Who We Are

This website can be accessed at https://taurangayards.co.nz. If you have any questions about privacy or how we handle your data, you can contact us at info@taurangayards.co.nz.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information entered in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (hash) of your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can read their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Media Uploads

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

Cookies

This site uses cookies to improve your browsing experience. For example:

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
  • A temporary cookie may be set when you visit the login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will extend your login for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
  • When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. It contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited those websites directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content if you are logged into those websites.

How Long We Keep Your Data

  • If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
  • For users who register on the site, personal information in their user profile is stored. Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time (except for their username). Site administrators can also view and edit that information.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold, except data we are obliged to keep for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.