Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 1, 2026
Welcome to kindredclubsnz.com ("we", "our", or "us"). We operate as an independent affiliate website providing reviews, comparisons, and information regarding real money online gambling sites in New Zealand. We are committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy in compliance with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and other applicable data protection regulations.
1. Information We Collect
We collect certain personal and technical data to provide and improve our services. This includes:
- Directly Provided Data: Name and email address when you subscribe to newsletters, submit inquiries, or complete contact forms.
- Automatically Collected Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, and geolocation data.
- Usage Data: Pages viewed, time spent on pages, referral sources, and interactions with outbound affiliate links.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information gathered via cookies and web beacons as detailed below.
2. How We Use Information
We process collected data for the following lawful business purposes:
- Website Analytics: Monitoring and analysing traffic patterns and visitor engagement to improve website performance and user experience.
- Affiliate Tracking: Tracking clicks and referrals to third-party online casino partners to validate affiliate commissions.
- Site Improvement: Optimising content, layouts, and recommendations relevant to New Zealand players.
- Communications: Responding to user inquiries and delivering requested marketing materials where consent has been granted.
- Security and Compliance: Protecting against fraudulent activity, spam, and ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations.
3. Cookie Policy
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit kindredclubsnz.com. We utilise the following categories of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: Required for the fundamental technical operation of the website.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: Third-party tools (e.g., Google Analytics) that compile aggregated, non-personally identifiable usage metrics.
- Affiliate and Tracking Cookies: Placed when you click an outbound link to an online casino to identify kindredclubsnz.com as the referring platform.
Managing Cookies: You can modify your browser settings to decline, block, or delete cookies at any time. Please note that disabling cookies may affect certain website features or link functionality.
4. Third-Party Links
kindredclubsnz.com contains hyperlinks to external, third-party real money online gambling websites, operators, and affiliate networks. We do not own, manage, or operate these external services. Once you leave our domain via an outbound link, our Privacy Policy no longer applies.
We accept no responsibility or liability for the privacy practices, content, terms, or data collection policies of third-party operators. We strongly advise you to read the privacy policy of any gambling platform you visit before registering an account or depositing funds.
5. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you have statutory rights concerning your personal data:
- New Zealand (Privacy Act 2020): Under the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs), you have the right to request confirmation of whether we hold personal information about you, access that information, and request corrections if it is inaccurate or misleading.
- European Economic Area / UK (GDPR): If accessing our site from the EEA or UK, you hold rights to data access, rectification, erasure ("right to be forgotten"), restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object to processing.
- United States (CCPA/CPRA): Eligible US residents have the right to know what personal data is collected, request deletion, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal data (we do not sell personal information).
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, comply with legal and auditing obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Technical log data and analytics metrics are routinely aggregated or anonymised after operational review periods.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data management practices under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, please contact our Data Protection representative at:
Email: [email protected]
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