This policy sets out how we collect, use, share and protect your personal information. It incorporates the requirements set out in the Privacy Act 2020 and applies whenever you access our website, or apply for a service or use our services.
This policy is our general privacy policy. Any specific information we require from you and how we will collect and use that information is set out in supplementary documentation (including specific privacy policies provided to you from time to time), and this policy should be read in conjunction with those documents.
Who we are
Wesco Seeds Ltd website address, www.wesco.co.nz (for the purpose of this policy also referred to as “we,” “us” and “our”), respect your privacy and value the information you share with us.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
When you use our services (including our website and social media pages) or when you interact with us, we may collect personal information about you. This personal information may include:
- Full name
- contact information such as email and phone number
- computer or network or device
- device information (such as operating system version)
- interactions with us
We may collect and store information (including personal information) locally on your device, using your browser and application data caches, in software (such as client relationship management software), in the cloud and in offline backups.
We collect your personal information in order to:
- process your requests for our products or services that you place with us in person, through our website and by telephone;
- market our products and services which may be of interest to you, unless you inform us not to;
- respond to any issues you raise with us regarding any of our products or services;
- analyse and improve our products and customer services; and
- to facilitate our internal business operations, including fulfillment of any legal requirements.
We will take reasonable steps in the circumstances to check that the personal information we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete, relevant, not misleading and up to date.
The collection, use, storage, disclosure and correction of personal information is governed by New Zealand law. Personal Information is collected, used, stored, shared and retained in accordance with these terms and New Zealand law. New Zealand courts have exclusive jurisdiction.
We are not responsible for external sites that are linked to or from our website, so please review their individual policies.
We keep your information safe by storing it in encrypted database and only the Directors have access to it.
We keep your information for two years, at which point we securely destroy it.
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at admin@wesco.co.nz or 0800 643 643.
Who do we collect personal information from?
Wherever possible, we will collect personal information from you directly on our website or by phone.
We are also using third-party software to collect analytical and anonymous data such as device type, browser, and languages used.
How we are sharing data to:
We will never use, share, transfer, sell, rent, give away, barter, trade, or in any way misappropriate your information.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
COOKIES
Like many companies, Wesco Seeds use “cookie” technology on its website. A “cookie” is a small summary file containing a unique ID number that is stored on your computer by your browser. When you log in, the cookie tells Wesco Seeds whether you’ve visited the website before or if you are a new visitor.
The cookie doesn’t obtain any personal information about you or provide Wesco Seeds with any way to contact you, and the cookie doesn’t extract any information from your computer. Wesco Seeds uses the cookie to help it identify the relevant website features in which you have the greatest interest, so that it may better personalise your access to the website.
Wesco Seeds also uses the cookie to collect anonymous data from and about users of the website, including for Wesco Seeds digital advertising purposes, for example, in respect of Wesco Seeds remarketing activities which also employ user tagging technology such as Floodlight tag. Platforms used by Wesco Seeds for collecting such data include DoubleClick Campaign Manager, DoubleClick Bid Manager, Facebook Business Manager, Bing Advertising, Google Search Console, and Google AdWords. The data collected is encrypted and does not include any personally identifiable information.
If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can set your browser so that your computer does not accept them.