Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, and what we do with it. It also describes your rights regarding your data and lets you know how you can contact us to view or change your personal information held by David Roberts Portraits.
This policy also describes other information that may be collected as part of the normal operation of the website.
The personal information we collect
You can use this website without disclosing any personal information.
However, you may choose to provide personal information to us through various forms on this website (as well as via email, direct message or verbally). Depending on the form or nature of the enquiry/submission, this information may include:
Your name
The names of others in your family or whanau
Contact information (for you and others)
Personal details about yourself and your family/whanau (age, relationships, gender, life experience etc.)
Personal preferences
We do NOT collect information relating to your bank accounts or credit cards. While we do offer various methods for payment for services and/or products either in person or online, the processing of those payments is done independently from our systems and no information is collected by us or redirected to us.
Why is this information collected?
The information you choose to disclose to us is ONLY used for:
Verifying your identity
Communicating with you, either in general terms or specific to a commission
Periodic promotions about our services and/or products
Providing the best possible service and/or products to you
Undertake credit checks (if necessary)
Billing you and collecting money owed, including authorising and processing credit card transactions
Conducting research and statistical analysis
Improving or services and/or products
You may choose not to disclose some personal information to us. In some cases, this may prevent a form from operating (i.e. if it has specific ‘required’ responses). In other cases, the undisclosed information may reduce the efficiency or usefulness of our service to you (i.e. if it results in a misunderstanding between us and you), or may prevent us from communicating effectively with you.
How do we protect your personal information?
No personal information you provide us is sold, published or disclosed to any other party. It is accessible only by staff or contractors who work for us.
However, we do reserve the right to disclose information to law enforcement or other government officials if it is demanded in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us to legal liability.
Your personal data is retained for as long as it remains useful according to the uses described above. We store your information electronically on secure platforms which incorporate data encryption (both at rest and in transmission) and strict user access controls. These platforms conform to international security and privacy regulations, including full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In the event of us becoming aware of a breach in the security of your personal information, we will:
Immediately take steps to contain the breach (i.e. prevent any further information loss and/or attempt to recover the lost information)
Review the nature, extent and risk of harm of the lost information
Notify any affected parties (and authorities, if necessary)
Fix the cause of the breach and eliminate/minimise the risk of a repeat breach
Collection of other data/statistics
Your use of this website may also result in other data being collected, as summarised in the following sections.
Statistics/Analytics
As part of the normal operation of this website, statistical information about your visit will be collected to help us understand how our site is used and how it can be improved. This statistical information does not identify you personally, but includes data such as…
The pages you visited on our website and the links you clicked on
The date and time you visited the website
The search terms you used
The referring website (if any) from which you clicked through to this website
Your operating system
The type of web browser you use
Other things like your screen resolution and the language setting of your browser.
Your rights over your data
Under the (New Zealand) Privacy Act 1993, you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you would like to
See or change your personal information that you provided,
Clarify any concerns regarding your privacy, or
Clarify any aspects of this Privacy Policy
Please contact us via one of the methods referred to on our contact page here.