Privacy

Ways Electronics Ltd (“Ways”) are committed to providing our customers with a secure, private shopping experience.

What information does Ways need to collect from you as a customer?

Ways, in dealing with you as a customer, may need to collect and retain information that identifies you as a customer so that transactions can be carried out either online or personally. The information we may collect includes:

For establishing an account:

For personal identification:

Why does Ways collect and retain personal information?
We use this information to undertake any dealings or transactions with you (see the Terms and Conditions for further details). Personal photo ID information may not be needed unless you need to personally pick up goods from any one of the WAYS stores, and we need to ascertain that the person picking up the goods is the correct person as per the transaction. We may take a copy of the identification supplied. This is also to protect your interest and security as a WAYS customer.

Who can access this information and who is it shared with?
The information will be collected by specified WAYS employees who need to have access to your personal data to carry out the transactions. The level of accessibility to your personal data is proportional to the job function that each team member performs.

We may disclose aggregated shopper statistics, but none of these statistics will contain any information about identifiable customers and their individual shopping habits.

Certain information may be made accessible to other persons or bodies corporate engaged by WAYS for or in relation to any of the purposes listed in use of information of the Terms and Conditions.

Can you refuse to provide the information asked for?
If you do not wish to provide the information asked for, you have the right to refuse to provide it, however WAYS may not be able to proceed with the transaction if the information required is necessary for WAYS to ensure the transaction is conducted in a legitimate manner while protecting the interests of both WAYS and you as the customer.

Storage of personal information
We are aware that you may be concerned about the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. We have taken many steps – from both technical and systems perspectives – to ensure that all of your information is well protected, however we also recommend that you do not disclose your loginID and password to anyone.

What is WAYS policy on allowing me to view and update my personal information?
You are able to access and change personal account information held by WAYS in the “My Account” area of our website.

You may also ask us for a copy of any personal information about you that we hold or to correct any personal information about you, by contacting us either at email address: websales@Ways.co.nz, call us or visit our store.

Marketing emails / newsletters
If you no longer wish to receive marketing emails / newsletters from us, you can find and click on the unsubscribe link in each of our marketing emails and we will opt you out from receiving future marketing related correspondence.

Credit Card Security
WAYS does not store, or process credit cards.

Direct Payment Solutions or Paymark New Zealand processes transactions for New Zealand, and EFTPOS New Zealand LTD processes our Australian transactions.