Privacy Policy

last updated: May  2018

1. Introduction

Bears Christchurch Trust provides a website through our hosting provider. At Bears Christchurch the privacy and security of our members and visitors is of paramount importance. Bears Christchurch is committed to protecting the data you share with us. This privacy policy explains how Bears Christchurch processes information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify an individual (“Personal Data”) collected through use of its website and platform.

For the purposes of this policy, Bears Christchurch defines the term “User” as an individual or entity with which Bears Christchurch has an established relationship, and the term “Visitor” as an individual that visits our front-end website (for example https://bearschristchurch.org.nz).

Any information stored on Bears Christchurch platform is treated as confidential. All information is stored securely and is accessed by authorized personnel only. Bears Christchurch implements and maintains appropriate technical, security and organisational measures to protect Personal Data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and use, and against accidental loss, destruction, damage, theft or disclosure.

2. Collection and use

2.1 .General

The following sections cover the specifics of each of the three groups from which data is collected: website Visitors and Users.

2.2 Website Visitors

If you are a Visitor to our website only, and not a user of our platform, then this section is relevant for you.

By visiting this website, you consent to the collection and use of your Personal Data as described herein. If you do not agree with the terms set out herein, please do not visit this website. If required by applicable law, we will seek your explicit consent to process Personal Data collected on this website or volunteered by you. Kindly note that any consent will be entirely voluntary. However, if you do not grant the requested consent to the processing of your Personal Data, the use of this website may not be possible.

Bears Christchurch may collect, record and analyze information of Visitors to its website. We may record your IP address and use cookies. Bears Christchurch may add information collected by way of pageview activity. Furthermore, Bears Christchurch may collect and process any Personal Data that you volunteer to us in our website’s forms, such as when you register for events or sign up for information and newsletters. If you provide Bears Christchurch with your social media details, Bears Christchurch may retrieve publicly available information about you from social media.

Such Personal Data may comprise your IP address, first and last name, your postal and email address, your telephone number, your job title, data for social networks, your areas of interest, interest in Bears Christchurch products and events, and certain information about the company you are working for (company name and address), as well as information as to the type of relationship that exists between Bears Christchurch and yourself.

Bears Christchurch gathers data about visits to the website, including numbers of Visitors and visits, Geo-location data, length of time spent on the site, pages clicked on or where Visitors have come.

 

3. Retention and deletion

Bears Christchurch will not retain data longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations. When a users’s account is terminated or expired, all Personal Data collected through the platform will be deleted, as required by applicable law.

4. Acceptance of these Conditions

We assume that all Visitors to our website and users of Bears Christchurch platform have carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not agree with this privacy policy, they should refrain from using our website and platform. We reserve the right to change our privacy policy as necessity dictates. Continued use of Bears Christchurch website and platform after having been informed of any such changes to these conditions implies acceptance of the revised privacy policy.

5. Our Legal Obligation to Disclose Personal Information

We will only reveal a user’s personal information without his/her prior permission only when we have reason to believe that the disclosure of this information is required to establish the identity of, to contact or to initiate legal proceedings against a person or persons who are suspected of infringing rights or property belonging to Bears Christchurch or to others who could be harmed by the user’s activities or of persons who could (deliberately or otherwise) transgress upon these rights and property. We are permitted to disclose personal information when we have good reason to believe that this is legally required.

6. Bears Christchurch Data Protection Officer

Bears Christchurch has a “Data Protection Officer” who is responsible for matters relating to privacy and data protection. This Data Protection Officer can be reached at the following address:

• Bears Christchurch Trust
  Attn: Data Protection Officer
  PO Box 22300
  Christchurch
  New Zealand
  bears.christchurch@gmail.com

7. For Further Information

If you have any further questions regarding the data Bears Christchurch collects, or how we use it, then please feel free to contact us by email at: bears.christchurch@gmail.com, or in writing at the address above.