Privacy

Kia NZ Privacy policy

General: 

Kia NZ ("we", "us", "our")  acknowledges and respects the privacy of individuals. This policy sets out the way in which we collect, use, disclose, manage and protect your personal information. It is not intended to limit or exclude your rights under the Privacy Act 2020. 

Subject to change: 

This policy is subject to change. Any changes will be effective when a notice of the change is posted on our website. Please check this policy periodically so that you are aware of any changes.

Acceptance:

By using our services, our website and/or providing your personal information to us, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of that information as set out in this policy (as amended from time to time).

Personal information

Kia NZ collects, holds and uses personal information in the following areas:

• Consumers

• Business Relations

• Employment

Consumer information is usually collected as owner information at point of sale or via promotions, competitions and consumer queries.

The information may include:

• Your name, address, contact number(s), date of birth (DOB) Drivers Licence number and email address
• Details of the vehicle/s you have purchased
• Information about your financial position and employment status
• Information about your preference for goods or services we offer from time to time
• Details of any prizes you may have won
• A record of any queries you have made

Purposes for collecting the information

Wherever possible, Kia NZ collects this information directly from you.

We use it for the following purposes:

• To contact you directly about Kia, its vehicles, reminders for servicing, safety recalls, special offers and other promotions
• To register new owners in our “Roadside Assistance Programme”
• To reward you for being a loyal Kia Motors customer
• To inform you of Kia products or publications we think you might be interested in
• To provide to Kia NZ dealers so they may inform you about finance options with the applicable finance companies, assist you with credit applications and inform you about special offers
• To approve transactions you wish to make
• To confirm your identity
• To provide you with products you have requested
• To follow up or pursue any queries you make
• To conduct consumer research

How we manage personal information

Kia NZ is dedicated to keeping personal information secure. This includes physical security, computer and network security, communications security and personnel security. 

We use a SSL certificate on our website to ensure the data you submit on the site is just between you and us, or other people who you agree we can supply the data to under this policy. Typically, SSL is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins.

Tracking and advertising

Kia NZ uses cookies which enables us to monitor traffic patterns and to serve you more efficiently if you revisit Kia sites. A cookie does not identify you personally but it does identify your computer.

Kia NZ uses Facilitate and the Google Display Network (GDN) to deliver online advertising where Kia banner ads are placed on third party websites. When you view a Kia NZ advertisement on a third party website, Facilitate and GDN uses “cookies” and/or ‘iframes’ to collect non-personal information. When you access the Kia website after viewing a Kia advertisement on a third party website, Kia collects information on how you use the Kia website, such as which web pages you view and what action/s you perform.

Google Analytics

Kia NZ uses Google Analytics to collect information on how you use Kia and third party websites.

Kia and its agencies use information collected to measure advertising effectiveness and relative consumer interest. This information may also be used to present relevant advertising on Kia.com/nz (and dealer pages) and other web sites where we advertise. Kia may disclose the information collected in aggregate (not personal) form only, to third parties including advertisers, potential advertisers, advertising agencies or its parent companies.

Hotjar

Hotjar is a new all-in-one Analysis and Feedback tool that reveals the online behaviour and feedback of website visitors. Hotjar gives us the 'big picture' of how to improve your website experience and our websites performance. Hotjar may be used to manage surveys and polls on the website, and all data collected is non-personal, which may be shared with our agencies and / or parent company. 

For more information about Facilitate, Google Analytics and Hotjar see the links below:

https://analytics.google.com

https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

Important information on promotions, competitions and other marketing activities for consumers

1. Kia NZ may enter your details into a database for the purpose of contacting you directly about Kia Motors, its vehicles, special offers, consumer research and other promotions unless otherwise advised by you. You can advise us if you would prefer not to be directly contacted by us. You may also request an update or correction of the personal information we hold about you by putting the request in writing to the Kia NZ Privacy Officer. Contact details are outlined below under ‘Access, and correction of details’.
2. Winners’ names and cities will be published in accordance with the terms and conditions of each promotion.

Disclosure

Unless specifically stated in this policy, Kia NZ does not sell, rent or otherwise make available any personal information to third parties. Kia Motors outsources certain business functions to other organisations and Kia Motor's dealers may use your personal information to facilitate lending with applicable finance companies if you make a finance enquiry.

For this purpose, and only for the purpose of providing services to Kia NZ, personal information may, as required, be transferred to or handled by:

1. Related companies
   
   
2. Organisations which provide services to us, such as mailing houses, promotion and advertising agencies and hosting sites / providers consumer research agencies
   
   
3. Credit reference agencies or other credit providers
   
   
4. Government or statutory authorities that may directly contact you on behalf of Kia NZ
   
   
5. Kia's dealers to enable such dealers to inform you about your finance options with applicable finance companies, and assist you with credit applications

How does it work?

All our pages are coded with a small piece of Cohesion Net Ratings code that is transparent to you when you read that page. The code stores a cookie in your browser (if you have enabled cookies) which contains a unique identifier to allow us to track the number of unique visitors to the website. This information is collected and aggregated by Cohesion Net Ratings and in no way can you be identified personally and no personal information is stored about you. Aggregated information is then provided to us by Cohesion Net Ratings to assist in our analysis of our websites. No individual visitors are identified.

Protection of personal information

Protection of personal information: We will take reasonable measures to protect all personal information stored within our database. However, the transmission of information using the Internet is not completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our site and any transmission is at your own risk.

Other sites: We may provide links on our website to other sites. If you use these links, you will leave our website and we will not be responsible for the content of such sites or their usage of your personal information. We recommend that you check the privacy policies of such sites before providing any personal information.

Access and correction of details

You can access personal information Kia NZ holds on you by contacting the Privacy Officer in writing. If the information held is inaccurate, incomplete or not up to date you may request Kia to correct the information.

Contact Kia Privacy officer

If you are concerned about a possible interference with your privacy, please contact the Privacy Officer Or write to: Kia Motors NZ, PO Box 204090, Highbrook, Auckland, 2161

Changes to the Privacy policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on Kia.com/NZ.

Issued by Kia New Zealand Limited April 2021