Privacy Policy
Last updated October, 2025.
Correlate (“we”, “us”, “our”), are committed to protecting your personal information and complying with New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020. This Privacy and Cookie Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share your personal data through our website correlate.co.nz, as well as how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following personal information when you visit our website or purchase a membership:
- Name
- Contact information
- Organisation
- IP address
- Device, browser and operating system data (via analytics and pixels)
- Any correspondence or enquiries you send us
2. How We Collect Your Information
We collect information through:
- Website contact forms and newsletter sign-up forms
- Cookies and other tracking technologies (see section 7 below)
- Analytics tools such as Google Analytics
- Social media and other third-party platforms where we interact with users (e.g LinkedIn, Kartra)
3. How We Use Your Information
We collect your information to:
- To ensure your experience is relevant and interesting
- Improve our website, content and user experience
- Communicate with you about our services and respond to your enquiries
- Deliver marketing and promotional content
- Analyse website usage and effectiveness of our digital campaigns
- Support the delivery and performance of our services
- Meet our legal and compliance obligations, including identity verification, fraud prevention
4. Sharing Your Information
We may share your information with trusted third parties who support our business operations, including:
- Any parties necessary to provide the services you purchase from us, including contractors or service delivery platforms;
- Our professional advisers, including our accountants, auditors, and lawyers, where required for business, financial or legal advice
- Government and regulatory authorities and other organisations, where required or authorised by law, including compliance, legal proceedings, or law enforcement matters
- CRM and email marketing platforms
- Web and marketing analytics providers, including Google, Meta, and LinkedIn
- To protect our legal rights or prevent fraud or abuse
These third parties may be located outside New Zealand. Where data is stored or processed overseas, we take reasonable steps to ensure it is protected in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020.
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
5. Storage and Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, unauthorized access, use, modification, or disclosure.
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.
6. Your Rights Under New Zealand Privacy Law
Under the Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to:
- Request access to the personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of that information
- Withdraw consent to marketing communications at any time
To make a request, please contact us using the details in section 11 below.
7. Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to receive updates from us, we may send you marketing communications. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in our emails or contacting us directly.
8. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience and deliver relevant advertising. These may include:
- Google Analytics
- LinkedIn Insight Tag
These tools help us understand how visitors interact with our website and enable remarketing and campaign performance tracking.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. The cookie doesn’t obtain any personal information about you or provide us with any way to contact you, and the cookie doesn’t extract any information from your computer.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described.
9. Overseas Disclosure
Some of our third-party service providers (i.e. Google Analytics) may be located overseas. Where this occurs, we ensure that reasonable safeguards are in place to protect your personal information.
10. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. The latest version will always be available on our website.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us at erica@correlate.co.nz.