DANZ Privacy Policy
INTRODUCTION
The Design Association of New Zealand (DANZ) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information and its correct use.
We have developed this privacy policy to describe when we collect personal information, what we use it for and who we may disclose it to, and to ensure that we comply with our obligations to you under the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993 (the Act) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person).
This policy sets out how we will collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information.
This policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the Act. If you wish to seek further information on the Act, see www.privacy.org.nz.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may change this policy when approved by the board of director’s majority by uploading a revised policy onto the website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT
DANZ only collect personal information that you provide to us in the membership form, which is completed when becoming a member of the Association.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect and use your personal information to:
DISCLOSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We simply will not trade, sell or otherwise disclose any personal information unless legally required to do so.
We do use a third-party email provider to store your email address if you signed up for our email communications. The privacy policy for Mailchimp can be found here.
We may need to share your personal information in the following circumstances:
PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Data security is of great importance to DANZ, and to protect your personal information we take appropriate steps to maintain the information in a secure environment to prevent unauthorised use.
Personal information records may be paper-based or on computer. Paper-based records are stored in a secure storage unit, and computer records are password protected.
ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to access the personal information that we hold about you in many circumstances, by making a request.
If any of the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or out of date, you may ask us to correct it. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us at [email protected].
WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
The DANZ Yammer Chat Group is a private closed group for members only. This group is monitored by the DANZ administrators. When members of the group resign their membership, they are removed from the group.
The DANZ website member’s area where all members are allocated a login, is a private section of the website, that only members have access too. A login is required to access this portal. When members resign their membership, they are removed from the portal.
HOW TO CONTACT US
For questions regarding your personal information and how we use it, or if you wish to amend your contact details, you can do so by emailing us
at: [email protected].
Thank you for taking the time to read our Privacy Policy.
Design Association of New Zealand
Policy last updated: 3 May 2019
The Design Association of New Zealand (DANZ) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information and its correct use.
We have developed this privacy policy to describe when we collect personal information, what we use it for and who we may disclose it to, and to ensure that we comply with our obligations to you under the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993 (the Act) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person).
This policy sets out how we will collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information.
This policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the Act. If you wish to seek further information on the Act, see www.privacy.org.nz.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may change this policy when approved by the board of director’s majority by uploading a revised policy onto the website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT
DANZ only collect personal information that you provide to us in the membership form, which is completed when becoming a member of the Association.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect and use your personal information to:
- provide you with the services and activities you sign up for
- administer your membership or website access efficiently
- conduct market research surveys
- tell you about our services and activities
- bill you and to collect money that you may owe us
- to respond to communications from you, including a complaint
- for any other purpose authorised by you or the Act
DISCLOSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We simply will not trade, sell or otherwise disclose any personal information unless legally required to do so.
We do use a third-party email provider to store your email address if you signed up for our email communications. The privacy policy for Mailchimp can be found here.
We may need to share your personal information in the following circumstances:
- If the law or a public authority says we must share the personal information;
- If we need to share personal information in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (this includes providing personal information to others for the purposes of preventing fraud and reducing credit risk)
- As authorised by the Privacy Act 1993
PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Data security is of great importance to DANZ, and to protect your personal information we take appropriate steps to maintain the information in a secure environment to prevent unauthorised use.
Personal information records may be paper-based or on computer. Paper-based records are stored in a secure storage unit, and computer records are password protected.
ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to access the personal information that we hold about you in many circumstances, by making a request.
If any of the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or out of date, you may ask us to correct it. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us at [email protected].
WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
The DANZ Yammer Chat Group is a private closed group for members only. This group is monitored by the DANZ administrators. When members of the group resign their membership, they are removed from the group.
The DANZ website member’s area where all members are allocated a login, is a private section of the website, that only members have access too. A login is required to access this portal. When members resign their membership, they are removed from the portal.
HOW TO CONTACT US
For questions regarding your personal information and how we use it, or if you wish to amend your contact details, you can do so by emailing us
at: [email protected].
Thank you for taking the time to read our Privacy Policy.
Design Association of New Zealand
Policy last updated: 3 May 2019
