Privacy

PRIVACY POLICY

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This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.bellanewzealandhoney.nz (the “Site”).

This Privacy Policy applies to all our sites (however accessed or used) whether via personal computers, mobile devices, or other technology ("Device") and other interactive features, applications or downloads that are operated by us that are available through these websites and contain this Privacy Policy produced and maintained by us (collectively "Site"). By using the Site, you acknowledge that you've read and understood this Privacy Policy.

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We will collect personal information when you provide to us, and only to the extent necessary to provide the product or service you requested or to carry out our internal administrative operations.

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 “Device Information”.

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

  • “Cookies” 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.
  • “Log files” 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.
  • “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number and product information. We refer to this information as “Order Information”.

When you subscribe to us, contact us or create an account in our Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, email address, etc. We refer to this information as “Contact Information”.

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

 

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill 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:

  • To quickly process your transactions.
  • To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
  • To follow up with you after correspondence (live chat, email, or phone inquiries)
  • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
  • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

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).

We use Contact Information to communicate with you and offer you your required service such as responding to queries and complaints; sending you marketing and promotional material; processing and operating your account after acquiring your consent. 

 

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information within Bella New Zealand Manuka Honey and with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also 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/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We share information on Social Media. Some of our Sites may include social media links such as Facebook. If you click on any of these links, it may collect your IP Address and record which page you were visiting at the time. Social media may also use cookies so that the feature can function properly. Social media are hosted by third parties. When you’re clicking them, your personal data will be processed by that third-party according to their own privacy policies.

Finally, we don’t and won’t sell your personal information.  We may 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.

 

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

We use regular Malware Scanning. We have an active SSL certificate to provide security for online communications, enabling an encrypted connection. 

 

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 Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

 

DATA TRANSFERS, STORAGE AND PROCESSING 

Bella New Zealand Manuka Honey conducts business throughout the world and the personal Information that we collect from you will be transferred to, stored at, or processed in our offices or by third parties carrying out such services on our behalf. All information we collect from you may be located in countries with privacy laws that may be different from where you live. We ensure your personal data is protected by requiring all our service providers to follow the same rules when processing your personal data. By using our Services, the transfer, collection, processing of data will occur as specified in this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, and any other terms provided at the time of collection. Whenever your personal information is transferred, stored or processed by us or by third parties carrying out such services on our behalf, we’ll take reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy of your personal information.

 

DATA SECURITY

Bella New Zealand Manuka Honey is committed to keeping your trust by protecting and securing your personal information. We have in place reasonable commercial standards of technology and operational security to protect all personal information provided to us from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. We limit access to personal information to individuals with a business need consistent with the reason the information was provided. 

The Internet is not 100% secure. We cannot promise that your use of our Sites and apps will be completely safe. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet. This includes not sharing your passwords. This Site may include links to third-party sites like Facebook or Instagram. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party sites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our Site, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every site you visit.

We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a data breach where we are legally required to do so.

 

HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. 

 

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

If you wish to unsubscribe from e.g. newsletters or marketing emails you will be able to do so via the link provided in those emails. If you wish to delete cookies placed, our Cookie Policy and Cookie Settings will help show you how to do that. Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data.These rights are as following:

Request disclosure of your personal information or access to your personal data (commonly known as a "data subject access request"). This enables you to receive additional details or a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it. The file containing your personal information will be kept on our servers and those of our service providers. 

This right is subject to certain exceptions (see below) allowed by law.

Exceptions

Your right to access your personal information is not absolute. In some circumstances, the law permits us to refuse your request to provide you with access to your personal information. Such circumstances may include where:

  • access would pose a serious threat to the life or health of any individual;
  • access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others;
  • the request is frivolous;
  • the information relates to a commercially-sensitive decision-making process;
  • access would be unlawful; or 
  • access may prejudice enforcement activities, a security function or commercial negotiations.

Request correction of the personal information that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.

Request deletion or erasure of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.

Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data's accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it. 

Right of data portability. We will provide to you or a third party you have chosen your personal data in a readily usable format or in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right is to in response to a request for disclosure or only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you. 

Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

Do not track right. California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Because there currently isn’t an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals. We don’t respond to them at this time. We wait for the result of work by the privacy community and industry to determine when such a response is appropriate and what form it should take. If you turn on Do Not Track in your site browser, we will respect your choice.

We don’t have any automated processing including profiling. If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, or you have any complaint about our processing of your personal data, please see Contact Us. To check and confirm you are the right data subject, please provide us with your name and email address when you email us. 

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY 

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. We will not change how we handle previously collected information without providing notice. If applicable, we will also obtain your consent. Please check our sites periodically for updates.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us at www.bellanewzealandhoney.nz

A member of our Customer Service team will try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.