Privacy Policy

Friends of Orton Bradley Park — privacy information for members and visitors. Last updated: 2025-10-05

About us

Friends of Orton Bradley Park ("we", "us", "our") is a New Zealand charitable organisation that supports Orton Bradley Park. This policy explains how we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information, and how you can access and correct that information.

What personal information we collect

We collect only the personal information necessary to run the organisation and provide membership services. This may include:

  • Full name
  • Email address
  • Payment and membership purchase details (e.g. donation or subscription records)
  • Any other information you provide when contacting us or completing forms

How and why we collect personal information

We collect personal information directly from you when you sign up for membership, make a payment, contact us, or otherwise interact with our website and services. The primary purposes for collection are: administering memberships, communicating with members, processing payments, providing receipts, and meeting legal or regulatory obligations.

How we store and protect your information

We store personal information in a secure database and on systems managed by us or our contracted service providers (for example, payment processors and website hosts). We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, unauthorised access, or misuse, including password protection, access controls and encryption where appropriate.

No security measure is perfect — if we become aware of a privacy breach that poses a real risk of serious harm, we will follow our legal obligations to notify affected individuals and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

Sharing and disclosure

We will not sell or otherwise disclose your personal information to third parties for marketing or commercial purposes. We may disclose personal information to third parties only where necessary for the purposes listed above (for example, payment processors, email delivery services, or our professional advisers) or where we are required or permitted by law to do so.

If personal information is transferred overseas (for example, to a service provider whose servers are located outside New Zealand), we will take reasonable steps to ensure it is adequately protected.

Cookies and website tracking

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site and to improve user experience (for example, to remember form inputs or to collect analytics about site usage). You can control cookies through your browser settings — blocking cookies may affect site functionality.

Your rights

Under New Zealand privacy law you have rights including:

  • the right to request access to personal information we hold about you;
  • the right to request correction of any personal information that is incorrect;
  • where applicable, the right to ask us to stop using or to delete your personal information (subject to legal or contractual requirements to retain records).

To exercise these rights, please contact our Privacy Officer (details below). We will respond to access and correction requests within a reasonable time and in accordance with the Privacy Act.

How long we keep your information

We retain personal information for as long as required to fulfil the purposes described in this policy, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. When information is no longer required it will be securely destroyed or de-identified.

Contact us / Privacy Officer

Privacy Officer: Friends of Orton Bradley Park

Email: privacy@ortonbradley.nz

Postal address: Marine Drive, Charteris Bay, Canterbury

If you have any questions about this policy, or you want to request access to or correction of your information, please contact us at the details above.

Complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response to a privacy request or complaint, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand:

  • Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand)
  • Website: privacy.org.nz

Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page shows when this policy was last revised.

This policy is written in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020 and related guidance from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand.