Blinka has created this privacy statement to underline our commitment to privacy. This document outlines our information gathering and usage practices. Blinka.me is operated by OurPlace NZ Ltd.

Use of your information

Blinka does not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
We release account and other personal information only when we believe release is appropriate for legal compliance and law enforcement (including to government agencies with statutory law enforcement responsibilities); to facilitate court proceedings; enforce or apply our terms and conditions; or protect the rights, property, or safety of OurPlace NZ Ltd, our users, or others. Government agencies with statutory roles enabling them to request data from us includes but is not restricted to Police, IRD and the Ministry Of Economic Development. Members can contact Blinka to ask whether such information has been provided.

Email

It is the policy of Blinka to send our members email throughout moment matching process and other email they elect to receive, in addition to customary business communications. Further, it is our policy to immediately remove any member from any mailing list upon the member's request. In addition, Blinka will send newsletters and other communications to members. Newsletters will contain clear and obvious instructions for how the member can remove himself or herself from that mailing list.
We do use email as a means of receiving feedback from our members, and we encourage you to email us with your questions, suggestions or comments.

Membership Registration

Our site's registration form requires you to provide us contact information and may also require demographic information. We may use your contact information from the registration form to send you information about our company. Your contact information is also used to contact you when necessary.

Updating Your Personal Information

Blinka provides you with ways in which you can alter your personal data, including changing your email address, password, phone number, etc. We will never disclose your information to another member without your consent. This will happen in the reconnection process when you choose to connect with someone if you select the share profile information option.

Control of Your Password

You are responsible for all actions taken with your user name, email address and password, including fees. Therefore we do not recommend that you disclose your Blinka password to any third parties. If you choose to share your user name, email address and password or your information with third parties to provide you additional services, you are responsible for all actions taken with this information and therefore you should review that third party's privacy policy.

Credit Card Security

We work diligently to protect the security of your personal information, including credit card information.
We protect your credit card information during transmission by using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, which encrypts your information when transmitted over the Internet. Blinka retains only partial card details. However they may be held by Direct Payment Solutions (DPS) (review their Privacy Policy).

Cookies

When you visit Blinka you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact with our Web Site.
When you register with Blinka, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your telephone number, your address, your gender, schools attended and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.
When you enter Blinka, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all Blinka visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to Blinka. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.
When you use Blinka, you may set up your personal profile, form relationships, send messages, perform searches and queries, set up events, and send information through various channels. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view prior messages you have sent or easily see your friend list.
You post User Content (as defined in the Blinka Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. Although we allow you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on Blinka is a violation of the Blinka Terms of Service and should be reported through the form on our privacy help page.

Other information we collect

We use additional information to do internal research on our users' demographics, interests, and behaviour to better understand and develop new services for you and our community. This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on our site or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on our site or not), what browser you are using, and your IP address.
Users who login have their IP addresses recorded. This information will only be provided to legal authorities in cases of suspected fraud or for law enforcement purposes. This information is stored securely and will not be provided to other members or non-authorised parties. If you choose to post messages in our message areas or leave feedback for other users, we will collect that information you provide to us.

Membership Removal

If you wish to have your registration removed from our directory for any reason, you may send us an email requesting this.

Advertising and Third Party Links

Some Blinka partners may request information directly from users, or link to sites that do so. Blinka has no control over its partners' privacy policies, and encourages users to review such policies prior to submitting any personal information to them.
Blinka contains non-advertising links to a variety of third party sites to enhance the member experience. Blinka has no control of either the content or privacy policies of such sites, nor should such links be considered an endorsement of these sites except where otherwise noted.

Updates to our information practices

From time to time, we make changes to our information practices or alter the functionality of our Web site. We always update this statement accordingly, so we encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on privacy practices at Blinka.
If you have any questions about our privacy policies or any other matter, please contact us.