Privacy Statement
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This privacy statement explains how the Conservative Party of New Zealand collects, uses and shares your personal information.
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As a political party our operations rely on communication with members and supporters. When you subscribe to our newsletter, make a donation, or otherwise engage with us, you may be asked to provide personal information such as your name, address, email address, and phone number. We collect your information to carry out the purposes for which you provided the information, and to allow us to continue to communicate with you. We also collect information in order to fulfil our legal obligations, in particular to:
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Verify your eligibility to vote, when you join the party as a financial member,
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Determine who you are when you donate to the party, as the party cannot legally accept foreign or anonymous donations.
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Where necessary we may collect personal information about you either directly from you or from other people or organisations, and we may generate personal information about you when we carry out our functions.
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We are committed to maintaining your privacy and protecting your personal information. We will not sell or trade your data with third-party organizations, however, we might share your information:
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With third-parties who provide services on our behalf, including payment processing and email distribution. These third-party vendors will only have access to the information needed to perform these functions.
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If required to by law.
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Please contact us at any time if you have concerns about the way we are managing your personal information, if you wish to update your information, or if you wish us to delete or provide a copy of your information. Note that you can unsubscribe from email newsletters simply by using the link included at the end of each email.
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We may update this privacy statement from time to time, for example to reflect changes to the Privacy Act, so feel free to check in again occasionally to see what might have changed. This statement was last updated in February 2024.