Appleton Psychology (“we, us, our”) comply with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 when dealing with personal information. This applies to all personal information that we collect, process, or receive. This may be in person or via https://www.appletonpsychology.co.nz which we maintain (“the Website”), email, social media, apps, over the phone, or through other channels.
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person), and includes personal data, personally identifiable information and equivalent information under applicable privacy and data protection laws.
This policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020. For further information on the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, see www.privacy.org.nz.
This policy was drafted with brevity and clarity in mind. It does not provide exhaustive detail of all aspects of our collection and use of personal information. We are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Any request for further information should be sent to damien@appletonpsychology.co.nz
We may change this policy by uploading a revised policy onto our Website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.
This policy was last updated on Thursday 26th August 2021.
This privacy policy applies to personal information we collect from visitors to our Website, our customers and other persons with whom we deal directly.
Where we collect personal information from or about children aged under 16 for the purposes of providing our services, we rely on representations from customers that they have appropriate individual or parental consent for any such children.
We will collect your personal information where you choose to provide it. The type of personal information we collect depends on the nature of our relationship with you.
When you visit our Website, we do not collect any personal information about you, except to the limited extent through the use of cookies.
When you fill in a contact or enquiry form on our Website, call us, meet us in person or otherwise contact us, we collect your name, email address, phone number and any other information you choose to provide to us.
When you sign up to our newsletter and other electronic alerts, we collect your name, email address, phone number, user preferences and any other information you provide to us when you ask to receive our newsletter or other alerts. You can unsubscribe from them at any time.
When you purchase products or services from us, we may collect your name, date of birth, email address, phone number, credit card information, and any other information you submit to us for billing and order fulfilment purposes.
Where you provide us with your personal information, you agree to allow our use of this information as detailed in this Privacy Policy. We try to only collect the personal information necessary to fulfil your request. We will notify you where the information we ask for is additional or optional.
Some of the personal information that we collect directly from you may be mandatory and some may be optional. We will let you know which of these applies at the time we collect the relevant personal information. While you do not have to provide us with some of the information that we may request, this might mean that our services may not perform as well as they should, or that we may not be able to provide some parts of the website or all of our services to you. If you require further information about the consequences of not providing us with any information, please contact us at damien@appletonpsychology.co.nz
When you access and use our Website or related services we may automatically collect information about your device and usage of our Website, products and services, including your IP address, operating system, browser type, time spent on certain pages of the website, pages visited, links clicked and language preferences.
Some of this data is collected through third party tools and/or the use of cookies, web beacons and similar storage technologies. Please refer to our cookie policy below for further information, including information on how you can disable these technologies.
We may use your personal information to:
We may transfer your information in the case of a sale, merger, consolidation, liquidation, reorganisation or acquisition.
We may disclose your personal information to:
Also, we may share information about your use of our Website with our trusted advertising and analytics partners through the use of cookies, web beacons, and similar storage technologies. Please refer to our Cookie Policy below for further information.
A business that supports our Website, products and services or delivers services that we sell as agent may be located outside of New Zealand (the country where we are incorporated) and also outside of the country where you are located. This means that the personal information we collect may be transferred to, and stored in, a country outside of New Zealand and the country where you are located. Therefore we cannot guarantee that the same standards apply in that country as apply in New Zealand. By proceeding to give us your personal information, you acknowledge and consent to this arrangement.
For further information, please contact us at damien@appletonpsychology.co.nz
Some of the personal information we collect is processed in New Zealand. New Zealand is recognised by the European Commission as a country that has an adequate level of data protection and we may rely on this decision in transferring personal information to New Zealand.
As required by applicable law, we will take steps to keep your personal information safe from loss, unauthorised activity, or other misuse. You play an important role in keeping your personal information secure by maintaining the confidentiality of any password and accounts used in relation to our products and services. You should not disclose any such password to third parties. Please notify us immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security.
Subject to certain grounds for refusal under applicable law, you have the right to access your personal information that we hold and to request a correction to your personal information. Before you exercise this right, we will need evidence to confirm that you are the individual to whom the personal information relates.
Where you request a correction, if we think the correction is reasonable and we are reasonably able to change your personal information, we will make the correction. In all other cases, we will take reasonable steps to make a note of the personal information that was the subject of your correction request.
If you want to exercise either of the above rights, email us at damien@appletonpsychology.co.nz
Your email should provide evidence of who you are and set out the details of your request (e.g. the personal information to be corrected and the correction that you are requesting).
Subject to applicable law, we may charge you our reasonable costs of providing to you copies of your personal information or correcting that information.
While we take reasonable steps to maintain secure internet connections, if you provide us with personal information over the internet, the provision of that information is at your own risk.
If you follow a link on our Website to another website, the owner of that website will have its own privacy policy relating to your personal information. We suggest you review that website’s privacy policy before you provide personal information to that owner or website.
The personal information that we collect and use is not intended to be kept longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is collected. Generally, we will keep personal information we collect for no longer than 1 year unless the law requires that we keep it for longer.
If you have any question about this Privacy Policy, or our privacy practices, or if you would like to request access to, or correction of, your personal information, you can contact us at damien@appletonpsychology.co.nz
The name and contact details of our Data Protection Officer is:
Name: Damien Appleton
Email address:damien@appletonpsychology.co.nz
Our lawful basis for processing your personal information that we collect, use and disclose depends on the personal information collected and the context in which we collect it.
Generally, we collect personal information from you where we have your consent, where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, or where processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests (except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms).
Where we process personal information based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
Despite the above, we may process your personal information where such processing is necessary for compliance with applicable laws.
If you have any question about the legal basis on which we process personal information or need further information, please contact us at damien@appletonpsychology.co.nz
Your rights in relation to your personal information include:
Where personal information is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right to object to such processing, including profiling related to direct marketing.
If you would like to exercise any of your above rights, please contact us at damien@appletonpsychology.co.nz. If you are not satisfied by the way we deal with your query, you may refer your query to your local data protection authority.
We use cookies on our website and as part of our related services, and receive information collected through cookies. This cookie policy explains how we use cookies and how you can opt out of them.
By continuing to use our Website and related services, you indicate your agreement for us to use the cookies described below.
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your browsing device, e.g. a computer or smartphone, when you visit a website. Cookies can be recognised by the website that created them. This helps a website know if the browsing device has visited that website before.
Cookies can be used to collect information relating to your use of a website or your device, let you navigate between pages effectively, help to remember your preferences and generally improve your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure advertising you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.
Cookies can be session or persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary and only stay on your browser until you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire or are deleted.
The cookies used on our Website may be first party cookies (i.e. set by us) or third party cookies (i.e. cookies set on our website by a person other than us). The third party companies that place cookies on our Website will have their own privacy policies.
The types of cookies used by us are essential for the full functionality of our website and related services. They enable you to navigate around our Website and services and use their features e.g. accessing secure areas and enabling services that you have asked to receive. If you opt out of these cookies, you may not be able to access all the functions of our Website and some services that you have asked to receive.
We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitors to our Website. Google Analytics collects information related to your device, browser, IP address, network location, and website activities to measure and report statistics about your interactions on our website. We use this information to help us manage the performance and design of our website and to improve our website.
For further information on how Google uses your personal information when you use our website and how to opt out of Google’s use of cookies, see https://policies.google.com/privacy
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our Website and attempt to use our services, you may not be able to access certain parts of our Website or services, and some functionalities may not work.
You can find out more information about how to change your browser cookie settings at a website like http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk.
If you follow a link on our Website to another website, the owner of that website will have its own cookies and privacy policy. We encourage you to review that website’s cookie and privacy policy before you visit that website.