BJ Ball Privacy Policy

BJ Ball Limited (New Zealand) (Company Number 2143159)and its related entities (referred to as BJ Ball,we,us, or our) are committed to the protection of personal information in accordance with the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) as set out in the Privacy Act 2020 (Privacy Act).

This Privacy Policy describes the manner in which we collect, hold and use information that is covered by the Privacy Act. It is not intended to cover categories of information that are not covered by the Privacy Act. If you wish to make any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact us in any of the ways specified in clause 13.

References in this Privacy Policy to "you" are references to you as an individual and/or as a company, organisation or trust as applicable.

We may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy including to take into account new laws, regulations and technology. All personal information held by us will be governed by our most recent Privacy Policy, posted on our website (www.bjball.co.nz) (Website). Our most recent Privacy Policy will apply to our collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information.

  1. What information is covered by the Privacy Act?

"Personal Information" is information about an identified individual

  2.What kind of information do we collect and hold?

We may collect and hold Personal Information about you such as your name, gender, date of birth, contact details (including your address, phone numbers and emails, whether personal or for work), financial information, payment details, bank account details, IRD number, GST number, director details, New Zealand Business Number (NZBN), New Zealand Company Number (NZCN), products and services information and preferences. We may also collect Personal Information that you submit to us via the Website, including when you apply for a credit account with us.

  3. Why do we collect Personal Information?

3.1 Why do we collect your information?

We collect Personal Information from customers, employees, contractors and other individuals that is reasonably necessary for one or more of our functions or activities, including: in order to allow us to conduct our business functions, to meet any regulatory requirements which apply to our business, to market and sell our products and services, including using third party providers to process sales and deliver our products; to improve our products and our marketing; and to conduct employee related activities.

3.2 How you may deal with us

You have the option to deal with us anonymously or by using a pseudonym. However you acknowledge that where this is impractical (for example when you enter into a contract with us) or where the law or a court order provides otherwise, we are not required to provide these options to you.

If you choose not to provide your Personal Information to us, we may not be able to undertake certain activities for you such as providing you with requested information, products or services.

  4. Collecting Personal Information

4.1 When and how do we collect your information?

We collect Personal Information directly from you when you: visit our Website, supply or buy products or services, including when you order online or request a refund, request information about us or our products or services, provide feedback, respond to a survey, change your content or email preferences, enter into an agreement or contract with us, establish records and systems to facilitate payment arrangements with us, fill in a form or a request for product or services (including an application for a credit account with us or an application to participate in a promotion), fill in a form on our Website, when you apply to or become an employee of BJ Ball, or otherwise contact us by telephone, facsimile, email, post or in person.

If you provide Personal Information about other individuals to us, you must ensure that you have informed those individuals that you are providing their Personal Information to us and that you have obtained their consent and advised them of our Privacy Policy.

4.2 Do we collect information about you in other ways?

We may also collect Personal Information about you via third parties including from our suppliers, merchants, direct mail, events or online marketing or related companies.

In some circumstances we may receive Personal Information that we have not requested. If this occurs, we will comply with our obligations under the Privacy Act. You acknowledge that we may de-identify and/or destroy this information unless we are required to keep it by law.

  5. Information collected via our Website

5.1 Website terms of use

This Privacy Policy together with our Website usage terms and conditions(Website Terms of Use)govern how we use, collect or disclose Personal Information provided on our Website. By using the Website you agree to the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy and theWebsite Terms of Use. Both the Privacy Policy and theWebsite Terms of Useare posted on the Website. We will not collect any Personal Information about users of our Website except when they knowingly provide it or as otherwise described below. For example, we may collect Personal Information from users of the Website when they:

(a)             order products and services online, including requesting refunds;

(b)             complete an online form, including applying for credit, registering to receive updates, promotional material or other information; and/or

(c)              otherwise correspond with us.

5.2  Click Stream Data

When you visit and browse our Website, our Website host may collect Personal Information for statistical, reporting and maintenance purposes. Subject to clause 7.2, the Personal Information collected by our Website host will not be used to identify you. The information may include:

(a)             the number of users visiting our Website and the number of pages viewed;

(b)             the date, time and duration of a visit;

(c)              the IP address of your computer; or

(d)             the path taken through our Website.

Our Website host uses this information to administer and improve the performance of our Website, including to assist with the diagnosis of and to provide support for any issues with our Website or services.

5.3 Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are transferred to a user's computer hard drive by a website for the purpose of storing information about a user's identity, browser type or website visiting patterns.

If you access our Website, a cookie is downloaded on to your computer's hard drive when you first log on to our Website. We use cookies to allow us to personalise your browsing and online experience on our Website. You can adjust your internet browser to disable cookies, however we may not be able to provide you with all the service or functionality you require on our Website if you choose to do so.

5.4 Web Beacons

Web beacons are images that originate from a third party site to track visitor activities. We may use web beacons to collect aggregate data and provide this information to our Website host to administer and improve the performance of our Website.

