Wētā Marine Privacy Policy

Your privacy on the Internet is important to us. As the Internet offers the ability to collect certain types of information about users, we want you to understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of any information we gather. To that end, this privacy policy discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it.

Collection of Information

We gather various information about users of the Wētā Marine website (the Website).

This information includes:

  • personal information, provided through voluntary registration or use of the Website (such as your first and last names and email);
  • information collected by us through click tracking in relation to your use of the Website, including the content you access; and
  • aggregated data, which tracks traffic to the Website; and cookies, which are pieces of information transferred to your computer hard drive for record keeping (such as your preferences on our Website).

Use of Information

If you participate in an online activity on the Website, your personal information will only be used for the purposes of that online activity, unless you otherwise provide us with your consent.

Any personal information you provide may be used for the following purposes:

  • to send you periodic emails that you have subscribed to through your nominated email address;
  • to monitor, develop and improve the Website and ensure that content of the Website is presented in the most effective manner for the user;
  • responding to any queries and/or comments you have sent to us; and
  • such other use that you authorise.

You will have the option to choose to not receive certain types of email communications from us, emails will always contain a link at the bottom to be removed from our mailing list

Cookies and Tracking

We may use a cookie file containing information that can identify the computer you are working from. The cookie file is anonymous as it only gives us details of your IP address, PC platform (e.g. Windows or Mac), Browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox or other, plus the version of Browser) and domain (whether you are accessing the Website from within the country or elsewhere). We may use the information generated by "cookies" to:

  • track traffic patterns to and from the Website including information like the pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, the date and time of your visit, and referring pages (pages you came from or go to);
  • ensure advertising is being shown to the most appropriate person and limit the frequency of display for certain ad formats.

You can choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use the Website, but you may need them for customisable areas of the Website that we may develop in the future. If your cookies are turned off we will not have any control over the frequency of display of certain ad formats. This could affect your experience of the Website.

Users may opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/

If you have any questions about how our services work, Contact Us.