Collection of Personal Information
We only collect limited personal information such as title, name, contact details (address and phone) and e-mail address.
We only collect personal information when you knowingly provide it. For example, we may ask for your personal information when you:
- order goods that require delivery;
- apply for finance;
- contact us for further information;
- participate in surveys and other types of research;
- subscribe to our mailing list;
- ask for a quote to be prepared;
- express interest in a particular service
- other information we may collect from time to time to improve products/service
For statistical purposes we collect anonymous information on web site activity (such as top pages viewed, the number of pages viewed, the number of sessions, and most popular session times). We use this data to evaluate our website performance and to improve the content we display to you.
To evaluate the effectiveness of our online advertising (including click-throughs from email marketing), we may use third parties to collect statistical data. No personal information is collected on these occasions.
Use of cookies
class* uses tracking technologies such as cookies to recognise your browser each time it visits our site. This information is used to optimize our site and create a better online experience for you.
These tracking technologies do not themselves personally identify users, although they do identify a user’s browser.
However, if you do not wish to receive any cookies, you may set your browser to refuse them.
How we use your information
We use personal information to:
- complete a transaction
- deal with your queries or customer service issues promptly. We may also keep information on your communications with our customer service representatives;
- keep you up-to-date with products, services, events or promotions we think would be of particular interest through a variety of channels. You can choose to “opt-out” from this activity at any time;
- help us complete your transactions faster and;
- for planning, product development or research purposes.
Disclosure of personal information
We will only send your personal information to other organisations when:
- we have your consent to share the information;
- we need to share your information in order to provide the product or service you have requested;
- we need to send your information to companies that are contracted to us e.g. mailing houses, IT service providers, service providers (e.g. assemblers, repairers), web developers, marketing agencies, finance companies or;
- we are required or authorised by law to disclose the information.
Otherwise your information remains under our custodianship at all times.
Opting out
Staying in touch with class* is a great way to find out about the latest developments in educational furniture, as well as be privy to special deals.
If, however, you would like to unsubscribe from receiving email special offers you can do so any time, for any reason.
It’s as easy following the link at the bottom of any email, or calling us on 0800 33 75 74
Please take a minute or two to review these terms and conditions. Your purchase of products from us means you accept them.
Terms of Trade
All our prices include the cost of freight (excluding GST) to the North or South Islands in New Zealand, so the price you see is the price you pay; just select North or South island, and there’ll be no nasty surprises when you go to checkout. For delivery to Kawau, Great Barrier, Waiheke, The Chatham islands and others, special arrangements will have to made and charged for.
Security
All information you send us is protected by physical, electronic and procedural safeguards.
Our website uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) which encrypts your credit card number, name and address so that only we can decode the information.
However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure so, while we do our best to protect your content information, any information you do send us is at your own risk.
Always remember to keep all passwords protected.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Copyright
This website and its contents are the property of class* and are subject to copyright.
The contents of our web site and the website as a whole are intended solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
Any use of our web site and its content for purposes other than personal and non-commercial use, or any use of the trade marks displayed on the web site, is prohibited without the prior written permission of class*, 157 Kahutia Street, Gisborne, 4010, New Zealand.