At Sharon Cotter we understand that you value your privacy and wish to have your personal information kept secure. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by Sharon Cotter and how it is used.
This privacy policy applies to the website: www.sharoncotter.com owned and operated by Sharon Cotter, 46 Kahuterawa Road, Rd 2, Palmerston North 4472, New Zealand.
Information we collect and why we collect it
User-provided information
If you communicate with us, e.g. via our contact form, regarding our services, we will collect any information that you provide to us in any such communication.
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organisation.
If you correspond with us by email, we may retain the content of your email messages, your email address and our responses.
Information collected automatically
When you use our website, we use cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as your location, and your activities on our website, and information about your device.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form.
We use this information to analyze trends among our visitors to help improve our website via our web analytics tool Google Analytics.
Although Google Analytics places a cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google also uses specific identifiers to help collect information about the use of our website.
For more information on how Google collects and processes your data, visit https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
You can prevent Google Analytics from using your information by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
When you use our website, our hosting servers automatically record information that your browser sends (so-called log data). This log data includes information such as your IP address along with the dates and times of access. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. This information is purely used to administer the site.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on our website may include embedded content fro social networks (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as you have visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Security, retaining and deleting your personal data
When you submit your information via our websites contact form or email, we will take all reasonable precautions to protect your information.
We retain information that we collect from you only for as long as we need it for business purposes. Your information may be retained in electronic form, paper form, or a combination of both. When your information is no longer needed, we will destroy, delete, or erase it.
If you would like us to stop sending you email or other communications or would like to access your personal information to correct or delete it, you may send us a request at our email or postal addresses indicated below.
Links to other websites
We may have included links on this website for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of these websites.
Updates
Our privacy policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page.
Contact us
If you have questions or concerns about our privacy policy please contact us at or 46 Kahuterawa Road, Rd 2, Palmerston North 4472, New Zealand.