Privacy Policy

Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust is mindful of protecting your privacy. We are committed to honouring the privacy of visitors to our website. This policy sets out how we handle email addresses, privacy and cookies. You have the right to access, edit and request deletion of any personal information concerning you, pursuant to the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993.

Email Address

We will only record your email address if you subscribe to any of our services. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. We will not use your email address or any of your personal details for any other purpose without your consent and we will not disclose your email address without your consent. Electronic mail submitted to NZ LAW is handled and saved according to the provisions of the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993.

Privacy

Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust does not collect your name, email address or other personal information when you access or use the Website unless you choose to provide it to us voluntarily or if we explicitly ask for this information (to authenticate you as part of login procedures, or for promotional purposes). We do, however, collect data to help us determine which pages are most popular, peak usage times and other information that helps us make the Website easier and more efficient for you to use.

Some parts of the Website use JavaScript to provide additional functionality for the user. JavaScript is a programming language that runs within a browser. If you decide to disable JavaScript within your browser you may lose some of the web page functionality.

Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust is an agency for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1993. All personal information that you supply to R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust, on the Website or otherwise, will be treated in accordance with that Act. R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust collects, stores and uses any personal information that you do supply in order to comply with certain laws and regulations. You agree that we may use any information that you provide us with to keep you informed and up-to-date with reports, statements, newsletters and details of products and services and to provide you with additional information about the full range of products and services we offer.

You have the right to ask to see information R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust holds about you and if you believe the information is incorrect to ask that it be corrected. Further information about privacy and the New Zealand Privacy Act is provided by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (www.privacy.org.nz).

 

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The cookie is stored on the user’s machine, but it is not an executable program and cannot do anything to your machine.

Whenever a web browser requests a file from the same web server that sent the cookie, the browser sends a copy of that cookie back to the server along with the request. The use of cookies is now standard for most websites. If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can manage and control them through your browser, including removing cookies by deleting them from your ‘browser history’ (cache) when you leave the site.

Our service providers may use analytics cookies, which can also be called performance cookies, to collect information about your use of our site. The analytics cookies collect information which, amongst other things, allows us to count our audience size and see usage patterns. The analytics cookies also record if you experience difficulties using our site, which can assist us in improving functionality.

The R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust service providers may also use targeting and tracking cookies to understand your interests and behaviours as you browse our site, so we can deliver a more personalised experience in the future. This may also assist us in delivering relevant advertising to you during various advertising campaigns we may run through participating third-party sites.

The R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust website uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage.

Please note, by using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in ‘How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps’ which is located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.