Effective Date: 20 June 2023

Thank you for visiting Hannah’s Pottery Limited at https://hannahspottery.co.nz (“we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your data in compliance with the privacy laws and regulations of New Zealand, including the Privacy Act 2020.

1. Information We Collect

When you interact with our pottery website, we may collect certain personal information from you, such as:
• Your name, email address, phone number, and postal address.
• Payment details (such as credit card information) when making a purchase.
• Communication preferences and any messages or feedback you provide.
• Visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

2. Use of Personal Information

We collect and use your personal information for the following purposes:
• Communicating with you regarding your inquiries, orders, or requests.
• Sending you promotional materials, newsletters, or marketing communications if you have provided your consent.
• Processing your orders and delivering the requested products or services.
• Improving our website, products, and services based on your feedback and preferences.
Complying with legal obligations and enforcing our terms and conditions.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal information with trusted third parties in the following circumstances:
• Service Providers: We engage reliable third-party service providers to assist us in operating our website, processing payments, and delivering products or services. These service providers are obligated to handle your information securely and only use it for specific purposes as instructed by us.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes, or in response to valid requests from public authorities.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of our business assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will take appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality of your data during such transfers.

4. Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

5. 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.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

6. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute data security.

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

7. Your Rights

Under the Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to:
• Access and obtain a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correct or update your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Request the deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances.
• Restrict the processing of your personal information in certain situations.
• Object to the processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
If you have any questions, concerns, or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

8. Updates to Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any updates.
If you have any questions or require further information about our privacy practices, please contact us as per the details on our Contact Us page.

Last Updated: 20 June 2023