1.1 This is the Privacy Statement of Praas Limited (us, we, our, Praas).
1.2 Praas is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information in compliance with New Zealand Privacy Laws, GDPR, and California privacy laws.
1.3 We may need to update this Statement from time to time and the latest version will be available on our website. If you continue to interact with us after a change has been made this will be treated as you having accepted the updated statement.
2.1 The purpose of this privacy statement is to let anyone who interacts with us know when we collect personal information, what we do with it, and who we might share it with.
2.2 When you interact with us or use our services (like send us an email, or enquire about one of our products) or use our website, you agree that we may collect, use, store, and share, your personal information in the ways we set out in this statement. If there are additional privacy terms or requirements because of further interactions with you, we will set these out separately.
3.1 We may collect the following information from you when you use our services or interact with us.
Type of personal information: Your name, address, contact information (including email address)
When: If you obtain or request our services.
Why: So we can identify you, communicate further with you, and provide you with information relevant to our services and products.
Type of personal information: Information relating to the use of our website such as device related information (IP address, activity, and pages visited).
When: When you use our website
Why: So we can provide our products or services to you, personalise those services, and assist our understanding of who uses our website.
Type of personal information: Information you share when corresponding with us (including by filling in an enquiry form from our website or if you email us directly.
When: When you communicate with us.
Why: So we can communicate with you.
3.2 We have outlined some of the main ways we may use your information above. We may also use your personal information to:
3.2.1 provide, evaluate and improve our services (including our website);
3.2.2 contact you regarding incomplete or partial applications for our services;
3.2.3 protect and enforce our rights as part of our relationship with you;
3.2.4 comply with applicable laws or legal rules;
3.2.5 conduct market research, data processing and statistical analysis activities; and
3.2.6 communicate with you (including about our activities and services).
3.3 If we need to use your information for another purpose associated with a particular service, which isn’t directly related to one of the purposes listed above and for which you haven’t otherwise authorised us to use your information, we will contact you to obtain your consent before using your information for that purpose
3.4 We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties except as described in this statement. You agree that we can share your personal information with:
3.4.1 Praas staff where necessary or desirable for them to do their jobs (for example, to communicate with you, including where you have asked us a question through our website);
3.4.2 any person in New Zealand who provides services to or for us or our related organisations and who needs it to assist us with the purposes listed above;
3.4.3 our related organisations who may also store, use and disclose it in accordance with this statement;
3.4.4 agencies engaged by us to verify customer identity or address information;
3.4.5 organisations conducting data processing and statistical analysis for us;
3.4.6 our assignees or potential assignees;
3.4.7 law enforcement authorities, the courts, government agencies, regulatory authorities or third parties, both in New Zealand and overseas, where we are required to or we believe the disclosure will assist us to comply with any law or legal rules or will assist in the investigation, detection and/or prevention of fraud, money laundering or other criminal offences;
3.4.8 anyone you authorise us to disclose that information to;
3.4.9 when it will be used in a way that can’t identify you;
3.4.10 for statistical or research purposes when it won’t be published in a way that could identify you; and
3.4.11 in other limited circumstances permitted by NZ privacy law.
3.5 We may store your information in either physical (documentary) or electronic form, and we may contract a third party or related entity to store it.
3.6 Third parties or related entities which hold your information may be subject to laws or legal rules which require them to disclose your information. Under NZ privacy law we are still responsible for the safe keeping of your personal information and we take security of it seriously, so we make sure that anyone we contract to hold information for us takes care to protect it from unauthorised disclosure, loss or misuse and is subject to appropriate privacy laws or complies with other privacy safeguards (such as encryption).
3.7 We may only retain your personal information for as long as it may be lawfully used. Even if you no longer have any dealings with us, we will usually have legal obligations to retain your information for a period of time. If you would like us to delete your information, please contact us using the details below.
4.1 When you use our website, we may collect statistical information about your visit to help us improve the website. This information is aggregated and/or pseudonymised and does not identify you personally. It may include:
4.1.1 your IP address.
4.1.2 the search terms you used.
4.1.3 the pages you visited on our site and the links you clicked on.
4.1.4 the date and time you visited our website.
4.1.5 the referring site (if any) from which you clicked through to our website.
4.1.6 your operating system, for example Windows XP, Mac OS X.
4.1.7 the type of web browser you use, such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
4.1.8 other things like your screen resolution and the language setting of your browser.
4.2 Our website generates persistent session cookies (that is, they have an expiry date and are removed on that date) for the purpose of monitoring site usage. The cookies do not collect personal information. You can disable them or clear them out of your web browser without affecting your ability to use our website.
5.1 Under the GDPR, European Citizen users have the following rights:
5.1.1 The right to access personal data.
5.1.2 The right to rectify inaccurate data.
5.1.3 The right to erase personal data.
5.1.4 The right to restrict processing.
5.1.5 The right to data portability.
5.1.6 The right to object to data processing.
5.1.7 Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have the following rights:
5.1.8 The right to know what personal information is being collected
5.1.9 The right to request deletion of personal information
5.1.10 The right to opt-out of the sale of personal information
5.1.11 The right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights
We implement security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
We may change and review these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this page. Users are encouraged to review the terms periodically.
If you need to contact us about your personal information, please email us at
The Data Protection Officer
Praas Limited
Level 2, 142 Broadway, Newmarket
Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
privacy@praas.io