Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase a1card.co.nz (the βSiteβ).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT:
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as βDevice Information.β
We collect Device Information using the following technologies: - βCookiesβ are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. - βLog filesβ track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps. - βWeb beacons,β βtags,β and βpixelsβ are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
When you contact us directly for customer support or subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect additional information about you: we may receive your phone number, name, address, email address, attachments that you may send to us, and other information you choose to provide. When we send you emails, we may track whether you read them.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, your payment-related information, such as credit card, or other financial information, is collected by our third party payment processors on our behalf. We refer to this information as βOrder Information.β
When we talk about βPersonal Informationβ in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
We may obtain Personal Information from third parties, such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn when you click on third party buttons (such as Instagram βlikeβ or βFollowβ buttons). If you choose to share our website to a third party account, we may receive your profile information and your photo.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfil any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).
Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services
We may ask you to participate in surveys we conduct
We may use your email address and other Personal Information to send marketing communications related to our Services such as promotions, ect.
We may use your Personal Information for other purposes for which we provide notice at the time the information is collected
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. We may share any information we receive with vendors and service providers retained in connection with the provision of our Services (e.g. courier services). We may transfer your information to service providers, or other third parties in connection with the completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets. We may display any information related to your experience with our Service that you provide via our review mechanism or social media platforms. Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiativeβs (βNAIβ) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work. Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Allianceβs opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through support@a1card.co.nz. Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe.
DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
SECURITY
We make reasonable efforts designed to protect your information by using electronic safeguards to improve the security of the information we maintain. However, as no electronic transmission or storage of information can be entirely secure, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your information.
MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Information from children under 16 years of age. If you learn that a child has provided us with Personal Information in violation of this Policy, then you may alert us at support@a1card.co.nz.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.