Privacy Policy
This privacy statement explains how Odyssey collects, stores, uses and shares your personal information in relation to our website and our social media platforms.
The Privacy Act 1993 requires us to tell you certain things about the personal information we need to carry out our functions. This is where we explain our privacy practices and why you can trust us to handle your information with care and respect.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner provides further details of the New Zealand Privacy Act and how it protects personal information in New Zealand.
Here are a few privacy messages to note:
We only collect personal information where this is necessary to carry out our functions
We store all our website data via a cloud-based content management system
We will only use and share personal information where necessary to carry out the functions for which we collected it, or if required by law
You can ask us for a copy of your personal information at any time. We will be as open as we can with you but must also ensure we meet our Privacy Act obligations
Access to and use of our website and social media platforms is voluntary
If you cannot find the information you need below, or you have concerns about the way we are managing your personal information, then please contact us.
We may update this privacy statement from time to time, for example to reflect changes to the Privacy Act.
What information do we collect?
Effectively engaging with you requires us to collect and use some personal information. However, we only collect the personal information you choose to give us, and you can opt out of our communications activities at any time.
We do not ask for or collect any personal details about you via our website. We do however collect the following information about your use of our website (though please note we make no efforts to associate this with your identity):
Your IP address
The search terms you used
The pages you accessed on our website and the links you clicked on
The date and time you visited the site
The referring site (if any) through which you clicked to our website
Your operating system (such as Windows 10)
The type of web browser you use
We also collect aggregated data. This information is generated by our systems as they track traffic through our sites. This information does not identify you personally and is not linked to the personally identifiable information that you may have provided.
The website may also use cookies to enhance the user experience and functionality.
“Cookies” are small pieces of information stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies do not contain personally identifying information. It does provide details of your IP address, the computer platform that you use, the browser that you use and what domain you are accessing our sites from. With this information we can do the following:
Track traffic patterns to our site.
Ensure that the most relevant content is being shown.
Most web browsers are set up to accept cookies; you can usually change your browser settings to refuse cookies. You will still be able to visit our sites with cookies disabled.
The information we may collect when you engage with us via our social media platforms (such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) includes:
Your name (if you choose to provide it)
Your contact details, including your address, email address or phone number
The content of your enquiry
Any questions or comments you submit
Who do we share this information with?
We will not share the information that we collect with any third parties.
When you communicate with us using social media platforms, the social networking service may collect your personal information for its own purposes.
These services may track your use of our website on those pages where the links are displayed. If you are logged in to those service (including any Google service) while using our site, their tracking will be associated with your profile with them.
These services have their own privacy statements which are independent of ours. They do not have any access to the personal information we hold on our systems.
Security
We take all reasonable steps to ensure the personal information we collect is protected against loss, unauthorised access and disclosure of any other misuse.
Contact Us
The Privacy Act gives you the right to access and correct, update or delete any personal information that we hold about you. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with Odyssey, you can contact us.