PRIVACY POLICY
GSB Supplycorp Limited (GSB) is committed to protecting the privacy of any personal information you may provide to us whether in person or via any website. GSB's Privacy Policy (herein referred to as "Privacy Policy") explains how we collect and use your personal information, the security precautions we take, how you can access your personal information and how you can complain if you are of the view that your privacy has been breached.
GSB operates the websiteswww.gsb.co.nz, www.gsbexpress.co.nz, www.club1.co.nz, www.procurementonline.co.nz
The Internet offers the chance to collect information about site users. This information can be personally identifiable information or aggregated information. However your privacy is important to us at GSB and we want to be sure that you understand the terms and conditions relating to the way in which we collect information and the use of that information. This Privacy Policy tells you what information we collect what we do with it and your rights to view, correct or change it.
OVERVIEW
GSB allows you to buy products and services, create profiles of your business? product and service needs, receive special discounts, and receive newsletters, e-mails or other promotional information from us. We use the information that we collect about you to fulfil your product and service purchases and to create a more personalised online experience.
This Policy may change from time to time, so please check back periodically. Except as limited below, we reserve the right to use or disclose your personally identifiable information for business reasons in whatever manner desired.
Except as otherwise discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you online. For some services, we either collect and transfer personal information to a service provider you have selected, or you may visit other suppliers through links on our site who may collect and use your personal information. In those cases the third-party service provider or merchant's privacy policy will govern how your information is handled. We encourage you to ask questions and to be very cautious before you disclose your personal information to others.
INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
As part of our operations we may gather certain types of information about the users of our sites:
- Personally Identifiable Information. This is provided by you when you register for deals that we may offer. Providing this information will always be optional for you. However, some services may not be available to you if you chose not to provide it.
- 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.
COMMUNICATION AND LINKING
Email
We may send GSB Users and or Subscribers emails about offers, deals, promotions and other email correspondence they elect to receive, in addition to customary business communications. Further, it is our policy to immediately remove any member from any mailing list upon the member's request.
Sharing Offers and Deals
The GSB Express website allows users to communicate deals to other friends and contacts via means such as email, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. You may not use the sharing function to send spam or otherwise send content that would violate our Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions.
Social Media Connections
GSB users may be able to connect their Social Media accounts such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Note your basic information, and other profile data may be shared with us from these social media sites.
Twitter
GSB users may be able to share Offers and Deals on their Twitter accounts. By sharing Deals and interacting on Twitter we may monitor this publically available activity and information.
Control of Your Password
You are responsible for all actions taken with your GSB accounts, email address and password. Therefore, we do not recommend that you disclose your GSB password to any third parties.
Google Analytics - internet statistics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about use of the site, such as the number of visitors per day or the number of pages requested per day. To do this, we have a small piece of code on each page which counts these statistics.
For more information, view Google Analytics terms of service.
COOKIES
A cookie is a small file that resides on your computer and is recognised by our server when you visit our sites. A cookie does not provide us with any personally identifiable information. It does provide details of your IP address, the computer platform that you use (e.g. Mac or Windows), the browser that you use (e.g. Microsoft Explorer or Netscape) 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.
- If you would rather we did not use cookies with you, you can refuse them by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive. You will still be able to visit our sites.
WHO WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH
- We will not share the information that we collect with any third parties apart from contracted suppliers; if you have registered they can contact you with information about your account, special promotions and offers of their products and services.
- The information may be hosted with a service provider. Our agreements with them protect the information that we collect from any use by them that we have not authorised.
- The aggregated data (not the personally identifiable information) may be shared with third parties such as prospective contracted suppliers.
- Your personally identifiable information may be shared with third parties when we believe in good faith that we are required to do so by law.
- If we have asked your prior permission (which we would usually do at the time of collection), we may share the information with specified third parties.
WHAT ELSE WE DO WITH THE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
We have collected this information in order to provide the best possible service to you while you are visiting our site. To this end we may use the information that you provide for the following purposes:
- To verify your identity if you need help with a forgotten password or you are having login problems with one of our site services.
- To help provide any other services that you have requested.
- To offer the most relevant information suitable to you and your interests.
- For any marketing, promotional, publicity, direct marketing or market research that we might undertake.
- For any other purposes for which you have given permission.
OPTING IN AND OPTING OUT
You will always have the option to opt in to certain deals and to opt out of those deals at any stage. This means you may change your mind at any stage about receiving emails or promotions regarding GSB's products or services.
CAN WE CHANGE THIS POLICY?
In order to reflect the fact that our business is growing constantly, we reserve the right to change this policy at any time. We will notify site users of any changes to the Privacy Policy.
YOUR RIGHT TO ACCESS YOUR INFORMATION
The New Zealand Privacy Act of 1993 gives you the right to access and correct this information. To find out more about how to do this, please contact GSB on freephone 0508 20 30 40 or via email ask@gsb.co.nz. Alternatively post your updates to P O Box 6023, Marion Square, Wellington.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (http://www.privacy.org.nz) provides further details of the New Zealand Privacy Act and how it protects personal information in New Zealand.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
GSB Supplycorp Limited holds all copyright and other intellectual property rights in this website and reserves all rights as provided in this disclaimer. You may electronically reproduce and store the contents of this website solely for the purposes of viewing this web site, or saving website content, for your own personal use. You may not display or distribute the content of any of these pages in public or where the content is accessible to the public, including any reproduction in any form on the Internet, without permission from GSB Supplycorp Limited.
Any infringement of GSB Supplycorp Limited's intellectual property rights will be fully enforced under New Zealand law.
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