Privacy Policy for Voters Voice
Last updated: 2/1/2025
Thank you for your interest in Voters Voice, a political party committed to transparency, accountability, and the protection of your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you engage with our activities, including donations, volunteering, event attendance, or membership.
1. Information We Collect
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Personal Information: We may collect personal information such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and payment details when you donate, sign up for our newsletter, become a member, or register for events.
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Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our website, we might gather information like your IP address, browser type, operating system, and browsing behavior through cookies and similar technologies.
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Public or Third-Party Sources: We might also collect information from publicly available sources or from third parties, especially if you interact with our campaigns on social media or if you've given permission to other organizations to share your data with us.
2. How We Use Your Information
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Engagement: To communicate with you about our policies, campaigns, events, and to solicit your support or feedback.
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Donations and Fundraising: To process donations, manage fundraising campaigns, and comply with legal obligations regarding political donations.
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Membership: For managing membership records, providing access to member-only content or events, and involving you in party decision-making processes.
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Legal Compliance: To comply with legal and regulatory requirements, including electoral laws and campaign finance rules.
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Analysis and Improvement: To analyze voter trends, improve our services, and tailor our communications to better meet your interests.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
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Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us with things like data analysis, event management, or payment processing. These providers are bound by confidentiality obligations.
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Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required by law, or in response to a subpoena, court order, or other legal process.
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Political Allies: With your consent, we might share your information with allied political groups or parties for joint campaigns or to further our shared political objectives.
4. Security
We take the security of your personal information seriously. We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, but we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information.
5. Your Rights
Under the Privacy Act 2020 in New Zealand, you have rights to:
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Access: Request access to your personal information.
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Correction: Request correction of any inaccuracies in your information.
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Erasure: Ask for your data to be deleted where there's no compelling reason for us to keep it.
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Objection: Object to our processing of your personal data.
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Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent where we're relying on it to process your data.
Please contact us if you wish to exercise any of these rights.
6. Retention of Data
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law, which includes New Zealand's electoral law and campaign finance regulations.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page with an updated "last updated" date.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
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Email: [admin@votersvoice.co.nz (mailto:[email protected])]
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Address: 2/26 Washdyke flat road, Timaru 7910.