Introduction
Hot Water Solutions (website url address: https://hotwatersolutions.nz/ appreciates your business and trust. We are a New Zealand based company, providing Hot Water Solutions. Please read this Privacy Policy.
Data Collected
Data Storage Location
We are a New Zealand based company and operate in New Zealand.
Contact Form
Information submitted through the contact form on our site is sent directly to our company email. These submissions are only kept for customer service purposes they are never used for marketing purposes or shared with third parties.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our site for anonymous reporting of site usage. So, no personalised data is stored.
Cases For Using The Personal
We use your personal information in the following cases:
- Customise the website to make your experience more personal and engaging;
- Guarantee overall performance and administrative functions run smoothly.
Cookies
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.
Who has access to your data
If you are not a registered client for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself.
If you are a client with a registered account, your personal information can be accessed by:
- Our system administrators.
- Our supporters when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about the client accounts and access.
How long we retain your data
When you submit a support ticket or a comment, its metadata is retained until (if) you tell us to remove it. We use this data so that we can recognize you and approve your comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
If you register on our website, we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except changing your username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Security Measures
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personal identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.
Amendments
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update this page accordingly and require you to accept the amendments in order to be permitted to continue using our services.