Privacy Policy

This policy details how Motherbase Ltd and its websites, including www.Simple-Growth.com and www.KevinDAmbros-Smith.com (collectively "we," "us," "our"), manage your personal information in compliance with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 (the Act). Personal information refers to any data about an identifiable individual.

This policy does not override or limit your rights under the Act. For more information about your rights, please visit www.privacy.org.nz.

This privacy policy outlines how data is collected, used, and stored on www.Simple-Growth.com, www.KevinDAmbros-Smith.com, and their associated websites.


Data Collection Methods

We gather personal data from:

• You, when you provide information through website interactions, registrations, subscriptions, contact methods (e.g., phone or email), or when purchasing or using our services and products.

• Automated technologies or interactions with our websites.

• Authorized third parties or publicly available sources.

Types of Information Collected

We collect, process, and store personal data only if it is directly provided by you. Personal information may include:

• Identity Data: First name, last name, job title, position, location, or similar identifiers.

• Contact Data: Physical address, email address, and telephone number.

• Transaction Data: Requests for our products and services or details of products and services we have supplied to you.

• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices used to access our website.

• Usage Data: Enquiries submitted by you, information supplied, and how you use our website.

• Marketing Data: Preferences related to marketing communications from us.

We may also collect non-personal data, such as aggregated data derived from your personal information, which does not identify you directly or indirectly.

Use of Information


We utilize your information to:

• Communicate with you, including via email, regarding our services, respond to queries, offer additional services, or provide content that may be of interest.

• Understand customer behavior and improve our products, services, and advertising based on occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location, and time zone.

• Automatically collect information through cookies and other technologies, such as domain name, browser type, device ID, operating system, pages viewed, links clicked, IP address, visit duration, and referring URL.


Data Accuracy

Ensuring your data's accuracy and currency is crucial. Please notify us of any changes to your data so we can update our records.

Data Utilization Purposes

We may process your personal data for:

• Providing services and communication, including Identity, Contact, and Transactional data.

• Informing you of business changes, website improvements, or service/product updates.

• Notifying you of platform activities, such as new forum posts or group updates. You can unsubscribe from email campaigns via the Unsubscribe function or by contacting support@KevinDAmbros-Smith.com.

• Marketing our services and products to you electronically.

• Enhancing our services and products.

• Collecting feedback and responding to communications, including complaints.

• Conducting anonymized statistical analysis.

• Collecting impact measures (Revenue, FTE, and Export data) confidentially.

• Complying with legal obligations (Identity, Contact, Transactional, and Technical Data).

• Pursuing our legitimate interests or those of third parties, provided your rights do not override these interests.

• Any other purpose authorized by you or the Act.

We may use your personal data for reasons other than its original purpose if we have a legitimate interest.


Interest-Based Advertising

When visiting our website, you may see ads from Google or other companies that collect information about you to show advertisements based on your interests. For more about Google's privacy policies and its DoubleClick DART cookie, visit http://www.google.com/privacy/ads. By using our website without opting out, you agree to this data collection for interest-based advertising.


Usernames and Passwords

Access to parts of our website may be protected by a username and password. Do not share your password and log out when finished. Close and reopen your web browser for added security before visiting other websites.


Embedded Content

Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This content behaves as if you visited the other website, which may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content.


Contact Forms

Information collected via contact forms is used to respond to queries. We do not store unnecessary data or contact anyone who has not requested it.


Data Retention

Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely for follow-up purposes. For registered users, personal information in their profile is stored and can be edited or deleted by the user, except for the username. Administrators can also view and edit this information.


Data Disclosure

We may disclose your data to third parties under specific circumstances, including:

• Regulatory bodies as required by law.

• Suppliers involved in fulfilling our services.

• Businesses supporting our services and products, such as IT system hosts.

• Third-party marketing with your consent.

• For anonymized statistical purposes.

• Authorized persons.

Your personal information may be held and processed outside New Zealand if a supporting business is located abroad.


Data Protection

We take reasonable steps to safeguard your personal information from loss, unauthorized activity, or misuse.


Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You have the right to access and request corrections to your readily retrievable personal information, subject to certain grounds for refusal under the Act. Verification of your identity is required. We may charge reasonable costs for providing copies or correcting information.

For requests, email support@KevinDAmbros-Smith.com with evidence of your identity and details of your request.


Controller and Processor

Kevin D’Ambros-Smith and his associated entities act as the Controller of the data you provide to create an account and use our services. You become the Controller of any data you enter while using the services, and we act as the Processor of that data on your behalf. We process this data according to your instructions, given during the sign-up process, to facilitate your use of the services.


Basis of Processing

For residents of the European Union, if we do not explicitly seek your consent to process your personal data, we rely on our legitimate commercial interest in providing the services to you and other customers. Processing your personal data, as previously described, is necessary to achieve that legitimate interest. Where data processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw consent and request that we stop processing your data at any time. This withdrawal does not affect the legality of consent-based processing carried out prior to withdrawal.


Data Subject Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, EU residents have the following rights:

• Right to access personal data

• Right to rectify incorrect or incomplete personal data

• Right to erasure of personal data ("right to be forgotten") under certain conditions

• Right to restrict/suspend processing of personal data

• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

• Right to object to processing based on legitimate interests

• Right to object to processing of personal data for direct marketing

• Right to data portability, allowing you to receive your personal data in a standard electronic format

If we are the Controller of the data, you can exercise these rights by contacting our privacy officers at the address below or emailing us at support@KevinDAmbros-Smith.com. If we are the Processor, you must contact the relevant data Controller to exercise these rights.


Right to Review, Delete, and Control Our Use of Your Information

You have the right to request access to your personal information and may have additional rights depending on the data protection laws applicable in your jurisdiction.

You can review and update most of the personal information we collect about you by logging into your account. For other requests, such as accessing, erasing, or deleting your information, or canceling your account, contact our privacy officers at the address below or email us at support@KevinDAmbros-Smith.com. If we are the Controller of the data, we will respond to your request within one month. If we are the Processor, you must contact the relevant data Controller.


Right to Take Your Information With You

You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Upon your request and where technically feasible, we will send this information electronically to a third party you designate, if we are the Controller of the data. If we are the Processor, you must contact the relevant data Controller to exercise these rights.


Internet Use and Security

While we strive to maintain secure internet connections, providing personal information online is at your own risk. Posting personal information on our website's public areas means it is publicly available.

We may use cookies to monitor your website usage. You can disable cookies via browser settings, but this may limit website functionality.


Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We do not control these sites and are not responsible for their privacy policies. Review their policies before providing personal information.


Complaints

To raise a complaint about our use of your personal data, email support@KevinDAmbros-Smith.com.


Policy Changes

We may update these policies to reflect website changes and customer feedback. Regularly review these policies to stay informed about how we protect your personal data.

For queries or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, contact support@KevinDAmbros-Smith.com.

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