Treacy Ireland | Christchurch Real Estate | Chch Apartment Specialist

Consent

By using my website, you accept the terms of this Policy. You also consent to me collecting, storing, and using your personal information for the purposes for which you provided it.

The information we collect:

Personally identifiable information is collected from you when you:

complete one of the online forms: enquiry form, or property appraisal form
register for the newsletter

Personal information is also collected from any verbal or written communications between you and us, such as:

during telephone conversations
via email messaging
via text messaging
via social media messaging
while visiting open homes

The information collected includes:

your name
your email address
your telephone number(s)
your physical address
purchase information

Providing some information is optional but if you choose not to provide required information, your enquiry will be unable to be processed.

Your personal information is collected in order to:

communicate with you, including responding to your feedback and information provided in submission forms
administer, evaluate and improve our site
improve our services
conduct administrative tasks within our business
enable your use of the services available on our website
send you relevant commercial communications via email and/or other messaging
send you email notifications and our client newsletter that you have specifically requested
send you marketing communications relating to our business, that you have specifically previously agreed to, or which we think may be of interest to you (you can opt out of these marketing communications at any time)
deal with enquiries and complaints made in relation to our website, content, or suppliers
for any other purpose for which you give your consent e.g. requesting a newsletter
unless you give us permission to reuse your personal information, we only hold this information for as long as it is required for the purpose for which it was provided. We then destroy or de-identify personal information unless we are otherwise required or authorised by law to retain the information.

We also collect non-identifiable information, when you engage with our website, such as:

Your device ID, device type and information, geo-location information, Internet Protocol (IP) address and standard web log information. This information is manged with regular rotational purges.
We use Google Analytics software to help measure traffic patterns to, from, and within our website. This service is used to anonymously aggregate website statistics such as number of page views, the number of visitors, time spent on our site, browser types, and common entry and exit points into and from the website. All information is aggregated by Google Analytics and provided to us to help us better understand usage of our website — no individual visitors are identified. Google Analytics is a leader in the industry and their systems have been adopted as an accepted website traffic measurement standard amongst major websites. You can learn more about Google Analytics by visiting the following links:
Google Analytics
Google Privacy Policy
In addition to Google Analytics, we use other third-party email marketing tools to track how our website performs to make sure we are constantly improving our services. These third-party sources cannot identify you. All sources are secure and private. These third-party marketing sources will never contact you directly or share your data for their own purposes.
Currently we hold secure accounts with marketing services with:
VaultRE software. Please see their Privacy Policy here: https://www.mrisoftware.com/nz/privacy-policy/
Viewing Tracker Please see their Privacy Policy here: Viewing Tracker Privacy Policy
NZ Real Estate Trust Please see their Privacy Policy here:
Real Estate Trust Privacy Policy
Social Media Advertising
Currently we use Facebook and Instagram. Please see their Privacy Policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy Instagram Privacy Policy
Cookies are small files that a website can send to your computer which can be stored on your hard drive (persistent cookies) or in memory (session cookies). Cookies store information about your preferences on a particular website and can remain on your computer once you have exited from that website. We do not use cookies to gather information about you, nor do we have plans to implement such technology in the future. In some cases, cookies may be used for operational purposes only.

Disclosure of personal information

We do not and will never disclose any personal information you provide to us to any outside parties without your permission, unless it is necessary for us to do so to carry out our service to you, for example with our:

trusted business partners
service providers such as our web host, IT system administrators and professional advisors
software providers such as customer relationship management and accounting software
contractors who work with us to provide specific services

or otherwise as required by law.

Your personal information will only ever be disclosed to third parties here in New Zealand (or outside of New Zealand as applicable) who have agreed to treat your personal information in a manner consistent with New Zealand’s privacy laws.

Security of information

We employ all reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information. We hold your personal information digitally in secure databases operated by our third-party service providers. Hard copies of personally identifiable information are contained within a cabinet in our secured offices.

Access to your information within our organisation is limited to employees that are entitled to access this information as a requirement of their role.

Our website uses secure sockets layer (SSL) technology which establishes an encrypted link between our web server and a user’s web browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browser remain private. However, by using our site, you acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet, regardless of how securely we store your data.

Links to other websites

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the accuracy or the privacy practices of such sites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected on this website and/or in any verbal or written communication that occurs between us.

Accessing and updating your personal information

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you would like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at the details provided at the bottom of this page.

If at any time you would like to opt out of receiving any correspondence from us or would like your personally identifiable information removed from our database, please contact us using the details at the bottom of this page and we will honour your request.

Amendments to our Policy

We may, from time to time, amend this Privacy Policy. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the updating of this Privacy Policy on our website. Following any changes, should you continue to use our services, it will be deemed that you have agreed to such changes.

Making a complaint

If you believe your privacy has been breached or if you have a complaint about our handling of your personal information, please contact us using the details below.

We take privacy complaints seriously. If you make a complaint, we aim to respond within 3 business days to acknowledge your complaint at which time we will let you know how long we will take to resolve your complaint. We will investigate your complaint and write to you to explain our decision as soon as practicable.