We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://nelsonitalianfestival.co.nz.
The Nelson Italian Festival is organised by Club Italia (Nelson, New Zealand), a not-for-profit community organisation.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
📧 info@nelsonitalianfestival.co.nz
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymised 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 your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images displayed on the site.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and for certain site functionalities.
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
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 exactly as if the visitor has visited the external site directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
How long we retain your data
Comments and associated metadata are retained indefinitely to help us recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
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 information 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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.