Privacy Policy

Your online privacy is important to Freightbid. To protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices.

The policy is not exhaustive and Freightbid reserves the right to modify the privacy policy at any time, effective upon posting of the modified policy on its website www.freightbid.co.nz. Freightbid will also endeavour that its clients are contacted via email and directed to any updated policy prior to its effective date.

the information we collect

C3i Technologies Limited, trading as Freightbid, operates the website www.freightbid.co.nz. In the course of providing our services, we may collect:

  • Information you provide to us (such as your name, address, telephone number, billing information, credit card information, or e-mail address on feedback); and
  • Other non-personally identifiable information such as your internet browser, operating system, date of visit, time of visit and path taken through the site. This information alone does not identify an individual and we will not combine it with information that does identify you as an individual.

Freightbid does not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. Any use or disclosure of information, other than that which is stated in the Freightbid User Agreement, is set out below.

our use of your information

In accordance with the Freightbid User Agreement, we may share the information you have provided with third parties (such as Freightbid Suppliers) for the purpose of procuring freight services.

We may also disclose personally identifiable information to third parties if you consent to the disclosure, if we consider that we are compelled or authorized to do so by law, or if we reasonably believe there is a threat to someone's life or health.

We may use customer contact information from the registration form to:

  • send you information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners and
  • contact you when necessary.

Information provided to Freightbid as part of the feedback and rating system will be published on our website in accordance with the Freightbid User Agreement. Freightbid is not responsible for statements made through our feedback and rating system. However, Freightbid reserves the right to remove feedback that it considers to be offensive, defamatory or inappropriate.

This site contains links to other sites. Freightbid is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of web sites to which we link. We have special business relationships with some companies, but none of them receive individual identifying information about you collected by Freightbid except as required for you to engage their services in relation to a freighting contract arranged through our web site.

cookies

Freightbid uses cookies (small files that are stored in a browser that are used when you access our website) to improve our service to you and to gather statistical data. Cookies provide us with non-personally identifiable information (namely your IP address, your internet browser, operating system, date of visit, time of visit and path taken through the site).

You can refuse cookies by opting not to accept them through your browser. However, refusing cookies may restrict the capabilities of Freightbid

how to update or deactivate your information

If you would like to update the information you have submitted, please maintain your profile on Freightbid. If you would like to deactivate the information you have submitted, please contact us by email Freightbid administration. Freightbid will update or de-activate any information that could be used to identify you as soon as possible after your request, unless we are required or authorized by law not to do so.

Once de-activated your data will not be accessible, however due to limitations imposed by system backups, your data can in some circumstances remain on backup media. In the unlikely event that one of the backup media is accessed as part of a larger recovery of Freightbid data, your data would continue to be flagged and remain de-activated and inaccessible for use by Freightbid staff.

Nothing contained in this policy is intended to create a contract or agreement between Freightbid and any user providing identifiable information in any form.

general

We will take all necessary steps to comply with this privacy policy, however, to the extent permitted by law, nothing in this policy is intended to hold Freightbid liable for any failure to comply with this policy.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us by email Freightbid administration.

This privacy policy is made available for your information and does not limit or exclude your rights under the Privacy Act 1993.

Use of this site constitutes acceptance of the Freightbid User Agreement and Privacy Policy.
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