Welcome to PreviewMe New Zealand Limited’s (“PreviewMe”, “we”, “us” or “our”) website. We are a technology company that provides its members with a platform to create, share and request video content for Business Development, Sales and Job Applications / Employment Opportunities (“Opportunities”).
This Privacy Policy sets out our, and your, rights and obligations in relation to personal information (as defined in the Privacy Act 2020) provided through the use of our Services. By using our Services, you agree to follow and be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement.
If you have any concerns about providing personal information to us or having such information displayed on our Service or otherwise used in manner permitted in this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement then you should not become a Member and you should not use our Website or use any of our other Services. Capitalised terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meaning as set out in the User Agreement (unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy).
Personal Information is collected in the following ways:
When you create an account with PreviewMe we collect information including your name, email address and password. You may provide additional information during the registration process including your postal and/or current address or location, industries you are interested in and any other information that we request. Collectively, this information that you provide is the “Registration Information”.
To create an account on PreviewMe you must provide the Registration Information and agree to the User Agreement and this Privacy Policy which govern how we treat your Registration Information. This Registration Information is used to help you build your PreviewMe profile and to provide you with more customized services, updates and notifications. You understand that by registering as a Member, we and other Members (subject to your account privacy settings) will be able to identify you by your PreviewMe profile.
We collect personal information when you fill out your PreviewMe profile and create Previews (as defined in the User Agreement). You can complete or edit the PreviewMe profile at any time after registration. You may choose to populate your profile with additional information such as description of your skills, employment history, and educational background. This can be provided as a mix of textual or visual (photographic and video) content.
We collect this information to simplify the Preview creation and your Opportunity application process. The manner in which you share that information is completely controlled by you.
Subject to the settings you choose, we may also provide recommendations to you about companies to engage with and follow, Opportunities that we consider match your criteria and other updates and notifications. Providing additional information enables you to derive more benefit from our Services by helping you express yourself to find Opportunities and create more effective Previews.
We collect personal information when you contact our customer support team.
When you contact our customer support services, we may have to access your account to respond to your questions and if applicable, investigate any breach of the PreviewMe User Agreement or this Privacy Policy. We also use this personal information to track potential problems and trends and customise our support responses to better serve you. We do not use this personal information for advertising.
We collect personal information when you use the Website, applications, platform technologies or other Services (whether as a Member or a Visitor). For example, we collect personal information when you click on Previews, install our applications onto mobile devices, or apply for Opportunities through our Service.
If you are logged into your PreviewMe account or one of our cookies on your device identifies you, your usage information and log data (described below) such as your IP address, will be associated by us with your account even if you are not logged into a Service or your PreviewMe account. We log information about devices used to access our Services, including IP addresses.
We use cookies and similar technologies that can identify details of your IP address, device platform (e.g. Windows, Mac OS, iOS or Android), browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Edge, Safari, Chrome or other, plus the version of the browser), domain (whether you are accessing the Services from New Zealand or elsewhere) and other user information (e.g. your user name) to collect information.
We use cookies and similar technologies, including mobile application identifiers, to help us recognize you across different Services, learn about your interests both on and off our Services, improve your experience, increase security, measure use and improve the effectiveness of our Services. You can control cookies through your browser settings and other tools. By visiting our Services, you consent to the placement of cookies and beacons in your browser and HTML-based emails in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You can choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use the Services but you will need them to log on to the Services and to access personalised or secure content on the Services. Some pages may not function properly if the cookies are turned off.
PreviewMe collects information about you when you use your account to sign in to other websites or services and when you view pages that include our plugins and cookies.
We receive information about your visits and interaction with the sites and services of our partners that include our cookies and similar technologies, unless you disable such technologies.
We collect personal information from the devices and networks that you use to access our Services.
When you visit or leave our Services (whether as a Member or a Visitor) by clicking a hyperlink or when you view a third party site that includes our plugin or cookies (or similar technologies), we automatically receive the URL of the website from which you came from or the one to which you are directed.
We are constantly innovating to improve our Services and your experience which means we may create new ways to collect information on the Services in the future. Our Services are a dynamic, innovative environment and we are always improving the Services we offer you. We often introduce new features, some of which may result in the collection of new information. Furthermore, new partnerships or corporate acquisitions may result in new features, and we may potentially collect new types of information.
