Your privacy is important to us. It is Sunbeams Private Kindergarten’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://www.sunbeams.co.nz.

We only ask for personal information when we need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

Collection of Information

In order to utilise some aspects of this website, Sunbeams Private Kindergarten may require you to provide a certain amount of information. This includes information required to communicate with you (such as your name and email address). We use this information to respond to you in relation to the services we provide and improve your online experience.

In order to better understand how our customers use this site, we collect and analyse some aggregate information about our site users. This includes such things as what time of day they visit the site, what browser they use and what pages they visit. No personal or other information that may be used to identify you is included in this analysis.

Sunbeams Private Kindergarten logs all activity and maintains audit trails of usage of this site. We use this information in the detection and prevention of fraud and other malicious activities.

Sunbeams Private Kindergarten will not send a “spam” or unsolicited email or SMS, nor will we provide your details to a third party, unless you have given us permission.

Web Browser Cookies

Our website may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. A user’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. A user may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert them when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We do not share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law.

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.

This policy is effective as of 1 August 2024.