Occasionally, we may request information from you through direct email communication. This may involve details that could potentially identify you, such as your complete name, email address, home address, and phone number.
Why We Need this Information
We may require this information for several reasons, such as to process your bookings, reservations, or inquiries, or to personalize your experience with us. Additionally, this information can assist us in providing you with targeted marketing materials and updates on our services that may be of interest to you. We assure you that we will only use your information for the purposes for which it was collected and will handle it in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
At Kiwi Self Drive Tours , we abide by the “Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007” of New Zealand, which serves to safeguard you against unwanted emails. In 2017, the Act was amended to include new provisions for the sending of commercial electronic messages. These amendments require that commercial messages include accurate sender information, a functional unsubscribe mechanism, and must not be sent to addresses obtained through address-harvesting software or lists.
Security of your Personal Information
Protecting the security of our clients’ information is of utmost importance to us. Nevertheless, it’s important to note that there are inherent security risks when transmitting data over the Internet. We want to reassure our clients that we employ all available measures to safeguard their personal information. However, it’s impossible to guarantee complete security. To provide the highest level of protection, we have implemented various security measures such as firewalls and data encryption systems.
Cookies
Cookies are use to gather data and information from users of many websites, including ours; they are used as analysis tools and help provide a more personal service to individual users. They exist as very mall files on your computer hard drive, and ‘remember’ information about you, should you agree to their use.
To gain insight into how our customers use our site, we utilize cookies to gather information about the specific pages they visit. This information helps us tailor the site to better suit our customers’ needs. We only use this data for statistical purposes, and it’s deleted after use. Our third-party providers don’t retain any personal information about our customers.
You have the option to accept or reject cookies on your computer. We believe that cookies are crucial to understanding our customers’ needs and enhancing their satisfaction with our services. Our cookies don’t store any personal information, and we cannot access your computer through them.
By default, your browser may be set to accept cookies. However, you can change this setting if you wish, although we recommend allowing cookies to fully utilize the functions of our site.
Google Adwords
Our website utilizes Google Adwords remarketing services to display ads on third-party websites to people who have previously visited our site. This could take the form of an ad on a search result page or on a site within the Google Display Network. Third-party sites use cookies to display ads based on your previous visits to the Kiwi Self Drive Tours website. Any information collected will be used in compliance with both our privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
You can manage your preferences for how Google advertises to you on the Google Ad Preferences page. Alternatively, you can adjust your cookie settings or block them entirely using a browser plugin to opt out of this type of advertising.
Third Party Usage
Our site may include links to other, third-party, sites over which we have no control. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not cover those sites, and any information you provide that is used by third party sites – generally in relation to travel reservations – is subject to the privacy policy pertaining to that company. We can accept no liability for actions or policies relating to third party sites, and we hereby adviser our customers to read the privacy policies pertaining to them as there may be many differences.
Access and Correction
Should you wish, you are entitled to ask for all information that is held about you under the New Zealand Privacy Act, 1993, and we will be happy to provide you with any personally identifiable information we have access to, and to explain what we use it for. Please be advised a fee may be applicable.
If you believe the information we have is inaccurate, please contact us as advised below, and we will do all we can to make sure your personal information is current and complete.
Questions and Concerns
Should you have any questions with regard to this Privacy Policy, or if you have any concerns about our collection and use of personally identifiable information, please get in touch by email via info@kiwiselfdrivetours.co.nz
Other Important Information
Kiwi Self Drive Tours reserves the right to amend this Policy at any time, and by using the website you agree to abide by any revisions as and when they are posted. We are not required to advise users of any changes prior to amendment.
