Privacy Policy

Above-Board Building Contractors Limited t/a Above-Board Interiors (ABI) is committed to protecting your privacy and any personal information in relation to your use of our products and services, and as such, fully complies with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020. This Privacy Policy applies to our web site and governs all forms of Personal Information and related data collection and usage by us. The ABI Privacy Policy is to be read in conjunction with the ABI Website Terms of Use, which is available to be accessed online at www.aboveboardinteriors.co.nz. ABI are governed by New Zealand’s Privacy Principles (NZPP’S) contained in the Privacy Act 2020. For ease of reference, the Principles are featured at the end of this Policy. ABI ensures that all its staff members adhere to the NZPP’s to safeguard your Personal Information. ABI have also adopted the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines covering data protection for all businesses transferring data to the European Union. By using our website, or otherwise supplying your personal information to us, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy also needs to be read in conjunction with our web site terms of use, as displayed on our website. ABI may review and update this Privacy Policy on occasion, (for example to reflect changes to the Privacy Act), any revision or update will be published on the ABI web site. This Privacy Policy does not seek to limit or exclude the individual rights of any individual, as prescribed under the Privacy Act 2020, which can be accessed at www.nzbt.co.nz/resources

Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual personally. Most of the Personal Information that ABI may collect about you, will be voluntarily provided by you, or your authorised representative, when you engage with us, to allows us to operate our wider operations and to deliver the products and services that you have requested. Examples of Personal Information we collect may include; • An individual’s name (including that of your authorised representative, if applicable), • An individual’s contact details, including your residential and work addresses, email addresses and phone numbers • Bank details, EFTPOS or Credit Card information relating to the payment of services. • Publicly available information relating to you. • Any documents or other information that you provide to us as part of our provision of services. This Personal Information can be captured in many ways including (interviews, correspondence, by telephone, by email, via our website www.aboveboardinteriors.co.nz from your website, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources, from cookies, and from third parties.

ABI will only disclose your information as authorised by you, as required by law or where required for us to provide our services, ongoing communications and information updates. ABI will not, share, sell, rent or lease any client list or information to third parties. ABI may also disclose Personal Information to other agencies where it believes on reasonable grounds that it falls within one of the exceptions to NZPP 11

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. ABI may hold your Personal Information in either an electronic or hard copy form. Personal information collected in hard copy form may be subsequently converted to electronic form. Hard copy information that remains as such, will be securely stored at ABI’s premises. Personal information held or provided to us in electronic form is held on servers controlled by third parties under contractual arrangements with ABI. ABI uses a combination of physical security, password protection and other measures that ensure that Personal Information stored in electronic form is protected from misuse, interference and loss: and from unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. However, it is not possible for any organisation (including ours), to state that 100% security can be guaranteed.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files (electronic or hard copy) which will be securely retained by us for a minimum of 7 years.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files (electronic or hard copy) which will be securely retained by us for a minimum of 7 years.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files (electronic or hard copy) which will be securely retained by us for a minimum of 7 years.

It is important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. ABI will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, and this may require individuals being contacted directly.