Privacy Policy

Mata app privacy policy page

Last updated: May 25, 2022

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using this application, named Mata (the “Service”) operated by MATA AOTEAROA LIMITED, Ellerslie, Auckland, 1060, New Zealand (“our company”, “us”, “we”, or “our”).

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service (which allows You to list items as well as to access listed items by other users for the sake of conducting transactions such as swap deals) and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

By making available the Service we, acting reasonably and in good faith, believe that You:

        • Have all necessary rights to register on and use the Service
        • Provide true information about Yourself to the extent necessary for use of the Services
        • Are aware of and accept this Privacy Policy

We do not check the user information received from you, except where such check is necessary in order for us to fulfil our obligations to You.

 

1. Interpretation and Definitions

1.1. Interpretation: The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

1.2. Definitions: For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

Application means the software program provided by the Company downloaded by You on any electronic device, named Mata

Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to MATA AOTEAROA LIMITED, Ellerslie, Auckland, 1060, New Zealand.

Country refers to The country where the user resides/using the application in

Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.

Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service refers to the Application.

Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.

Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page/screen visit).

You means the individual/user accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

 

2. Types of Data Collected

2.1. Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

        • Email address
        • First name and last name
        • Phone number
        • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
        • Usage Data
        • Social Media Profile Information (i.e. from such as connect/sign in with Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

2.2. Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages/screens of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages/screens, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through such as a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically (and/or via Google Analytics or other related tools), including, but not limited to, the type of the device You use, Your device unique ID, the IP address of Your device, Your device operating system, the type of device Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a device.

 

3. Information Collected while Using the Application

While using Our Application, in order to provide features of Our Application, We may collect, with Your prior permission:

      • Information regarding your location
      • Pictures and other information uploaded from your Device’s camera and photo library to the Application

We use this information to provide features of Our Service, and to improve and customize Our Service. The information may be uploaded to the Company’s servers and/or a Service Provider’s server and/or it may be simply stored on Your device.

 

4. Use & Share of Your Personal Data

4.1. The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

          • To provide, maintain and improve our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
          • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
          • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a device application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
          • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which are offered that are similar to those that you have already traded or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
          • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
          • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
          • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
          • Verification purpose: Where necessary, a copy of your identity or another document containing your name, surname, photograph, number of the principal identity document of you or your representative, payment details and another additional data, with that You may provide us, including through our support service. We may take additional verification steps where we consider reasonable in order to verify your account. We use this data in order to identify You, verify your account and prevent abuse and infringements of your or other persons’ rights.
          • Support Request: Information that is created by you while placing requests to our Service support. We use this information in order to verify your identity and to fulfil your support request. We may also use this data in order to investigate any complaints on your behalf and to provide You with a more efficient service.
          • Third parties: Data collected via third parties, including your social network ids, nickname, and photo, when You register on the Service via your social accounts. We use this information in order to manage and administer the Service provided to you.

4.2. We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

          • Service providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service, and to contact You.
          • Business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
          • Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
          • Business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
          • Other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by other users and may be publicly distributed outside.
          • Advertisers: An advertiser or maker of a recommendation can only choose to target advertisements to groups of users falling within criteria for example user preference. If you fall within a certain preference you will receive an advert or recommendation.
          • With Your Consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

 

5. Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

6. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

 

7. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

7.1. Business Transactions: If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

7.2. Law Enforcement: Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

7.3. Other Legal Requirements: The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

          • Comply with a legal obligation
          • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
          • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
          • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
          • Protect against legal liability

 

8. Security of Your Personal Data:

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We work hard to ensure that the data we collect is reliable, accurate, complete and current. We use your personal data only for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with any applicable legal or ethical reporting or document retention requirements.

We limit access to your personal data only to specific employees, Service Partners, contractors and agents who have a reasonable need to come into contact with your information.

We also employ a number of physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal data. Our secure servers and our data centres are protected by encryption, and our servers reside behind firewalls and password protection.

 

9. International Transfers:

We may transfer and maintain on our servers or databases some of your personal information in different countries worldwide.

 

10. Children’s Privacy:

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please Contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

 

11. Links to Other Websites:

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

 

12. Security Measures: 

We take technical, organizational and legal measures, including, where suitable, encryption, to ensure that your personal data are protected from unauthorized or accidental access, deletion, modification, blocking, copying and dissemination.
Access to the Service is authorized using your login and password. You are responsible for keeping this information confidential. You should not share your credentials with third parties and we recommend you take measures to ensure this information is kept confidential.
If you forget your login details, You can request us to send You an email, which will contain a password reset option.
To reduce the probability of third parties gaining unauthorized access in case of several failed attempts to provide valid login details, we may block entry to your account. You might then need to contact Service support and provide certain additional information to verify your credentials and gain access to your account.

 

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page/screen.
We will let You know via email and/or push notification and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page/screen.

 

14. Miscellaneous

You should be aware that when Personal data is voluntarily disclosed (i.e. your name, email address, etc.) by you in the comments you post on the Service, that information, along with any information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages (including unwanted spam messages) from third parties. Such activities are beyond our control and this Policy does not apply to such information.

 

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

      • By email: [email protected]
      • By visiting the contact page on our website: www.mataup.com
      • By visiting the contact us page/screen in this Application