5.5 Advertising

We use Google and/or other third-party service providers to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet and sometimes on our Website. They may collect anonymous information about your visits to our Website (not including your name, address,email address or telephone number), and your interaction with our products and services. They may also use information about your visits to the Website and other websites to target advertisements for goods and services in order to provide more relevant advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

5.6 Links to external websites

If you follow any links to third party external websites from our Website, the Privacy Policy and the Website Terms of Use will not apply to those websites which may have their own policies relating to privacy and data collection and website usage. If you choose to access any linked website or to provide any Personal Information on such websites you should review their policies and terms of use to learn more about how they may use your Personal Information. We are not responsible for and will not be liable for the operations or policies of any third party external website.

  6.How we use Personal Information?

6.1 How we use the Personal Information we collect about you?

We use the Personal Information we collect about you for our business functions and activities, which may include the following:

(a)             to provide you with information, products or services you have requested, including where we engage third parties to process orders or provide you with goods or services on our behalf;

(b)             to provide you with a credit account, including evaluating and processing your application for a credit account, assessing or approving an application for credit or assessing your credit worthiness;

(c)              to manage your credit account (if applicable), including orders and payments, collecting overdue amounts, assessing credit guarantees, and managing fraud and risks;

(d)             to promote and market our products and services to you, including to communicate with you via SMS or email newsletters;

(e)             to personalise and customise your experiences on our Website;

(f)               to help us research the needs of our customers;

(g)             to conduct research for the purposes of improving existing products or services or creating new products or services;

(h)             to provide you with ongoing information about us and our activities;

(i)               to allow us to provide third party information and offers in which we believe you may be interested;

(j)               to use aggregated or de-identified information for the purposes of data analysis, research and reporting;

(k)              to comply with regulatory or other legal requirements;

(l)               for purposes related to the recruitment and employment of our personnel and providing internal services to our staff; and

(m)            for any other use required or permitted by law or any other purpose communicated to you at the time that the Personal Information was collected or for which you provided your consent.

We may use your Personal Information for a secondary purpose if that secondary purpose is related to the purposes listed in this clause 6.1, if we have your consent or if otherwise provided for under the Privacy Act.

Generally, we will only collect and use your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In the event that we collect or use Personal Information in ways other than as stated in this Privacy Policy, we will ensure that we do so in accordance with the Privacy Act.

6.2 Direct marketing

We may use your Personal Information to provide you with direct marketing materials if you would reasonably expect us to or if you consent to receive direct marketing materials. We will seek your consent to provide you with direct marketing materials if we have obtained your Personal Information from a third party. Direct marketing material may include promotional material about us or the products or services we offer.

You may opt out of receiving direct marketing material by contacting us in any of the ways specified in the direct marketing materials or as set out in clause 13.

  7.When do we disclose Personal Information?

7.1 Who do we disclose your Personal Information to?

Depending on the nature of your relationship with us, we may disclose your Personal Information to our shareholders, officers and employees, other businesses within our group of companies including companies incorporated in other countries, service providers who assist us in our business operations and recruitment activities (including third party service providers based overseas), government agencies, parties involved in the purchase or sale of any of our businesses, other third parties, (including parties that we engage to process orders for our products, provide you with goods or services on our behalf or who are connected with or involved in our relationship with you), or otherwise as required by law.

7.2 Service providers

We may also disclose your Personal Information to our Website host or service providers in certain limited circumstances, for example when our Website experiences a technical problem or to ensure that it operates in an effective and secure manner. We may disclose your Personal Information to credit rating agencies including Centrix, Equifax and Illion. To the extent that we do share your Personal Information with a service provider, we would only do so if that party has agreed to comply with our privacy standards as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may also share non-personal, de-identified and aggregated information for research or promotional purposes in connection with providing requested information or services to you, or for the purpose of improving our services. We will not sell your Personal Information to third parties for marketing purposes.

Unless otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy, we or our Website host will not disclose any of your Personal Information to any other organisation unless the disclosure is required by law, is otherwise permitted by the Privacy Act, or is with your consent.

  8. Disclosure of your Personal Information overseas

Your Personal Information may be disclosed outside of New Zealand to an entity in a foreign country, including entities in which we have an ownership interest or to third party service providers (Overseas Entities). The countries in which these Overseas Entities are located/likely to be located include the United States of America, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. It is possible that the Overseas Entities may be subject to foreign laws that do not provide the same level of protection of information  as in New Zealand. We take reasonable steps to ensure that these overseas entities do not breach the NZPPs and that they are obliged to protect the privacy and security of your Personal Information and use it only for the purpose for which it is disclosed.

  9.Storage and security of Personal Information held by us

We will take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

We aim to keep your Personal Information secure and up to date. We will comply with our obligations under the Privacy Act in relation to any Personal Information  that we handle, including information which is held on our computer systems.

Personal Information that is held by us in hard copy is stored securely on our premises and is only disclosed or used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

 The Privacy Act 2020 sets out obligations for notifying affected individuals and the Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand about a data breach which has or is likely to result in serious harm to an affected individual. The contact details for the Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand can be found here https://www.privacy.org.nz/about-us/contact-us/

Where serious harm to affected individuals is likely, we will notify those individuals and the Privacy Commissioner in accordance with our legal obligations. You may contact our Privacy Officer via the contact details below should you require additional information.

  10. Updating and correcting your Personal Information

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Information that we hold is accurate, up-to-date and complete. You can update your Personal Information at any time by contacting us in any of the ways specified in clause 13. We welcome any changes to your Personal Information so as to keep our records up to date.