Your privacy matters. This policy explains what personal information we collect on wintervibes.co.nz, how we use and protect it, and your rights — in line with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and its Information Privacy Principles.
Last updated: August 2026. This Privacy Policy explains how Winter Vibes ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, stores and discloses personal information when you use wintervibes.co.nz (the "Site"). We handle personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020 and its 13 Information Privacy Principles (IPPs). By using the Site, you agree to this policy.
We aim to collect only what we need for a clear purpose (IPPs 1–4). The information we may collect includes:
We do not collect gambling account details, deposits or bets — we're a review site, not an operator, and no gambling transactions happen here. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.
We use personal information only for the purposes it was collected for, or a directly related purpose (IPP 10). Specifically, to:
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it to place or facilitate any bet.
We use cookies and similar technologies for essential site functions and for analytics (for example, to measure traffic and understand which guides are useful). Analytics may be provided by third-party tools that process usage data on our behalf. You can control cookies through your browser and, where offered, our cookie settings. Full detail is in our Cookie Policy.
We only disclose personal information as allowed by the Privacy Act (IPPs 11–12). We may share information with:
Some of our providers may store or process data outside New Zealand. Where information is sent overseas, we take reasonable steps to ensure it's protected by comparable safeguards, consistent with IPP 12. We do not sell or rent your personal information to anyone. When you follow a link to a third-party operator, that operator collects and handles your information under its own privacy policy, which we don't control.
We take reasonable technical and organisational steps to keep personal information safe from loss, misuse and unauthorised access, use or disclosure (IPP 5), including secure hosting and HTTPS encryption of the Site. No system is completely secure, but we work to protect the information we hold.
We keep personal information only for as long as we need it for the purpose it was collected, or as required by law (IPP 9). Contact-form and email correspondence is kept while we deal with your enquiry and for a reasonable period afterwards, then deleted. Analytics data is retained on an aggregated or time-limited basis per our analytics tools' settings.
We take reasonable steps to ensure the personal information we hold is accurate, up to date and complete before we use it (IPP 8). Please help us by giving us correct details and telling us if anything changes.
Under IPPs 6 and 7, you have the right to ask us:
To make a request, email hello@wintervibes.co.nz. We may need to verify your identity first. We'll respond as soon as reasonably practicable and within the timeframes set by the Privacy Act. If we can't correct information as you ask, you can request that a statement of the correction sought be attached to it.
Questions or concerns about privacy, or a complaint about how we've handled your information? Email our privacy contact at hello@wintervibes.co.nz and we'll work to resolve it. If you're not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (privacy.org.nz), which oversees the Privacy Act 2020 in New Zealand and can investigate complaints.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version, with its "last updated" date at the top, always applies. Significant changes will be reflected on this page.
In short: we collect very little — mainly analytics and anything you send us via the contact form — we don't sell it, we protect it, and you can ask to see or correct it any time at hello@wintervibes.co.nz. For cookie detail, see our Cookie Policy.