Privacy policy – Nzbookmakers

Information about bookmakers can be read here without an account, a deposit or a bet, so the personal information collected is minimal. The Privacy Act 2020 governs it, in particular the information privacy principles of section 22.

Responsible agency

The body that runs Nzbookmakers is the agency responsible for the personal information collected. Its name, address and e-mail address are at bookmakersnz.com, and the same contact is used for any question on the subject.

Information collected

Opening a page leads the server to log the IP address, date and time, the address requested, the amount of data sent, the referring page and the browser type. Security and the detection of abuse are the reasons for the logs; after 90 days they are deleted or shortened so that they no longer point to a person. Writing to the editors involves providing a name, an e-mail address and the message, and these serve only for the reply. Payment details and identity documents are not collected because the site has no accounts, deposits or bets.

Purposes and principles

Purposes are lawful and linked to the site: keeping it available and secure, answering messages and, following a choice in the cookie banner, measuring the audience (IPP 1). People are told what is collected and why (IPP 3), and the use of information is limited to those purposes (IPP 10). No automated decisions are made and no profiling is carried out.

Providers and disclosure abroad

Information is never sold. It goes to the providers that host the site, deliver its content and handle e-mail, and to public authorities where the law demands it. Should a provider keep information outside New Zealand, it is disclosed there only if the recipient is subject to comparable safeguards or the person has been told and agrees, as IPP 12 requires.

Security and retention

Information is guarded by reasonable safeguards against loss and misuse (IPP 5) and held only while its purpose lasts (IPP 9): server logs for up to 90 days, correspondence until the matter is closed and for as long as possible claims require. A notifiable privacy breach, meaning one that has caused or is likely to cause serious harm, is reported to the Privacy Commissioner and to those affected.

Access and correction

Anyone may ask for the information held about them (IPP 6) and for its correction (IPP 7). A reply is given as soon as reasonably practicable, no later than 20 working days after the request arrives (section 40).

Complaints

Someone who believes their privacy has been breached may complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

Last updated: 30 October 2026.