Terms & Conditions

We & Co Terms & Conditions 

 This policy explains how and when We&Co Limited collects personal information, what the company does with the information and users’ right to see or change it.

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy is to let users of Weand.co.nz  (the ‘website’) know when the company collects personal information and what we do with it. The policy also covers the domain name management portal and the design system.

 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 website. 

Terms of use 

 Collection, storage and use of personal information

 You can use the website — including completing user research tasks — 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, staff 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.

Holding of information

 If you provide personal information, it’s held by the company. 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 website
• 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 website. If you provide feedback by email, that feedback is sent to appropriate We & Co staff. We may pass on relevant comments to other people within We & Co 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 appropriate staff. We may pass on relevant content from that submission form to other people within We & Co or third parties who administer or are participating in the particular project or consultation that the submission form relates to. This could include your email address and other identifying information.

Statistical information and cookies

 We may collect statistical information about your visit to help us improve the website. 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 and certain other We & Co staff. 

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.

Correcting your personal information

Your rights

Under the Privacy Act 1993, you have the right to access and ask us to correct any of your personal information provided to We & Co Limited in connection with your use of this website.

Contact us if:

• you would like to see or change your personal information We & Co has stored, or
• you have any concerns regarding your privacy.
• We & Co may require proof of your identity before being able to provide you with any personal information.

We & Co Limited

Email: info@weandco.co.nz 

If you have a privacy complaint

If you’re not satisfied with our response to any privacy-related concern you may have, you can contact the New Zealand Government.