Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 24/08/2024
Welcome to xx.co.nz, your trusted platform for URL shortening and QR code generation. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal data, as well as your rights under relevant laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
- Personal Information: Name, email address, and any other information you provide when you sign up or contact us.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and information about how you use our website.
- Usage Data: URLs shortened, QR codes generated, and associated analytics data, including click rates, geolocation data (if provided), and other usage statistics.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to track your activity on our website to improve our services.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- Service Provision: To provide and maintain our URL shortening and QR code generation services.
- Customer Support: To respond to your inquiries, solve any issues you may encounter, and improve your experience on our site.
- Analytics and Improvement: To monitor usage, analyze trends, and improve our website’s functionality and user experience.
- Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms and conditions, and protect our rights and the rights of others.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)
Under the GDPR, we process personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: When you voluntarily provide personal information, you consent to its processing for the purposes stated above.
- Contractual Necessity: Processing necessary to perform the services you request.
- Legal Obligation: Processing required to comply with our legal obligations.
- Legitimate Interests: Processing based on our legitimate interest in providing and improving our services, provided it doesn’t override your rights.
- GDPR Data Protection: xx.co.nz is operated by Untagged Limited in the United Kingdom, and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fee has been duly paid.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell or rent your personal information. However, we may share your information with:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors who assist in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, provided they agree to keep this information confidential.
- Legal Requirements: Authorities or legal entities if required by law, or to protect our rights or the rights of others.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal data may be transferred as part of the transaction.
5. International Data Transfers
Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries other than New Zealand, including countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where such transfers occur, we ensure that they are protected by appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or other legally acceptable mechanisms.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. If you request the deletion of your data, we will erase it promptly unless we are required to retain it by law.
7. Your Rights
You have the following rights concerning your personal data:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure: Request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Restriction: Request the restriction of processing your data in certain circumstances.
- Data Portability: Request a copy of your data in a commonly used format.
- Objection: Object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
- Withdrawal of Consent: Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using our contact us form found on xx.co.nz.
8. Security of Your Data
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure.
9. Cookies, Tracking Technologies, and Google Analytics
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve user experience, analyze site traffic, and serve targeted advertisements.
We also use Google Analytics to collect and analyze website statistics. Google Analytics uses cookies and other identifiers to help us understand how visitors interact with our website, providing us with insights to improve our services. The information collected is anonymous and does not directly identify you. However, if you wish to opt-out of Google Analytics tracking, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our site.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed at individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child, we will delete it as soon as possible.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our website and updating the “Last Updated” date.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us using our contact us form found on xx.co.nz.
Thank you for using xx.co.nz. Your privacy is important to us.