PMC Privacy Policy

This statement sets out PMC's policies relating to your personal information. It applies to your conduct on the PMC network of web sites.

Please note that separate policies apply to the use of sites that are available through PMC but are not operated by PMC directly.

1. Your personal information is important to us
2. PMC is committed to the best-practice privacy standards
3. Collecting information about you
4. Our use of cookies
5. Using and disclosing your personal information
6. "Spam" (promotional email)
7. Storage and security of your personal information
8. PMC and links to other web sites
9. What to do if you have a problem or question
10. Future changes
11. Further information on privacy

1. Your personal information is important to us

PMC recognises that your privacy is very important to you and that you have a right to control your personal information. We know that providing personal information is an act of trust and we take that seriously. Unless you give us explicit consent to act otherwise, the following policies will govern how PMC handles your personal information and safeguards your privacy.

2. PMC is committed to the best-practice privacy standards

PMC is committed to protecting your personal information and giving you choice in who can use your personal information and how it can be used. We believe that our privacy policy represents industry best practice.

3. Collecting information about you

PMC will not collect or monitor any personal information about you without your consent unless we believe it is necessary:

• Because it is required by law.
• To provide you with a service which you have requested.
• To implement our terms of service.
• To protect the rights or property of PMC, any PMC user, or any member of the public.
• You may provide PMC with information directly, such as through subscribing to email lists or identifying yourself when using particular services.

The only personal information we collect is what you tell us about yourself.

PMC uses cookies to help maximise your enjoyment of our web site. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's browser. Please see further information on how we use cookies below.

PMC intends to introduce a membership system that will give you the option of enjoying enhanced services on our web site. Again, any changes in how we use your personal information will only occur with your consent.

Any further collection of your personal information than that explained above will only occur with consent from you. PMC only collects information from your use of our web site and not from other organisations.

4. Our use of cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies. However, if you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to refuse cookies. In some instances this may mean you will not be able to take full advantage of parts of PMC.

The use of cookies can enhance your enjoyment of what is offered by PMC, because they can help personalise your experience of our web site. They can make it easier for you to shop online and can ensure that information provided to you is most relevant to your interests. Cookies can also provide us with aggregate information on how people use our web sites, and which advertisements are effective, which helps us to keep improving PMC.

Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's browser. The cookies simply operate as a unique identifier which help us to know what our customers find interesting and useful on our web site, almost like a continuing questionnaire. We do not link this information back to other information that you have provided to us. PMC does not store any information inside cookies.

Google Analytics is used on this site. If you wish not to use Google Analytics you can use a browser add on that will prevent your data being used in Google Analytics. This can be downloaded from here;

To learn more about how Google treats your data please visit this page;

5. Using and disclosing your personal information

PMC will not use or disclose any information about you without your consent, or access your communications on our web sites, unless:

• Required by law.
• We believe it necessary to provide you with a service which you have requested.
• To implement our terms of service.
• To protect the rights or property of PMC, any PMC user, or any member of the public.
• PMC and its affiliates recognise the trust you place in us when you give us personal information. In order to operate the web site or deliver a service we may sometimes share your personal information with an affiliate. We will not otherwise disclose your personal information to other companies without your explicit consent.

6. "Spam" (promotional email)

We will not send you "spam" (advertising information) without first asking you whether you wish to have promotional information sent to you. If you are receiving promotional information about PMC or its affiliates and do not wish to receive this information any longer, you may remove your name from a list by visiting the web site from which the communication was sent and following the instructions on how to withdraw your information from that site.

7. Storage and security of your personal information

PMC will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information which we hold about you, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. Your information is stored on secure servers.

In addition, our employees and data processors are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by PMC. However, PMC will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.

You can also play an important role in keeping your personal information secure, by maintaining the confidentiality of any password and accounts used on the PMC web site Please notify us immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account by any other Internet user or any other breach of security.

8. PMC and links to other web sites

PMC provides links to web sites outside of the PMC web site These linked sites are not under the control of PMC, and we are not responsible for the conduct of companies linked to our web site Before disclosing your personal information on any other web site, we advise you to examine the terms and conditions of using their web sites

9. What to do if you have a problem or question

If PMC becomes aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with sites associated with PMC, we will take these issues seriously and work to address these concerns. If you have any further queries relating to our privacy policy, or you have a problem or complaint, please contact us at sales@technology.net.nz

10. Future changes

Our commitment to make and maintain PMC as a top supplier of solutions and support means that we are constantly adding new features to the PMC web site. Because of this, from time to time, our policies will be reviewed and may be revised. PMC reserves the right to change its privacy policy at any time and notify you by posting an updated version of the policy on its web site.

11. Further information on privacy

For more information about privacy issues in New Zealand and protecting your privacy, visit the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner's web site.