Thrive Curate Privacy Policy

Thrive Curate (“we”, “us”, “our”) treats your privacy with respect. In this Privacy Policy, “you” and “your” refers to the individual providing Personal Information to us. “Personal Information” is information relating to an individual that can be used to identify an individual, or which is linked to an identified individual.

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, hold, use, and disclose your Personal Information when you visit, use, or make a purchase from our website - https://thrive-curate.myshopify.com/ (“our website”). By accessing and using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Collection of your Personal Information

When you create an online account with us or update your account details, we collect your name, email address, delivery address and phone number, as well as the account password you set.

When you browse our website, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.

We may also collect Personal Information you provide to us voluntarily, including where you sign up to receive our marketing materials.

When you purchase something from our online store, as part of the buying and selling process, we may collect the following Personal Information from you:

• your name, date of birth, delivery address, email address, and phone number
• your billing information, including your credit payment card details
• the items you purchase and your purchase order history

Use of your Personal Information

We collect, use and disclose your Personal Information only where we have a legal basis to do so. We will collect, use and disclose your Personal Information where it is necessary to fulfil your order (including for the purposes of confirming your order), deliver our products to you, and respond to returns or any queries in relation to your order.

If you have provided us with your consent for us to provide you with marketing communications (see the section Marketing Communications), we may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information for the purposes of sending you marketing materials (such as newsletters and promotions) or to advertise our products to you.

We also collect, use and disclose your Personal Information where it is necessary for the purposes of:

• administering your account (if you create one)
• communicating with you
• conducting our business, including managing and analysing our customer data and improving your experience on our website
• complying with our legal obligations
• enforcing our Terms of Trade

Shopify

We use Shopify to power our online store. Shopify is an online e-commerce platform provided by Shopify, Inc that allows us to sell our products to you.

Your Personal Information collected through our website may be disclosed to Shopify and stored in Shopify’s databases.

Shopify may also collect your Personal Information for the purposes set out in its Privacy Statement. You can view Shopify’s Privacy Statement and read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information at www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

Personal Information may be collected by Shopify when you access our online store, place a product order, or sign up for an account with us. Personal Information collected by Shopify is used to provide us with its e-commerce services, such as processing orders, authenticating and processing payments, screening for fraudulent transactions, and improving the services Shopify offers.

Shopify may also share your Personal Information with third parties where it is necessary to prevent or take action against illegal activity, where you have violated the Shopify Terms of Service, where it is necessary to comply with any legal obligations, or where we have authorised the transfer of your Personal Information to other third parties (such as third party payment gateways).

For further information, please see the Shopify Terms of Service at www.shopify.com/legal/terms.

We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Other Third Party Services

We may use third party service providers to facilitate your payment for an order, to deliver the products you order to you, and to send our marketing communications.

In particular, we use Windcave as a third-party payment gateway to process payments on our site. Windcave is a group of companies consisting of Windcave Limited, its affiliates, and its subsidiaries. Windcave provides technical solutions to businesses by allowing them to process payments in e-commerce, and via physical payment devices, such as card readers.  

For further information, please see the Windcave Privacy Statement available at https://sec.windcave.com/pxmi3/privacy-policy

We may disclose your Personal Information to other third parties to perform services on our behalf, to process information for us, or to hold information on our behalf. These third parties may be outside of New Zealand, but we will not authorise them to us your Personal Information for their own purposes.

Other Disclosure to Third Parties

In addition to our disclosures made to third party service providers in the course of our relationship with you, we may also disclose your Personal Information:

• to enforce our Terms of Trade
• where required by law such as to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process
• when we believe on reasonable grounds that disclosure is necessary to protect our property, legal rights, your safety, or the safety of others
• in order for us or other authorised agencies to detect, investigate, prevent or address fraud, security or technical issues
• to respond to a government request to which we are obliged by law to respond, or where the Privacy Act permits us to respond
• to carry out the matters described in the section below, Management of your Personal Information
• to any third party with your prior consent

Management of your Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, your Personal Information we collect is held by us.

As noted above in this Privacy Policy, we use third party providers Shopify and Windcave to operate our website and facilitate your payments.

When you provide us with your Personal Information, you are sending your Personal Information to the places where Shopify, Windcave and other third party servers are located.

We will retain your Personal Information for the duration of your relationship with us (including where you hold an active account with us), as needed to provide you with our products (including where you have consented to receiving marketing communications), or to meet any legal obligations we may have to retain your Personal Information. We will not hold your Personal Information for longer than is reasonable required for the lawful purpose for which your Personal Information was collected.

If you wish to cancel your account, request that we delete your Personal Information, request that we no longer use your Personal Information to provide you with marketing communications, or withdraw your consent to use your Personal Information, please contact us at curate@citymission.org.nz or by post at Thrive Curate, 275 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8104, New Zealand. We will only retain Personal Information in such a case as it necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our Terms of Trade.

Marketing Communications

With your permission, we may send you emails about our online store, new products and other updates.

If we ask for your Personal Information or the purposes of sending you marketing communications, we will either ask you directly for your express consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

If you change your mind after you opt-in to receiving marketing communications, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at curate@citymission.org.nz or by post at Thrive Curate, 275 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8104, New Zealand.

Cookies

We may use cookies on our website. By browsing our online store and using our website, you agree to the placement of cookies on your device. A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your computer or device when you visit our website. A cookie can contain information about your device, your internet protocol (IP) address, your session, and the online activity on our website.

We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing our website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). Cookies also provide information on how people use our website, for instance whether it is their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

We use the following cookies to optimise your experience on our website and to provide our services.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of our Online Store

Name	Function
_ab	Used in connection with access to admin.
_secure_session_id	Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.
cart	Used in connection with shopping cart.
cart_sig	Used in connection with checkout.
cart_ts	Used in connection with checkout.
checkout_token	Used in connection with checkout.
secret	Used in connection with checkout.
secure_customer_sig	Used in connection with customer login.
storefront_digest	Used in connection with customer login.
_shopify_u	Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

 

Reporting and Analytics

Name	Function
_tracking_consent	Tracking preferences.
_landing_page	Track landing pages
_orig_referrer	Track landing pages
_s	Shopify analytics.
_shopify_fs	Shopify analytics.
_shopify_s	Shopify analytics.
_shopify_sa_p	Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_sa_t	Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_y	Shopify analytics.
_y	Shopify analytics.

 

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose to disable or reject cookies through your browser controls, usually found in the “Tools” or “Preferences” menu of your browser. If you choose to disable or reject cookies, some functionality of our website may not operate correctly.

More information on how to modify your browser settings or how to disable, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help directory.

Access to your Personal Information

You have the right to access, and seek correction of, your Personal Information.  To access or correct any of your Personal Information, please contact us by email at curate@citymission.org.nz or by post at Thrive Curate, 275 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8104, New Zealand.

We endeavour to ensure that the Personal Information we hold is accurate, complete and up-to-date.  If any of the Personal Information that you have provided to us changes, we encourage you to contact us to update that Personal Information.

If you contact us to access or correct your Personal Information, we may ask you to verify your identity.

Where a dispute arises between you and us and we cannot resolve it with you, then you may wish to contact the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner at www.privacy.org.nz.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to take into account new laws and technology, and any changes to how we operate. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on our website.

Please check our website periodically for changes.

General

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of New Zealand.

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at curate@citymission.org.nz or by post at Thrive Curate, 275 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8104, New Zealand.

Last updated: 22 June 2021