Read our privacy policy to learn exactly what we do (and don’t do) with the data we collect, and the technologies we use to maintain and improve our website and services.
This privacy policy applies to your access to, and use of, our website. It also applies when you use our services.
Definitions
In this policy:
- “our”, “we”, or “us” means Simpson Western
- “you” means you, the person visiting our website
- “services” means all goods or services we provide, and anything else we do for you
What kind of personal information we collect
If you’re just browsing our website
If you are only browsing and reading information on our website, then we collect and store the following information about your visit:
- your online device information, such as your IP address and device identifier (whether you’re on an iPhone, Android, Mac, PC etc.)
- the operating system and the browser your device uses
- your browsing behaviour (which pages you view)
- the date and time of your visit
- generalised location data (eg. which city you’re in)
If you engage with a form
If you engage with a web form, such as a contact form, we collect the following information in order to reply to you:
- your name
- your email address
- your phone number (if provided by you)
- your business/organisation name (if provided by you)
- the content of any messages that you send via our forms
How we share your information
We don’t. We’ll never share your data with anyone, unless either required to by law, or approved by you (in writing) in order to provide a product or service (for example, giving a courier your delivery address if we’re arranging the delivery of something to you, or on your behalf).
How we use your information
We use aggregated data to measure the number of visitors to different parts of our website and to measure and improve the effectiveness of our marketing communications and advertising.
If you choose to provide us with personal information (such as your email address), we will use that personal information to communicate with you, including in relation to all the goods and services which we provide to you or which we consider might be of interest to you. This may include electronic marketing communications, such as email marketing.
Advertising and analytics
We don’t use any cookies ourselves on our website. We do use a range of third party cookies via our advertising and analytics platforms. In these cases, your information may be used by that third party in accordance with its own privacy policy, such as Google Analytics. These third party cookies include the following features.
Google Analytics (including Demographics and Interest Reporting): This gives us insight into behaviour information relating to visitor age, gender and interests on an anonymous and aggregate level. See the Google Analytics privacy policy for more.
If you don’t want to use any cookies, most browsers allow you to control and manage the use of cookies through your browser settings.
How we store and safeguard your personal information
How long we keep your personal information
We only keep your personal information for as long as it’s needed in connection with the purposes for which it was collected, or as otherwise required by law.
When you submit data through a form on our website, this is stored on our web server for a limited period of time, before it’s erased. The information may be retained in our email inboxes however.
Our storage and security measures
We follow industry best practice to ensure the personal information we hold is secure.
Your privacy rights
You can access or ask us to update or correct your personal information by emailing us at hello@simpsonwestern.co.nz.
Changes to this policy
We may change this policy at any time. Any change we make applies from the date specified below.
Last updated 9 October 2024.