted by us in relation to certain matters such as notification of new features to this website, testing or promotional activities.

Changes to Policy

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time.

Holding, Correcting and Updating

Any personal information that you provide to us will be collected and held by us electronically. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have rights of access to and correction of personal information that we hold. We offer the ability to correct or change the information collected at any time and as often as necessary. If you have any questions about how our services work or regarding this policy, contact us by email at administrator[at]yourhost.net.nz or by mail to PO Box 11-824, Wellington, New Zealand.

For information about New Zealand's Privacy Act 1993 and how it protects the personal information of individuals in New Zealand, click here.