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Introduction
Shipbuktu Limited (“Shipbuktu”) is committed to protecting the privacy of all personal information provided by you. This policy is designed to explain how we manage your information and to assure you that precautions are taken to ensure its security. All sites referred to are Shipbuktu websites ("websites").

Should we change our privacy statement for any reason, such changes will be updated on this page. By viewing and using the websites you will be deemed to agree to this privacy statement.

Accuracy of Information
It is your responsibility to ensure that Shipbuktu has the correct details and email address for you.

Collection of personal information
Shipbuktu gathers various information about customers and potential customers that access its websites. This information includes:

personal information, provided through voluntary registration or booking requests, or by you through any other method
personal information collected by us through click tracking in relation to your use of the websites, including the content you access
aggregated data, which tracks traffic to the websites but do not relate to you personally

If at any time you do not want to provide personal information online, you may contact us via telephone or email. If you do not provide necessary personal information when requested, services may not be available to you online.

This information is gathered in order to process your shipping portal requests on-line. Specific information, such as your name, address, email address, phone contacts and credit card details may be required. In some cases we may also need to gather additional information. For example, for security reasons we may ask for additional information at our discretion.

Use of personal information
Shipbuktu collects personal information for the following purposes:

to assist in providing the services requested by you
to process any communications requested by you
for internal research purposes
to assist Customs and Immigration officials
to verify your identity and assist you if you forget your login or password details on any websites
for any other use that you authorise

to the New Zealand government and its sanctioned agencies and departments for the purpose of meeting their requirements
to communications agencies used to fulfil your communication requests
to trusted third parties, provided Shipbuktu has your prior authorisation
to third parties, when Shipbuktu believes in good faith that Shipbuktu is required to do so by law

Such disclosures may include the transfer of your personal details between countries.

Protection of information
All personal or sensitive information transmitted by Shipbuktu uses secure server software. With many browsers, you will see a small padlock at the bottom of your browser which will confirm that the page you are transmitting data through is encrypted. All personal or sensitive information transmitted by Shipbuktu is encrypted in accordance with the worldwide standard for Internet browser encryption.

Your credit card may be subject to protections offered by your bank or credit card provider. Be certain to check the terms and conditions, and your responsibilities with your bank or credit card provider.

As no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure, we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit or receive through our websites. These activities are conducted at your own risk. Shipbuktu does not store credit card details online once used for the purposes of payment via PayPal™.

Access to your information
You may access your information, or request Shipbuktu to access your information, at any time. You may update your online services profile, correct any information held about you, or opt in or out of receiving email communication by Shipbuktu.

If you have registered as a user on any of the websites, you may access your information by logging in with your username and password. You may also unsubscribe from Shipbuktu’s email communications at any time by clicking on "Unsubscribe" link in a Shipbuktu special offer email you receive. If at any time you are unsure of how to access your information please contact us.

Cookies
A ‘cookie’ may put onto your hard disk so that www.shipbuktu.com can remember something about your visit at a later time. A cookie cannot read your hard drive or perform any commands on your computer. You may turn cookies off on your personal computer, however the websites use cookies to help display relevant information.

Shipbuktu may use the information generated by cookies to:

track traffic patterns to and from the websites
to display information and preferences relevant to you, based on information we collect when you visit our websites
to enable you to use certain services on our websites