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Privacy Policy Statement
Your privacy is important to us and we take our obligations under the Privacy Act 2020 and the information privacy principles in the Privacy Act seriously. Getting privacy right is fundamental to maintaining the trust and confidence of our customers and stakeholders. This Privacy Statement has been prepared in accordance with our obligations, and your rights under the Privacy Act.
Our privacy statement sets out how, and why CST Project Support Limited collects and stores your personal information, what we will use it for and with whom we can share it, and how you can access or correct your own information.
Certain products and services we provide may be subject to additional terms and conditions, and privacy policies. Therefore, we recommend that you carefully read the terms and conditions and any specific privacy policy that apply to the particular products and services we offer.
We may update this Privacy Statement to ensure we keep up with changes to our business and reflect changes to the Privacy Act.
www.cstprojectsupport.co.nz
Business Portfolio Website
Effective date 01/07/2025
www.cstprojectsupport.co.nz (the "Site") is owned and operated by Directors
Craig Christie and Kristy Northcroft, of CST Project Support Limited.
Craig Christie can be contacted at: craig@cstprojectsupport.co.nz
Kristy Northcroft can be contacted at: kristy@cstprojectsupport.co.nz
Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the following:
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the personal data we will collect
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use of collected data
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who has access to the data collected
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the rights of Site users.
This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.
Consent
By using our Site users agree that they consent to:
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the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy; and
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the collection, use, and retention of the data listed in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Data We Collect
We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.
If you choose not to provide us with the personal data listed below, or if we are unable to collect that data, we may not be able to provide you with certain products, services or information, or may not be able to carry out an activity you have requested.
Data Collected Automatically
When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:
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location
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clicked links; and
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content viewed
Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way
We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:
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first and last name
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email address
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phone number; and
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information you share with us about your enquiry
This data may be collected using the following methods:
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Contact form, testimonials, complaints, questions, messages
How we use personal data
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy. The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:
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statistics
The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:
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communication
Who we share personal data with
Employees
We may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Third Parties
We may share user data with third parties:
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I.T Repair Specialists
We may share user data with third parties for the following purposes:
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To administer or work on the website
Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:
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If the law requires it
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If it is required for any legal proceeding
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To prove or protect our legal rights; and
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To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.
Social media features
Our Website and Services may include social media features, such as the Facebook and LinkedIn, Share This buttons, etc (collectively, “Social Media Features”). These Social Media Features may collect your IP address, what page you are visiting on our Website and Services and may set a cookie to enable Social Media Features to function properly. Social Media Features are hosted either by their respective providers or directly on our Website and Services. Your interactions with these Social Media Features are governed by the privacy policy of their respective providers.
If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.
How long we store personal data for
User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.
You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.
How we protect your personal data
In order to protect your security, we use browser encryption and store all of our data on servers in secure facilities. All data is only accessible to our employees. Our employees are bound by strict confidentiality agreements and a breach of this agreement would result in the employee's termination.
While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore, we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.
Children
The minimum age to use our website is 18 years of age. We collect personal data of children under 18 years of age with the express consent of their parents or guardians. This consent is collected as follows:
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verbal consent from school teachers in charge participating in education initiatives
How to access, modify, delete, or challenge the data collected
If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, or if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, please contact our privacy officer here:
Kristy Northcroft
Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience. CST Project Support does not use cookies on our Site to gather personally identifiable information.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer, Kristy Northcroft, at: kristy@cstprojectsupport.co.nz or;