Dateable, operated by The Event Project Limited (we, us, our) complies with the New Zealand Privacy Acts 1993 and 2020 (the Act) when dealing with personal information. Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person).
This policy sets out how we will collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information.
This policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the Act. If you wish to seek further information on the Act, see www.privacy.org.nz.
By accessing or using Dateable, you consent to the collection, use, disclosure, storage and processing of your personal information in accordance with this policy and the Act. If you do not agree to this policy, you must not use Dateable.
We may change this policy by uploading a revised policy onto the website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.
This policy was last updated on 14/09/20
We collect personal information about you from:
If possible, we will collect personal information from you directly.
You are under no obligation to provide any such information. However, if you choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with certain services or functionality.
You can stop the collection of your personal information by cancelling your account, or by ceasing to use our products and services.
We collect personal information provided by you upon your registration to use the Dateable website, including (and not limited to) your full name, email address, residential address, date of birth, occupation and phone number. This information is not publicly displayed on the website, only on your private profile page that you can update at any time. Your personal information is used by us for the purposes outlined in the how we use your personal information section of this privacy policy.
When we make a match for you, you and your match with will be presented limited information about each other in an email; your profile picture, your first name, age, occupation and interests will be shared. When a match is confirmed by both members, mobile phone numbers will be exchanged. No other personal information provided by you during the registration process will be displayed, nor made available to other members in any way.
We will use your personal information:
You can unsubscribe from any marketing communications from us by following the instructions on any communications sent to you. You can also exercise this right at any time by contacting us using the details at the end of this privacy policy.
We may disclose your personal information to:
We will take reasonable steps to keep your personal information safe from loss, unauthorised activity, or other misuse.
In addition, our employees, partners and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information we hold. However, we will not be held responsible for any unauthorised access to your personal information.
You can play an important role in keeping your personal information secure by maintaining the confidentiality of any password and accounts used in relation to our products and services. Please do not disclose your password to third parties. Please notify us immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security.
Subject to certain grounds for refusal set out in the Act, you have the right to access your readily retrievable personal information that we hold and to request a correction to your personal information. Before you exercise this right, we will need evidence to confirm that you are the individual to whom the personal information relates.
In respect of a request for correction, if we think the correction is reasonable and we are reasonably able to change the personal information, we will make the correction. If we do not make the correction, we will take reasonable steps to note on the personal information that you requested the correction.
If you want to exercise either of the above rights, email us at hello@dateable.co.nz. Your email should provide evidence of who you are and set out the details of your request (e.g. the personal information, or the correction, that you are requesting).
We may charge you our reasonable costs of providing to you copies of your personal information or correcting that information.
While we take reasonable steps to maintain secure internet connections, if you provide us with personal information over the internet, the provision of that information is at your own risk.
If you follow a link on our website to another site, the owner of that site will have its own privacy policy relating to your personal information. We suggest you review that site’s privacy policy before you provide personal information.
We use cookies (an alphanumeric identifier that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive so that we can recognise your browser) to monitor your use of the website. You may disable cookies by changing the settings on your browser, although this may mean that you cannot use all of the features of the website.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, our privacy practices, or if you would like to request access to, or correction of, your personal information, you can contact us here: hello@dateable.co.nz.