Effective 2 July 2010

This privacy statement applies to users of the Website, www.itkd.co.nz (the "site"). We at International Taekwon-Do are committed to protecting your privacy and this privacy statement sets out the use we make of your information that we may obtain by the use of our site. The site is operated by the International Taekwon-Do Foundation of New Zealand Incorporated (referred to here as “International Taekwon-Do”/"we"/"us"/"our").

Using the site

By using our site, you signify that you agree with the terms of our current privacy policy as posted on this site.

Aggregate information

We collect general information about each individual visitor’s experience of our website. We collect information such as the Internet Protocol address of persons using the site, browser types, referring pages, pages visited, time spent on the site etc. Individuals cannot be identified by this information and we use it, like cookies (see below) to improve the performance, design and layout of the site, and bringing our customers the type of content and products they want.

Cookies

Certain sections of the site use cookies which allow us to track and record user sessions and to recognise you, if you come back to our site. A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information back from the browser. You have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies.

Collection of information

At certain sections of the site you may be requested to submit your personal details, in particular at the "contact us" section of the site, or when registering for an event. At these sections you may submit your name, email, telephone numbers and other comments. We retain this information to deal with the query or comment that you may have submitted to us. Once we have dealt with your comment or query we delete your information from our records unless you require us to retain your details or it is clear from the nature of your query that we need to retain your information. If the nature of your comment/query requires, your query or comment will be circulated to other members of International Taekwon-Do. However, unless you have provided your consent, the information you supply through these pages will not be used for marketing purposes.

Launch of other sites

By using this site and following links from this site you may be brought to other International Taekwon-Do or third party sites which may launch in a separate browser. Unless specifically stated on such sites and/or unless this statement appears by a link on those sites, this privacy policy does not extend to those sites and your privacy will be protected in accordance with the privacy statements (if any) appearing in such sites.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, or the security practices of this site, you can contact us by emailing us at ceo@itkd.co.nz. Please mark correspondence "To the CEO regarding privacy". Also please contact us if you have any comments on how we can improve our privacy policies. We reserve the right to change or remove this privacy policy at our discretion and will post any new privacy policy here and we encourage you to visit this area frequently to stay informed.

Access to or rectification of your information

You have the right to obtain a copy of the information that we hold about you. You can also request that we rectify or erase any information that we hold about you, if that information is incorrect. You can obtain information about yourself, or request a rectification or erasure, by sending an email to the CEO.

New Zealand Privacy Commissioner

Further information on your data privacy rights is available on the website of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner.