Effective date: 2026-03-23
At MBNZ (https://mbnz.co.nz), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information in accordance with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
1. Who we are
Our website address is: https://mbnz.co.nz.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information including:
- Name, email address, and phone number submitted via contact forms
- Information you provide when contacting us
- Technical data such as IP address, browser type, and device information
- Website usage data collected through cookies and analytics tools
3. Contact Forms
When you submit an enquiry through our website, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you provide. This information is used solely to respond to your enquiry, communicate with you, and provide our services.
4. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
5. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors to the website may be able to download and extract this location data from images on the website.
6. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to improve user experience and website functionality.
- If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving 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 leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
- If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set 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 set cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, 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 one day.
7. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example videos, images, and articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
8. Analytics
We may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website. This may include information such as pages viewed, time spent on the site, and general browsing behaviour. This information helps us improve our website and services.
9. How We Use Your Information
We use personal information to:
- Respond to enquiries
- Provide services and support
- Improve our website and user experience
- Maintain website security and prevent spam or misuse
10. Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share information only where required by law or where necessary to protect our legal rights.
11. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This helps us recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except they cannot change their username. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
12. What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
13. Your Rights in New Zealand
Under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to access and request correction of your personal information.
14. Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
15. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, disclosure, or alteration.
16. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us:
Email: info@mbnz.co.nz
Website: https://mbnz.co.nz