If PreviewMe starts collecting substantially new types of personal information and materially change how we handle your personal information and other content you introduce to the Services, we will modify this Privacy Policy and notify you.
Information you provide on your profile cannot be seen by others unless you share it, but it can be seen and used by us as described in this Privacy Policy and our User Agreement.
The personal information that you provide to us may reveal or allow others to identify aspects of your life that are not expressly stated on your profile. By providing personal information to us when you create or update your account and profile, you are expressly and voluntarily accepting the terms and conditions of our User Agreement and freely accepting and agreeing to our processing of your personal information in the ways set out by this Privacy Policy.
You can withdraw or modify your consent to our collection and use of the personal information you provide at any time in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy and User Agreement by changing your account settings or your profile on PreviewMe or by closing your PreviewMe account in accordance with clause 3.1.
We communicate with you through electronic mail, notifications published on the Website or partner websites, messages to your PreviewMe inbox and other means available through the Service, including mobile text messages and push notifications.
We may send you messages relating to the availability of the Services, security, or other service-related issues. You agree that we may also may send promotional messages to your PreviewMe inbox. You can change your communication settings in your profile at any time.
With certain communications you send on our Services, the recipient can see your name, email address, and some network information.
Many communications that Members initiate through our Services will list your name in the primary header of the message. Messages you initiate may also provide the recipient with aggregate information about you or the company you represent.
Profile information is private by design until the Member does one or more of the following actions:
We may use personal information provided by you in an anonymised aggregated form to conduct research and development, generate reports and analytics, and to customize your experience and try to make it relevant and useful to you.
We may use personal information that you and other Members provide to us to improve our Services in order to provide you and other Members and visitors with a better and more intuitive experience, drive membership growth and engagement on our Service.
We also customize your experience on our Services. For example, when you sign into your account, we may display new Opportunities or Members (business members) in your account for you to view, apply and / or follow. We try to show you content that is relevant to you based on the information you have provided us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Any personal information you put on your profile, include in a Preview, or you provide to a another Member (whether in relation to a particular Opportunity or not) may be seen by others.
We do not provide any of your non-public personal information, as indicated in your profile settings, to third parties without your consent, unless required by law or as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Any of our affiliates may assist us with the operation of the Service including the processing and storage of any information and exercising any of our rights under this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement. Accordingly, you acknowledge and agree that we may provide any of your personal information to any of our affiliates for that purpose.
Member profiles on PreviewMe are private by default. Where any part of a profile is made public, that public profile will not be indexed and displayed through public search engines when someone searches the Member’s name (be it an individual or a company). If you wish to increase your profile visibility, this can be done in your PreviewMe account settings.
We conduct our own surveys and polls and also help third parties do this type of research. Your participation in surveys or polls is up to you. You may opt in to or opt out of getting invitations to participate in surveys.
We may use your personal information in an anonymised aggregated form to generate reports as part of our Service. The reports are designed to help Members and third parties conduct research and improve their service offerings and look for Opportunities. For example, we generate market data that can assist our Members’ understanding of the employment or other Opportunity landscape in a particular industry, how a Member progressed through an application process for an Opportunity or, we generate reports that identify skill shortages and skills obsolescence to feed into the education lifecycle. We gather analytics and generate these reports to improve the quality of our Service. You will not be personally identifiable in reports generated by us.
Members through the publication and sharing of Previews may make public some or all of their profile information to reflect the Opportunities they are trying to attract / market themselves for. For example, if the Member is looking for contract or project style Opportunities, it may be beneficial to make public more of your profile information, proficiencies or experience others can communicate with you fast and effectively.
If you provide any testimonials about our Service, we may publish those testimonials from time to time. Testimonials may include your name (or company) and other personal information you have provided including the testimonial.
We may need to disclose personal information, profile information, or information about your activities as a Member or Visitor when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process in New Zealand, Australia or other jurisdictions, or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
We will attempt to notify the Member about legal demands for their personal information when appropriate in our judgement, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. In light of our principles, we may dispute such demands at our discretion.
If there is a change in control or sale of all or part of PreviewMe, we may share your personal information with a third party, who will have the right to use that personal information in line with this Privacy Policy.
We may also disclose your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of the assets of PreviewMe, a subsidiary, a parent, or division, or as a result of a change in control of PreviewMe or one of our affiliates, or in preparation for any of these events.
