Privacy and Safety Policy
This Website Privacy Policy applies to this website which is operated by or on behalf of Kiwi Kids News Ltd under the domain name www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz (“Website”). We respect the privacy of the personal information of visitors to our Website.
Where this Website Privacy Policy refers to “personal information”, it means information which identifies an individual or from which their identity can reasonably be ascertained eg. name, address and phone number. This Website Privacy Policy explains how personal information will be treated as you access and interact with the Website.
We will post any changes to this Website Privacy Policy on the Website, so we encourage you to check this Website Privacy Policy from time to time.
The Website Privacy Policy is current at the date of collection and will be the relevant privacy notice in relation to personal information collected on that date.
In addition to the provisions of this Website Privacy Policy, there may also be specific and additional privacy provisions that apply to certain sections of the Website. Because those specific and additional provisions also relate to your privacy, we recommend that you review them wherever they appear. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Website Privacy Policy and those other specific and additional provisions, the specific and additional provisions will apply.
Information Collected
On this Website, we may collect personal information about you, such as your name, age, school, email address, address and contact telephone number. We collect this information to enable you to participate in activities such as:
- entering online competitions;
- subscribing to the Kiwi Kids News newsletter;
- responding to questionnaires about Kiwi Kids News products and services;
- Inviting you to participate in Kiwi Kids News feature articles;
- Communicating with you should we have enquiries about a contribution you have submitted and which has been selected for publication
- Sending you a prize should you win one of our competitions. Sending you random advertiser samples in the mail
In common with many websites we or our internet service providers may also collect aggregated information which tells us about visitors to the Website but not the identity of those visitors. For example, we may collect information about the date, time and duration of visits and which pages of the Website are most commonly accessed. This information is used by us to help to administer and improve the Website.
Use and disclosure of information collected
We may use or disclose personal information that we collect about you on this Website:
- for the purposes for which it was collected, such as to enable you to participate in on-line competitions and other activities on the Website;
- where you have consented to the use or disclosure;
- to email Kiwi Kids News updates and other promotional information to you (if you have requested to receive it). For example, we may email questionnaires asking you what you think about Kiwi Kids News products and services. If you would prefer not to receive further promotional information you can let us know by using the unsubscribe facility set out in the email;
- for administrative purposes including research, planning, service development, security and risk management;
- where a third party acquires or wishes to acquire, or makes inquiries in relation to acquiring, an interest in Upstart Magazine; or
- to the extent that we are required or authorised by law to do so.
We may also share personal information with our related bodies corporate and with third parties. The types of third parties to whom we may disclose personal information include service providers including organisations that provide archival, auditing, consulting, marketing, advertising, mailing, delivery, recruitment, call centre, technology, research, and security services.
How we handle email messages
Kiwi Kids News may preserve the content of any email or “Contact Us” or other electronic message that we receive. Any personal information contained in those messages will only be used or disclosed in ways set out in this Website Privacy Policy.
The message content may be monitored by our service providers or Kiwi Kids News employees for purposes including troubleshooting, compliance auditing and maintenance or where email abuse is suspected.
Links
This Website contains links to the websites of other organisations which may be of interest to visitors. Linked websites are responsible for their own privacy practices and you should check those websites for their respective privacy policies.
Data Security
We use a number of mechanisms to protect the security and integrity of personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as completely secure. So while we strive to protect such information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us and individuals do so at their own risk. Once any personal information comes into our possession, we will take reasonable steps to protect that information from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.