This privacy policy explains how and when WellingtonNZ.com collects, stores, uses and discloses any personal information that you provide to us when using wellingtonnz.com (the ‘site’).
This website is operated by Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Limited, operating as WellingtonNZ (‘we’, ‘our’ or ‘us’).
This privacy policy is subject to and must be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use. Our privacy policy is compliant with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
We do not use, share or transfer personal information in connection with the site except as set out in this policy, or as otherwise set out somewhere on the site including in terms linking to the site.
We collect personal information that you freely give us. For example, your name, email address and phone number.
We collect data and process data when you:
We collect data about you so that we can:
We only collect your personal information for a specific purpose connected with the services we provide.
If you have agreed to receive marketing information from us, you have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes.
If you no longer wish to have contact with us for marketing purposes, you can:
We give visitors to our website the option of using a secure transmission method to send us their personal data. We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:
All our employees who have access to personal data must respect the confidentiality of your personal data. We will not disclose your personal data to authorities except if required by law or other regulations.
We store data in New Zealand and Australia. We handle and store data in Australia with the same level of protection as that in New Zealand.
We do not sell or rent in any way your personal data to our subsidiaries or any other organisations either in New Zealand or offshore.
You can ask us whether we are keeping personal data about you.
We will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you. This will take up to one month although we may need proof of your identity before releasing. We will provide the information without any charge.
We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data:
We reserve the right to refuse to provide our visitors with a copy of their personal data but will give reasons for our refusal. We do, however, allow you to challenge our decision to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.
If we have a privacy breach that has caused you or others serious harm (or is likely to) we will notify the Office of the Privacy Commissioner as soon as possible. We will also notify you as soon as we are aware of a breach that has affected you.
We take your privacy seriously. You can lay a written complaint with our Privacy Officer if for any reason:
Email: privacy@WellingtonNZ.com
Send postal mail to:
Privacy Officer WellingtonNZ
PO Box 10017
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
A cookie is a piece of code that creates a file on your computer to track the pages that you view on our website. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically using cookies or similar technology.
This site generates persistent session cookies to track site usage. These have an expiry date and are removed on that date. The cookies do not collect personal information. You can disable them or clear them out of your web browser without affecting your ability to use the site.
We use several cookies to help us improve your experience on our website. We collect information or use third-party software that we access securely. For example, Google Analytics reports on aggregate anonymised statistical information.
You can remove cookies from your browser or set your browser not to accept cookies. Find out how to edit your browser cookie settings on the All About Cookies website.
We automatically collect, hold, and use statistical information about website visits. This helps us improve our website for your use. Anonymous information we may collect includes:
Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, we encourage you to read their privacy policy.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email: contact@WellingtonNZ.com
Call: +64 4 916 1205
Send postal mail to:
WellingtonNZ
PO Box 10017
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
The Privacy Policy was updated in June 2023. This policy only applies to WellingtonNZ.com.