Any third party to which we transfer or sell our assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you provide to us in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.
We may employ third parties to help us with the Service.
We may employ third party companies and individuals, such as Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), to facilitate our Services, including for maintenance, analysis, audit, marketing and development. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated to PreviewMe not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
We may transfer your personal information for the purpose of storage or processing outside New Zealand, wherever PreviewMe, its affiliates or its service providers operate.
We may transfer your personal information for the purpose of storage or processing outside New Zealand, wherever PreviewMe, its affiliates or its service providers operate. Any personal information provided to us will be collected and held by, or on behalf of, us at AWS’ data centres used by PreviewMe. We may use cloud providers or data centres (whether in New Zealand or overseas), to manage and store personal and other information we collect, and will ensure that any storage on such a platform provides adequate security measures.
Refer to [https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc] for more information on AWS’ compliance, security and cloud storage facilities.
You can change your personal information at any time by editing your profile, deleting your personal information that you have uploaded or published, or by closing your account. You can also ask us for additional personal information we may have about you.
You can request access to and/or correction of your personal information that is not viewable on your profile or readily accessible to you (such as your IP access logs) through our Contact Portal [https://www.previewme.com/contact-us] or for GDPR related enquiries set out in Clause 4 below, email our Data Protection Officer .
If you close your account, your personal information will generally be removed from the Service within 48 hours. We generally delete closed account information and will de-personalize any logs or other backup information through the deletion process within 30 days of account closure except as noted below.
Personal information you have shared with other Members or other entities (for example, personal information provided through a job application process or messaging prospective employers) or that other Members have copied and stored may also remain visible after you have closed your account or deleted the personal information from your own profile.
We may not be able to provide you with access to, correct, or remove any information about you that other Members copied or exported out of our Service because this information may not be within our control. You can make such requests directly from Members to whom you have applied to, or third parties who you have supplied information to via our Services.
We retain the personal information you provide while your account is in existence or as needed to provide you with the Services. We may retain your personal information even after you have closed your account if retention is reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes between Members, prevent fraud or abuse, or enforce this Privacy Policy, our User Agreement.
We may retain personal information, for a limited period of time, if requested by law enforcement. Our Customer Service team may retain information for as long as necessary to provide support, related reporting and trend analysis only, but we generally delete or de-personalize closed account data.
The Global Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is a European data protection law that sets out the rules relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of that personal data.
It grants European Union residents greater control over their personal data, increases compliance responsibilities for organisations collecting and processing personal data, and gives national regulators new powers to impose fines on organisations that breach this law.
PreviewMe has an international presence and is taking an international approach to compliance with the GDPR. This ensures our members benefit from increased control and visibility of data, and more clarity on how we collect, process and use that data. In addition to your rights under clause 3.1 you may also:
In accordance with the GDPR, PreviewMe has appointed a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”).
Matters handled by our DPO relate to your rights under the GDPR, personal PreviewMe data and privacy concerns. PreviewMe's DPO can be contacted via email at dpo@previewme.com.
When contacting PreviewMe’s DPO please specify the nature of your concerns, include any contextual information to help with the enquiry (eg: screenshots, messages, Preview or Invitation URLs) and contact details (name, phone and email).
Our Services may contain links to and from websites that are not controlled by us. By using our Services, you may also provide your non-public personal information to third parties such as Members receiving your Opportunity applications or Previews. If you follow a link to any other website or provide your personal information to third parties, you should note that they have their own rules around privacy. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for anyone else’s policies or for any transactions that you enter into with them.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes in the way we treat your personal information, or to the Privacy Policy, we will provide notice to you on the Services or by some other means. Please review the changes carefully.
If you agree to the changes, simply continue to use the Service. If you object to any of the changes to our terms and you no longer wish to use our Services, you may close your account.
Unless otherwise stated, our current Privacy Policy applies to all personal information that you provide to us. Using our Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to you or published on our Services shall constitute deemed acceptance of the changed terms or practices.
We have implemented privacy safeguards designed to protect the personal information that you provide in accordance with industry standards. Access to your data on our Services is password protected, and data such as credit card information is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between your web browser and the Services.
There is no guarantee that personal information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical or managerial safeguards. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that emails, instant (SMS) messaging and similar means of communication with other Members are not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information through those means.
Please help to keep your account safe by using a strong password.
