Seven Scents Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is https://www.sevenscents.co.nz
Effective Date: 2 March 2023
[email protected]
34/70 Kingsford Smith Street, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

Our goal with this privacy notice is to provide clear information about how we handle the information we collect from you, or that you provide to us. We value your privacy and are committed to keeping your personal information and any other information we collect confidential. As a user of our website, we understand that you want to be assured that your data is being used only for the purposes you intended and that it is not being shared with any third party without your knowledge and consent.

We have a strict privacy policy that is compliant with New Zealand law. If you have any concerns about our policy, please do not hesitate to inform us at [email protected].

We do not share, sell, or disclose any personally identifiable information collected on our website to any third party, except as outlined below. We collect information from you through our website or in other ways, and we do so only when necessary for a specific purpose. Below is a list of the information we collect and the reasons why we collect it. If you have any questions or concerns about any of the information we collect, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:
1.The personal data we will collect;
2. Use of collected data;
3. Who has access to the data collected;
4. The rights of Site users; and
5. The Site’s cooking policy.

The Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR
For users in the European Union, we adhere to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.
We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

Consent
By using our Site users agree that they consent to the:
1. the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make the processing that we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.
You can withdraw your consent by emailing [email protected]

Legal Basis for Processing
We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.
We rely on the following legal basis to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:
1.Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes.

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:
Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example, data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc;

Targeted cookies
Targeting cookies collect data on how you use the Site and your preferences. This allows us to personalise the information you see on our Site for you; and

Third-Party cookies
Third-party cookies are created by a website other than ours. We may use third-party cookies to achieve the following purposes:
a. monitor user preferences to tailor advertisements around their interests.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
User data will be stored until the purpose of the data collected has been achieved.
You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Personal Data We Collect
We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.
If you choose not to provide us with the personal data listed below, or if we are unable to collect that data, we may not be able to provide you with certain services or information, or may not be able to carry out an activity you have requested.

Data Collected Automatically
When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:
1. Location;
2. Hardware and software details;
3. Clicked links;
4. Content viewed.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way
We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:
1. First and last name;
2. Email address;
3. Phone number;
4. Address;
5. Payment information; and
6. Auto-fill data.

This data may be collected using the following methods:
1. Creating an account; and
2. Placing an order.

How We Use Personal Data
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site.
We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:
1. analytics and statistics.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:
1. communication and marketing; and
2. order processing; and
3. verifying your identity for security purposes; and
4. providing the services you’ve asked for.

Who We Share Personal Data With
Employees
We may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Third Parties
We may share user data with the following third parties:
1. google.

We may share the following user data with third parties:
1. behaviour on site.

We may share user data with third parties for the following purposes:
1.targeted advertising; and
2. conversion rate optimisation.
Third parties will not be able to access user data beyond what is reasonably necessary to achieve the given purpose.

Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties except in the following cases:
1. if the law requires it;
2. if it is required for any legal proceeding;
3. to prove or protect our legal rights; and
4. to buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.
If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How We Protect Your Personal Data
While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Your Rights as a User
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
1. right to be informed;
2. right to access;
3. right to rectification;
4. right to erasure
5. right to restrict processing;
6. right to data portability; and
7. right to object.

Children
We do not knowingly market to, collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact [email protected]

How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected
If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact us here:
34/70 Kingsford Smith Street, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
[email protected]

Do Not Track Notice
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We respond to browser-initiated DNT signals. If we receive a DNT signal that indicates a user does not wish to be tracked, we will not track that user. We are not responsible for and cannot guarantee how any third parties who interact with our Site and your data will respond to DNT signals.

How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure
In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, user, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

You can opt out of the user of your personal data for marketing emails. You can opt-out by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of any marketing email or updating your email preferences under “Your Account” or contacting [email protected]

Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints
If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority.

Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer at [email protected]