Scope
This policy covers the use of The Chris Ruth Centre website at: https://chrisruthcentre.co.nz. By providing your personal information to us and disclosure of that information as set out in this Website Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 9, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes The Chris Ruth Centre Trust (we/us/our) policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use our website and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
We recognise the importance of protecting the privacy of information collected about visitors to our website. We will comply with the Privacy Act 2020 and any other legislation in relation to how we manage your personal information.
What information do we collect and hold?
Personal Information
Personal information about visitors to our website is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted.
Including the following:
- Signing up for the Chris Ruth Centre Newsletter
- When making a one off or regular donation to The Chris Ruth Centre Trust
- Applying for a job position at the Chris Ruth Centre
- Submitting a message request through our website
Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Name
- Contact information
- Interactions with us
- Donation information
- Employment information
Usage of Information
We collect and hold your personal information provided by you when you visit our website in order to:
- Verify your identity
- Respond to any requests or correspondence from you.
- Communicate with you about matters and information that is relevant to the Chris Ruth Centre, including a donation if you have made one, your subscription to our newsletter, or a job application.
- Manage and improve our website.
- Analyse website usage, trends and statistics for evaluative and reporting purposes, on an anonymis basis.
- Protect and/or enforce legal rights and interests, including defending any claim.
- Comply with the Privacy Act and for any other purposes authorised by you, or by law.
- You may choose not to provide any Personal Information to us, however as a result we may not be able to process your request.
- We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
Retention of Your Personal Information
- We keep your information for one year at which point we securely destroy it by securely erasing all digital data.
Transfer of Your Personal Information
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Chris Ruth Centre Head Office and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
The Chris Ruth Centre will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Delete Your Personal Information
- You have the right to request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data that we have collected about you.
- Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Disclosure of Your Personal Information
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Chris Ruth Centre may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Chris Ruth Centre may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Chris Ruth Centre Trust
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service
- Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Information
The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We keep your information safe by storing it in encrypted files and only allowing certain staff to access it.
Opting Out
We will only send mail to people who we believe are willing to receive it. If you do not wish to receive future communications from us please click on the ‘unsubscribe’ link found at the bottom of your email.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites 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 strongly advise 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.
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, and becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at marilynpaston100@chrisruthcentre.co.nz, or 033392930, or PO Box 9027 Christchurch 8149. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
- By visiting this page on our website: https://chrisruthcentre.co.nz/website-privacy-policy/