We are committed to your privacy
This page sets out how we collect, hold, use and share your personal information. This does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
If you provide us with personal information through this website, we will protect your information as set out below.
We may amend this privacy statement from time to time.
Collection of your Information
We may collect personal information about you when you provide information to us directly, and when you obtain services from us. We may also collect personal information about you from third parties where authorised by you and from public sources.
The type of personal information we may collect may include:
- Your contact details: name, address, phone number, email
- Documents that confirm your identity: your driver’s licence, passport etc.
- Other information relevant to the service we will provide to you
Use of Your Information
We only collect and use personal information from you to be able to provide you with the products and services you have requested from us. We may provide you with information on our other services from time to time. We do not sell our client information or share it with third parties without your permission.
Retention and Security
We will not hold your personal information for longer than is required for the purpose(s) for which it was collected (subject to any obligations at law to hold the information for longer periods).
We have cyber security safeguards in place to protect the information and we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that information will not be disclosed to any unauthorised person or organisation. Our security measures include:
- Security software
- Anti-virus software
- Anti-malware
- Back up process into the cloud
Where is information hosted
Our website and customer relationship management systems are hosted in New Zealand.
When we share your data with a third party, we have contracts in place with them which requires them to have in place the technical and organisational measures necessary to protect your personal data, however many such providers are subject to different privacy laws and controls to New Zealand and hence we cannot provide absolute surety that those providers will not comply with their obligations to us and divulge your personal data.
Your right of access and to correction
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal information held by us is accurate and up-to-date. You are entitled to obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not we hold personal information about you and you are entitled to reasonable access to this information, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong.
If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information and have it corrected, or would like to be removed from any of our subscription lists at any time, then please contact us at reception@forwood.biz or 03 218 9175
Internet use
While we take reasonable steps to maintain secure internet connections, any information you provide over the internet is provided at your own risk.
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from other websites. Please note that those websites will have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility for the actions of those websites.
Your Obligations
Any advice provided as a result of a needs analysis can only be as good as the information, I get from you, so I ask that you provide me with the information I request. Without relevant and correct information about your personal and financial situation I run the risk of giving advice that is not appropriate to your needs. If you are unsure as to why I need certain information please ask so that I can explain.
If you should apply for the insurance products I recommend, the insurer will need to assess the risk and the appropriate premium. You are required you to disclose all the information you know, or should know, that is relevant to the insurer’s decision whether to provide cover or determine the terms of cover. This is called your duty of disclosure. For example, you should disclose your current income, medical history and all information about insured and uninsured losses and claims.
Termination
I undertake to exercise care, diligence and skill in providing you with a financial adviser service. If at any time, you wish to terminate this engagement, you must advise me in writing. Upon receipt of such advice by you, I then undertake to confirm termination of the engagement to you in writing within two business days, not including any public holidays.