This Privacy Policy describes our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service. Cre8ive Marketing Limited (“Cre8ive Marketing”, “we” or “us”) will not use or share your information with anyone or in any manner except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources.
We comply with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 (the Act) when handling personal information. By visiting the Cre8ive Marketing website and registering for our free e-newsletters, you acknowledge that you accept and actively consent to the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
We also adhere to Information Privacy Principle 3A (IPP 3A), which requires us to inform you when we collect personal information about you indirectly (such as via social platforms or third-party referral tools). Where practicable, we will notify you of this collection, the purpose, the source of information, and your rights to access or correct your data.
Information We Collect
User-Provided Information:
You provide us certain information about yourself, such as your name, email address, and other personally identifiable information (all referred to as “Personal Information”) if you subscribe for monthly e-newsletters (held by Mailchimp; an email marketing software company). If you correspond with us by email, we may retain the content of your email messages, your email addresses and our responses.
Information Collected Through Cookies and Other Technologies:
Cookies are small text files - containing letters and numbers - which are downloaded by your computer when you access and use certain websites. We use Cookies to analyse user activity in order to improve the Service and Website. Cookies uniquely identify your computer (known as a computer’s Internet Protocol “IP” address) and provide us with your user activity. This activity includes information such as, the pages of the Website that you visit, the time and date of the visit, how much time is spent on those pages and other statistics.
Google Analytics and Mailchimp are a service that uses several cookies. The cookies integrated within Google Analytics are used to help us gather information about how the Website is used by visitors. The information is not personally identifiable, and is simply used to track the level of Service our Website is providing. More information on the cookies used through our use of Google Analytics can be found on Google’s Cookies & Google Analytics page.
Marketing Purposes
We use cookies from third-party partners such as Google, Facebook or LinkedIn for marketing purposes. These cookies allow us to display Cre8ive promotional material to you whenever you visit other websites across the Internet. We may also share information about your behaviour on our website with those partners in order to allow them to show you targeted ads and other content that has been customised for you. This information may contain links to third-party websites which referred you to our website.
Mailchimp also uses web beacons in the emails they send to Cre8ive’s subscribers, on our behalf. Web beacons track certain behaviour such as whether the email was delivered, when it was opened and whether the links within the email were clicked on. Similar to cookies, they also collect information such as the IP address of the computer you are using, browser type, email client type and other similar information. Mailchimp uses this information to measure the performance of our email campaigns and provide us with analytical feedback.
Third-Party Analytics Services
Cre8ive Marketing uses the third-party analytics services of Google Analytics and Mailchimp. Both of these services collect various data, such as:
- Name
- Email address
- Browser information
- Operating System information
- Mobile Device information
- IP address
- Pages accessed
- Time of visit
- Time of last visit
- Referring site, application or service, including the relevant search queries that led you to Cre8ive Marketing website
To find out more about Google Analytics and Mailchimp’s use of your Personal Information, please see their Privacy Policies located on their websites.
We also note that these services may store or process your personal information in jurisdictions outside New Zealand, such as the United States. Where data is transferred offshore, we take reasonable steps to ensure that comparable privacy protections are in place in accordance with IPP 12 of the Privacy Act 2020.
Social Network and Platform Integration
The Service may be integrated with social media networks and other platforms (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn) where there may be information shared between us and those platforms. For example, if you interact with our Service through Facebook or another social media account such as a plug-in, then you may be granting us ongoing access to certain information from that social media account. If you do not want a social media platform to collect or share information about you, please review the privacy policy and privacy settings of the applicable social media property before using such features on our Service.
How We Use Your Information
We use the Personal Information that you submit to operate and provide the quality features of the Service. We use your information in order to a) provide you with the Service under our agreement and (b) optimise the Service we offer and inform you of our other services and promotions.
By providing us with your email address, you acknowledge that we may send you Service-related e-newsletters, notices and promotions. If you do not want to receive our emails, you may unsubscribe from email communication with us by clicking ‘Unsubscribe’ at the bottom of the email.
We may use certain Personal Information about you and/or your User Content internally for purposes such as analysing how the Service is used, maintaining security and improving content.
How We Share Your Information
We will not rent or sell your Personal Information to anyone else.
Links To Other Sites
Our website contains links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We recommend you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
How We Protect Your Information
The security and protection of your Personal Information is important to us, however no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Your Choices About Your Information
You have the right under the Privacy Act 2020 to access and correct the personal information we hold about you. You may choose to do any of the following at any time:
- Decline to Submit Information: You may of course, decline to submit Personal Information through the Service, in which Cre8ive Marketing may not be able to provide certain services.
- Update Account Information: You may update or correct your Personal Information at any time by contacting us directly through email at cre8ive@cre8ive.co.nz or phone (03) 474 1075
- Unsubscribe from emails: To unsubscribe from the email newsletter, click the ‘Unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of the email newsletter.
- Blocking cookies: Certain browsers may be configured to notify you when you receive cookies, or allow you to restrict or disable certain cookies. If you choose to disable cookies, however, that could affect certain features of the Service that use cookies to enhance their functionality.
Social Media Disclaimer
We utilise several social media platforms, including, but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. To ensure everyone can participate without being exposed to inappropriate content, offensive language, or discriminatory views, please read and adhere to our community policy.
We reserve the right to remove materials that include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Expressions of hate
- Use of profanity, obscenity, or vulgarity
- Remarks with potential prejudicial, racist, inflammatory, pornographic, misleading, deceptive, false, or libellous content
- Display of nudity or offensive imagery, including in profile pictures
- Defamatory statements towards individuals, organisations, governments, or entities, including false representations
- Name-calling and personal attacks
- Comments primarily driven by commercial motives or intended to sell a product
- Statements infringing on copyright or someone else's intellectual property
- Repeated spam comments from individuals or groups
- Sharing personal information about yourself or others, including identifiable details, email addresses, phone numbers, or private addresses
- Inclusion of commercial advertising material
Changes To Our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 12 June 2025 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of the Site, or your experience with this website, please contact us at cre8ive@cre8ive.co.nz.