Last updated: July 2023
We are committed to respecting your privacy and ensuring the security of any personal information you provide to us.
Unless we expressly agree otherwise, any personal information you provide to us, whether via this website or otherwise, will be processed by us in accordance with this policy and all applicable privacy laws, including the Privacy Act 2020 (NZ) (Privacy Act).
This policy explains:
In this policy personal information means identifiable information about you, for example your name, email, address, phone number etc. If you cannot be identified (for example, when personal information has been aggregated and anonymised) then certain parts of this policy may not apply to that information.
In this policy, we, us, and our, refer to North Otago Irrigation Company Limited. For more information about us please see the “Contact us” section below.
The information you may provide to us may include:
If you choose not to provide us with your personal information, then we may be unable to provide you with access to some of our services and some functions and features on our website may not be available to you.
We may collect personal information about you from third parties with your consent or where otherwise permitted by law (for example, where the source of the information is publicly available).
Where you provide us with any personal information about a third party, you must have that third party's consent to do so. By providing us any third party personal information, you warrant that you have that third party's permission to provide that information to us.
We will primarily use your personal information to provide you with any goods and/or services you have requested and to support our relationship with you.
We may also use your personal information for:
We may disclose your personal information:
The third parties to whom we disclose your personal information may be located within or outside New Zealand. Where any disclosure is to an overseas third party we will only make that disclosure in accordance with the requirements for overseas transfers of personal information as set out in the applicable privacy law.
You may request more information about the safeguards that we have put in place in respect of overseas transfers of your personal information by contacting our privacy officer using the details below.
We will not keep your personal information for longer than is reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy. We are committed to keeping your personal information as safe and secure as possible and we follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us.
While we continuously implement and update our administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, destruction, or alteration, we cannot guarantee the security of the transmission or storage of your personal information.
Under the Privacy Act, you have certain rights in connection with your personal information, including rights to request access to, and correction of, your personal information.
These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions as set out in the Privacy Act.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact our privacy officer using the details below.
If you are unsatisfied with the handling of your request, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand for review of our handling of your request.
We may need to update this policy from time to time, including when necessary to reflect changes to this website, updates to our services or to reflect any change in law.
When we update this policy, we will revise the “Last updated” at the top of this policy. Where the changes are material, we will use reasonable endeavours notify you – usually by prominently posting a notice of those changes on our website or by sending you an email.
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or our processing of your personal information, you can contact us at: office@noic.co.nz.