Hoed is committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is intended to describe how your personal information is processed and used, and we will make every effort to ensure that our activities keep within the spirit of this Privacy Policy. Please note that by visiting and using www.hoed.co.nz or www.hoednewevaluator.co.nz, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Every computer connected to the Internet is provided with a domain name and an IP Address. When a visitor requests a page from within the Hoed website, our Web Servers automatically identify and log the HTTP request that is made to our Web Server. This information reveals nothing personal about you. In fact, the only information that we automatically gather and log is as follows: Your IP Address; The Web Page that you may have linked to us from, if any; The Product Identifier for Version and Make of Browser (e.g. Internet Explorer 5.5); The Operating System platform that you may be running (e.g. Macintosh or Windows); Search Words or Terms that are passed from a Search Engine (e.g. Google, Yahoo). Hoed has found it advantageous to examine visitor traffic in its aggregate, so that we can ensure maximum compatibility for the various Browsers and Operating Systems that visit our site. By analysing visitation patterns, referring URLs and Search Engine terms, we can strategically enhance our exposure on the Internet.
Cookies are small pieces of data that are transferred to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser from our Web Server. A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or read cookie files that may have been created from other sites. The Hoed website employs cookies as a means of providing personalisation features to our visitors.
We may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of conducting a survey, adding you to our mailing list, or by your request to have someone contact you for additional information. Whenever we request the identity of a visitor, we will clearly indicate the purpose of the inquiry before the information is requested. We maintain a strict “No Spam” policy that means we do not intend to sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail address to a third-party, without your consent. In addition, Hoed will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed to receive. If you are a member of our Mailing List, you will be contacted with announcements, news, portfolio additions, and new products or services. You have the option of “Unsubscribing” from our Mailing List at any time, thereby disabling any further such e-mail communication from being sent to you. If you wish to have specific communications with a member of the Hoed staff, you will be required to provide specific information that will be routed to the appropriate contact within Hoed.
This Web site may include Web pages that give you the opportunity to provide us with personal information about yourself. You do not have to provide us with personal information if you do not want to; however, that may limit your ability to use certain functions of this Web site or to request certain services or information.
We may use personal information for a number of purposes such as to:
We may use personal information to contact you through any contact information you provide through this Web site, including any email address, telephone number, mobile phone number, text message number, or fax number.
We may also share personal information within the Company, and we may combine personal information that you provide us through this Web site with other information we have received from you, whether online or offline, or from other sources such as from our vendors or clients.
Hoed will disclose your personal information or any of its log file information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such actions are necessary to: Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on Hoed; Protect and defend the rights or property of Hoed, or visitors of Hoed; Identify persons who may be violating the law, the legal notice, or the rights of third parties; Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities. Hoed uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure. Hoed reserves the right to transfer information in connection with the sale of all or part of Hoed capital stock or assets to any third party. Furthermore, we are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information. Hoed Studios also provides “links” to a wide variety of other web sites on the Internet. We are not responsible for their Privacy Policies or how those web sites manage information about their users.We strongly urge you to check with those web sites to determine their privacy policy. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted so that you are always aware of the information that we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.