This policy explains how and when feathergirl.co.nz collects personal information, what we do with it and your right to see or change it.
Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy is to let users of feathergirl.co.nz (the ‘site’) know when we collect personal information and what we do with it.
We don’t use, share or transfer personal information in connection with the site except as set out in this policy, or as otherwise set out somewhere on the site (including in terms linking to the site).
Collection, Storage and Use of Personal Information
No need to disclose personal information
You can use the site without disclosing any personal information.
Your disclosure of personal information
You may choose to disclose personal information to us when you give feedback or in submission forms. This information can be viewed by site administrators and sometimes third-party contractors who administer or work on the site, or who work on special projects with us.
Don’t send us sensitive personal information or include any sensitive personal information in submission forms.
We will keep your name and email address. We will, from time to time, send out promotional emails through Mailchimp. It is easy to unsubscribe if you know longer wish to receive emails from Feathergirl. If you do not wish to receive emails from us, please let us know when you make a purchase.
Holding of information
If you provide personal information, it’s held by us. It may be shared with third-party contractors to the extent necessary for them to administer or work on the site, or to work on special projects with us. Email addresses are not made available to the public. Unless required by law, we won’t publicise the names or email addresses of individuals who provide feedback to us or who provide us with submission forms without their consent.
Use of personal information
We’ll only use personal information provided to us for the purpose of:
- administering, evaluating and improving the site
- improving our services, and
- communicating with you, including responding to your feedback and information provided in submission forms.
Feedback
Feedback is important and is used to evaluate and improve the site. If you provide feedback by email, that feedback is sent to appropriate Feathergirl staff. We may pass on relevant comments to other people within Feathergirl who administer or contribute content to the site. This could include your email address and other identifying information that you’ve provided.
Submission forms
If you provide us with a submission form, that submission form will be sent to Feathergirl staff. We may pass on relevant content from that submission form to third-party contractors to the extent necessary for them to administer or work on the site, or to work on special projects with us. This could include your email address and other identifying information.
Statistical information and cookies
Statistical information collected
We may collect statistical information about your visit to help us improve the site. This information is aggregated and doesn’t identify you personally. It includes:
- your IP address
- the search terms you used
- the pages you visited on our site and the links you clicked on
- the date and time you visited the site
- the referring site (if any) from which you clicked through to this site
- your operating system, for example Windows XP, Mac OS X
- the type of web browser you use, such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
- other things like your screen resolution and the language setting of your browser.
Use of statistical information
The statistical information referred to above can be viewed by site administrators. It may also be shared with third-party contractors to the extent necessary for them to administer or work on the site, or to work on special projects with us.
Cookies
This site generates persistent session cookies (that is, they have an expiry date and are removed on that date) for the purpose of monitoring site usage. The cookies don’t collect personal information. You can disable them or clear them out of your web browser without affecting your ability to use the site.