Learningcloud.nz ("Learning Cloud" or "we", "our" and "us" in this Privacy Policy) operates the websites (including any sub-domains) are also displayed as mobile sites and through mobile and tablet applications. All these websites, mobile sites and apps are called the "Websites" in this Privacy Policy.
Learning Cloud is a subsidiary of Learning Cloud Limited.
This Privacy Policy sets out the manner in which we manage personal information collected via the Websites and associated interfaces. By using the Websites, or entering into an agreement with us in relation to the Websites you are taken to have read, and agreed to the collection, use, disclosure and handling of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. You should review this Privacy Policy periodically so that you are updated on any changes. We welcome your comments and feedback.
We recognise the importance of protecting personal information. We do not collect sensitive information as defined under the Privacy Act such as racial or ethnicity information, political opinions or associations, criminal records or health information.
In collecting and handling personal information, we are bound by the Privacy Act 1993, including the National Privacy Principles, and applicable privacy regulations.
If we become aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with the Websites, we will take these issues seriously and work to address these concerns. If you have any further queries relating to this Privacy Policy, or you have a problem or complaint, please contact our Privacy Officer at [email protected]
For more information about privacy issues in New Zealand and protecting your privacy, visit the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner's website.
We may collect the following personal information:
We may use your personal information to:
We may also use your personal information to:
We may disclose your personal information to:
We strive to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to our Websites, and we review and update our security measures in light of current technologies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. However, we will endeavour to take reasonable steps to protect the personal information you may transmit to us from our online products and services or otherwise collected by us. Once we do receive your transmission, we will also use reasonable endeavours to ensure its security on our systems.
In addition, our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us. However, we are not responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.
Personal information submitted by Learning Cloud's customers and visitors to our Websites may be held on servers located in Australia, New Zealand or in the data centres of Learning Cloud's outsourced data processors with data centres in Australia,New Zealand, the United States of America, Europe and Asia. The purposes of transfer of data outside of New Zealand are the secure storage, back-up and retrieval of data. Learning Cloud has implemented policies and procedures to safeguard the secure storage and processing of data intra-group, has verified the security arrangements of its outsourced data processors and has implemented contractual arrangements intra-group and with its outsourced data processors in accordance with Privacy Act 1996. When you provide us with your personal information you give us your consent to the transfer of personal information outside of New Zealand for the purposes described above.
We will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep accurate and up to date any information which we hold about you. If, at any time, you discover that information held about you is incorrect, you can contact us to have the information corrected.
You can also gain access to the personal information we hold about you, subject to certain exceptions provided for by law. To request access to your personal information, please contact us.
By using our Websites, you consent to the use of Cookies, Web Beacons and measurement software in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
'Cookies' are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating web domain on your subsequent visits to that website.
Cookies are industry standard and are used by most websites, including our Websites and are useful because they allow:
'Web Beacons' are small pieces of code that are contained in emails and web pages and allow a website to transfer or collect information such as whether an email is opened or links are clicked upon. We may use Web Beacons to determine which emails and web pages are interesting to you and for the same reasons we use Cookies on our Websites.
When you use our products, services or visit our Websites, we may, or we may allow service providers or third parties such as our analytics partners including Nielsen, Adobe and Hockey App, or our advertising and ad serving partners, to place one or more 'Cookies' on your computer or collect information about your browsing activities through Web Beacons. If your access to our products, services or Websites is through a mobile or tablet device, we may, or we may allow these service providers or third parties to use mobile or tablet measurement software to obtain similar information that we do through Cookies and Web Beacons. We allow these third parties to use Cookies, use Web Beacons and measurement software on our Websites to assist us to provide or improve the provision of our products and services to you, display personalised advertising and to assist us to audit, measure and analyse usage across our Websites. We may combine our Cookies (or information collected through our Cookies and Web Beacons) with third party Cookies to provide more relevant services and advertising to you on our Websites or third party websites.
If you do not want information collected through the use of Cookies or mobile measurement software, there is a simple procedure in most browsers or the settings section of mobile and table devices that allows you to deny or accept the cookie or mobile measurement software feature. However, you should note that disabling these features may cause some of the functions on our Websites not to work properly.
We provide links to web sites outside of our Websites, as well as to third party websites. We also allow some third parties to display widgets and applications on our Websites that allow you to interact and share content including social media buttons such as Facebook share and like, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+. These linked sites, applications and widgets are not under our control, and we cannot accept responsibility for the conduct of companies linked to our Websites or collecting information through these third party applications or widgets. Before disclosing your personal information on any other website, or using these applications or widgets we advise you to examine the terms and conditions of using that website and the relevant third party's data collection practices and controls in their privacy policy.