At Technology Queenstown, we ensure we meet our obligations under the Privacy Act 2020 when it comes to your personal information. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") sets out our obligations to you, including how we collect, use, and share your information. 

We may amend this Policy from time to time. The most recent version of this Policy will be available on our website.  

What types of personal information do we collect?

We collect various types of personal information from you, including information about your:

• Name

• Contact information and address

• Occupation or job

• Employer and job title

• Work Location

• Interactions with us

How do we collect personal information?

We collect personal information from you, for example when you set up a profile with us or otherwise communicate and interact with us. 


We may obtain your personal information from others, for example from:

• Other organisations or businesses who partner (or otherwise associate) with us

• Our product and service providers

• Social media and advertising partners

• Customer insights and market research providers

• Publicly available sources (e.g., census data, news media)

Why do we collect your personal information?

We collect your personal information for various purposes, including:

• to contact and manage our relationship with you, including creating a profile about you on our public regional database;

• to host and maintain our regional database of technology professionals;

• for marketing and promotional purposes, such as information about events organised by us or by other; and

• for research purposes, including to produce and publish reports about the local technology industry (in such cases, we may include your information in an aggregated or anonymised form, meaning that it can no longer be associated with you).   

How do we share your personal information?

We may disclose your personal information:

• where you have agreed we can, including on our regional database of technology professionals;

• to our service providers and partners (for example, events management or marketing service providers); and

• to comply with our legal obligations, such as if we are required by law to disclose information to government, law enforcement, and / or emergency response agencies.

If we disclose personal information to an overseas entity, we take reasonable steps to ensure that your information will be handled and treated securely and the means of transfer provides adequate safeguards, in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020.

Our use of cookies

We may use cookies on this website ("Website") to collect information relating to the access and use of the Website. Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a web browser. Cookies enable us to understand your browsing preferences, and further improve users' experience and performance of the Website.  

By continuing to use the Website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this clause and our Privacy Policy. You can disable or delete cookies through the relevant browser settings. If you disable our cookies, it could affect the functionality and performance of the Website.

Your privacy rights

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at hello@technologyqueenstown.com.

If you have any concerns that your personal information and privacy has been compromised in any way, please let us know.  We will endeavour to ensure your concerns are addressed promptly.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you can request that the Privacy Commissioner investigates the matter.  You can find more information about this on the Privacy Commissioner’s website (www.privacy.org.nz) or by contacting the Office of the Privacy Commissioner on 0800 803 909.