Privacy Policy

We comply with the New Zealand Privacy Act when dealing with personal information.
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person), and includes
personal data, personally identifiable information and equivalent information under applicable privacy
and data protection laws.
The use of the Contract Connections NZ app is subject to our app terms and conditions. If there is any
conflict between this privacy policy and the app terms and conditions, the app terms and conditions will
prevail.

1- Collection of information
(a) Information collected through our app may include personal information about you
(including identifiers, as set out in cl 2 below). For example, personal information may be:

(i) provided by you through registration on our app;
(ii) provided to us by you through any other method (such as by email and through
discussions); and
(iii) collected by us through click tracking in relation to your use of our app, including the
tracking of the content you access and any of our services you utilise; and
(b) Failure to provide necessary personal information when requested may result in some or all
of our services not being available to you.
(c) We may also collect aggregated information generated by our systems, which tracks traffic
to our app but does not relate to you personally (see cl 4 below).

2- Identifiers
Information about your computer/electronic device and about your visits to and use of the app
(such as your IP address, location, browser type and username) will be recorded when you log in
to our app. We may use this information to identify you. We will treat this information as personal
information.
We do not intend to collect personal information from children aged under 16. If you have reason
to believe that a child under the age of 16 has provided personal information to us through our
app and/or by using our services, contact us through the ‘Contact details’ section below.

3- Postings
The information that you post on our app, including your username, qualifications, and contact
information, can be viewed by other users of our app. If you use the discussion forum on our app,
be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit on the discussion forum can be
viewed and used by other users of our app. We take no responsibility for any information

submitted to the discussion forum. Further requirements in relation to postings are set out under
the heading “communication tools” in our app terms and conditions.
 

4- Other information
We will have access to and may use other information, such as number of users, traffic patterns
and demand for the service, to monitor server and software performance as well as for our other
internal purposes. We may also collect information about all system interaction with users while
they are logged in. This information is owned by us and may be used to verify actions taken by a
user or to better understand the behaviour of users in order to improve our app.
 

5- Use of information
We (and our employees, officers, agents, contractors and affiliates as defined below) may use the
personal information you provide:
(a) to verify your identity for use of our app, to conduct address verification or credit checks for
invoicing and billing purposes and to enrich your profile and search ability;
(b) to assist in providing better services to you by tailoring the services to meet your needs;
(c) to provide you with further information about us or other apps or products or services
offered by us or our related companies or which we consider may be of interest to you;
(d) to carry out marketing, promotional and publicity activities (including direct marketing),
market research and surveys;
(e) to keep our app relevant and of interest to users;
(f) to show you advertising and information that is most relevant to you and your interests;
(g) to assist in arrangements with other organisations (such as loyalty program partners) in
relation to a product or service we make available to you;
(h) to allow us to run our business and perform administrative and operational tasks (such as
training staff, risk management; developing and marketing products and services,
undertaking planning, research and statistical analysis; and systems development and
testing, keeping our records up to date, being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and
contractual duties);
(i) to comply with legal and regulatory requirements;
(j) to detect any fraud or crime, or money laundering and counter financing of terrorism in
connection with any laws, rules or regulations in New Zealand or overseas for analysis in
aggregate form (with identifiable characteristics removed so that you will remain
anonymous); and
(k) for any other purpose which is stated to you at the time of collection or that you otherwise
authorise.

6- Information sharing and disclosure
(a) We will not disclose personal information we collect from you through our app other than
as set out in this privacy policy or as otherwise agreed with you;
(b) We may disclose information about you, including your personal information, to our
affiliates or related companies (which means any person or other entity which directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with us) for the purposes
set out in clause 5;
(c) We may disclose information about you, including your personal information, to our
contractors and suppliers to enable them to provide services and products to us in relation
to our app, including transaction processing services, hosting services and support services.
(d) Information collected through our app that does not identify users (cleansed information) is
owned by us and may be disclosed by us. We may share aggregated demographic
information about our user base with our affiliates, partners and advertisers.
(e) At your request, we will share your personal information with your representative or any
person acting on your behalf (for example, financial advisers, lawyers, attorneys,
accountants, executors, administrators, trustees or auditors).
(f) We operate our business in New Zealand. We may need to share some of the personal
information we collect about you with organisations both inside and outside of New
Zealand. Sometimes we may need to ask you before this happens. We may also disclose
your personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably
necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and
conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

7- Advertising and third-party links
Our app may contain links to a variety of advertising and third–party app sources. Some of these
links may request or record information from users or use cookies or other methods to collect
information from you. We have no control over the content or privacy policy practices of those
sites and encourage our users to review the privacy policies of those sites before engaging in any
activity with them.
 

8- Security of your personal information
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or
unauthorised alteration of your personal information. However, due to the nature of email and
the internet, we cannot guarantee the privacy or confidentiality of your personal information. We
may store your information in cloud or other types of networked or electronic storage.
When you provide us with personal information, that information may be collected, stored, and
processed on servers located outside of New Zealand. As electronic or networked storage can be
accessed from various countries via an internet connection it is not always practicable to know in
which country your information may be accessed or held.

Sensitive information, such as information entered during the registration process, is encrypted
using SSL technology.
Credit card payments are encrypted and processed using an external credit card payment
processor and details are not stored by us.
 

9- Your Rights
Without limitation, you have the following rights:
(a) The right to be provided full information about your personal information that we hold.
(b) The right to require that we correct any incorrect information we hold about you.
(c) The right to ask that we delete or destroy your personal information. Please note that
certain conditions may apply to the exercise of this right.
(d) The right to ask that we restrict the use of your personal information. Please note that
certain conditions may apply to the exercise of this right.
To exercise your rights, or if you require further information about how your personal information
is used by us, you can contact us at: contractconnections@gmail.com.
You can also contact us if you have any questions or complaints about, or if you wish to restrict or
object to how we collect, use, disclose, manage or store your personal information. We will
respond to your request, where required by law, within one (1) calendar month from the date
your request is received. We will inform you if this timeframe is not achievable and extend this
timeframe as permitted by applicable law. Subject to applicable law, we may charge a fee to cover
the costs of meeting your request if your request is unfounded or excessive.
If we do not agree to provide you with access to, or to amend or erase, your personal information
as requested or otherwise meet your requests, we will notify you accordingly. Where appropriate,
we will provide you with the reason(s) for our decision and the mechanisms available to complain
about the refusal. If the rejection relates to a request to change your personal information you
may make a statement about the requested change, and we will attach this to your record.
In some circumstances, and subject always to legal obligations to the contrary, we may not be in a
position to grant access to your personal information or otherwise meet your requests with
respect to your personal information.
We are required to keep your information for so long as is required for our business operations or
by applicable laws.
 

1-0 Business transitions
If in the ownership of all or a portion of Contract Connections NZ Limited or our app changes, your
user information may be transferred to the new owner so that the app can continue operations.
In this event, your information will remain subject to this privacy policy.

11- Users outside New Zealand
The information we collect may be processed in and transferred between your location and New
Zealand. New Zealand may not have equivalent information protection laws to those in force in
your location.
 

12- Changes in privacy policy
We may occasionally make changes to our privacy policy or alter app functionality. We encourage
you to review the policy regularly for the latest information on our privacy practices.
 

13- Contact details
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, or any other matter (including a complaint),
please feel free to contact us. 

You can reach us at: contractconnections@gmail.com