Participatory Techniques Limited is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Participatory Techniques Limited Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Participatory Techniques Limited website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Participatory Techniques Limited collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Participatory Techniques Limited also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Participatory Techniques Limited. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Participatory Techniques Limited for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Participatory Techniques Limited Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Participatory Techniques Limited public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Participatory Techniques Limited does not read any of your private online communications.

Participatory Techniques Limited encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Participatory Techniques Limited so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Participatory Techniques Limited is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Participatory Techniques Limited and Participatory Techniques Limited family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Participatory Techniques Limited collects and uses your personal information to operate the Participatory Techniques Limited Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Participatory Techniques Limited also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Participatory Techniques Limited and its affiliates. Participatory Techniques Limited may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Participatory Techniques Limited does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Participatory Techniques Limited may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Participatory Techniques Limited may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Participatory Techniques Limited, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Participatory Techniques Limited does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Participatory Techniques Limited keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Participatory Techniques Limited, in order to determine what Participatory Techniques Limited services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Participatory Techniques Limited to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Participatory Techniques Limited Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Participatory Techniques Limited or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Participatory Techniques Limited; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Participatory Techniques Limited, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Participatory Techniques Limited Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Participatory Techniques Limited pages, or register with Participatory Techniques Limited site or services, a cookie helps Participatory Techniques Limited to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Participatory Techniques Limited Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Participatory Techniques Limited features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Participatory Techniques Limited services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Participatory Techniques Limited secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Participatory Techniques Limited secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Participatory Techniques Limited will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Participatory Techniques Limited encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Participatory Techniques Limited is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Participatory Techniques Limited welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Participatory Techniques Limited has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Participatory Techniques Limited at rush.m@xtra.co.nz. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.