Privacy Policy

The Internet offers the chance to collect information about site users. This information can be personally identifiable information or aggregated information. However, your privacy is important to us and we want to be sure that you understand the terms and conditions relating to the way in which we collect information and the use of that information.

This Privacy Policy tells you what information we collect, what we do with it and your rights to view, correct or change it.

THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The New Zealand Warbirds Association operates the website www.nzwarbirds.org.nz . As part of our operations, we may gather certain types of information about the users of our sites:

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

This is provided by you when you register for services that we may offer.

Examples of these services include:

Registering for Adventure Rides
Entering competitions
Purchasing from our Online Shop.
Membership Forms
Using our ‘How to Donate’ page
Using our web contact forms to contact us.

Providing this information will always be optional for you. However, some services may not be available to you if you choose not to provide it.

AGGREGATED DATA

This information is generated by our systems as they track traffic through our sites. This information does not identify you personally and is not linked to the personally identifiable information that you may have provided.

WHO WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH

The information is to be hosted with our service provider.
Our agreements with them protect the information that we collect from any unauthorised use.
The aggregated data (not the personally identifiable information) may be shared with third parties such as advertisers or business partners.
Your personally identifiable information will only be shared with third parties when we believe in good faith that we are required to do so by law.
Only if your prior permission has been obtained would we share the information with specified third parties.

WHAT ELSE WE DO WITH PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

We have collected this information in order to provide the best possible service to you while you are visiting our site. To this end we may use the information that you provide for the following purposes:

To verify your identity if you need help with a forgotten password or you are having login problems with one of our site services.
To process any transactions that you might make on our site.
To help provide any other services that you have requested.
To offer the most relevant information suitable to you and your interests.
For any marketing, promotional, publicity, marketing or market research that we might undertake.
For any other purposes for which you have given permission.

WHAT ABOUT COOKIES?

A cookie is a small file that resides on your computer and is recognised by our server when you visit our site. A cookie does not provide us with any personally identifiable information. It does provide details of your IP address, the computer platform that you use (e.g., Mac or Windows), the browser that you use (e.g., Microsoft Explorer or Netscape) and what domain you are accessing our sites from.

With this information we can do the following:

Track traffic patterns to our site.
Ensure that the most relevant content is being shown.
Allow you to enter certain site member services without having to log in each time you visit.
If you would rather we did not use cookies with you, you can refuse them by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive. You will still be able to visit our site.

WHAT ABOUT OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS?

This Privacy Policy only relates to our sites. You should be aware that we are not responsible for the practices of business partners or sites we may link to. You should check their privacy policies before providing personally identifiable information to them or any other third party.

OPTING IN AND OPTING OUT

You will always have the option to opt in to certain services and to opt out of those services at any stage. This means you may change your mind at any stage about participating in any of our member services.

USE OF YOUR CREDIT CARD

You may have to provide a credit card to purchase products or services from our website. We use third-party billing services and have no control over these services. We use commercially reasonable efforts to make sure your credit card details are kept strictly confidential by using only third-party billing services that use industry standard encryption technology to protect your credit card from unauthorised use. However, you understand and agree that we are in no way responsible for any misuse of your credit card.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

We may provide links to third-party products or services within our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked websites. You acknowledge that your use of and access to these websites are solely at your own risk. It is your responsibility to check the privacy policies of these websites to see how they treat your personal data. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

YOUR RIGHT TO ACCESS YOUR INFORMATION

The Privacy Act 2020 gives you the right to access and correct your personal information. To find out more about how to do this, please contact us. Alternatively, you may wish to post your corrections to the attention of:

The General Manager
NZ Warbirds Association Inc
PO Box 28 3049
Ardmore Airport
Papakura
Auckland 2166

If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us.