Privacy Policy for Studio30
Effective Date: 30.05.2025
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.studio30.co.nz. Studio30 is a New Zealand-based business, and we are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymised string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location data from images.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply shows the post ID of the article just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited that website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking if you are logged into that site.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. Data may be shared with trusted partners for the purposes of site security, email communications, and analytics – all of which are subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection agreements.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in your user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except username changes). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to access and request correction of your personal data. If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you, excluding any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make a data access or correction request, please contact us at: [Insert Studio30 contact email or link to contact form].
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be screened through an automated spam detection service. Some data may be processed outside New Zealand, but only in jurisdictions with adequate privacy protections or with contracts that safeguard your privacy rights.