Barnes knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our Privacy Policy. By visiting Barnes website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

Purpose of Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the collection, use, disclosure and handling of personal information by Barnes NZ Pty Ltd NZBN 9429045876059 and Barnes Products Pty Ltd (collectively “Barnes”, “we” or “us”), including personal information collected via our website (the “Website”).
Barnes is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and is bound by the New Zealand Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 2020 (the “Act”). We will only collect, use or disclose personal information in accordance with the Act and this Privacy Policy.
Your use of the Website is also subject to the Barnes website Terms of Use.

What Personal Information About Customers Does Barnes Gather?

The information we learn from customers helps us personalise and continually improve your shopping experience. Here are the types of information we gather.

Information You Give Us

We receive and store any information you enter on our web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customising future shopping for you, improving our store, and communicating with you.

Automatic Information

We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many web sites, we use “cookies,” and we obtain certain types of information when your web browser accesses Barnes. Scroll to the bottom of this page to see examples of the information we receive. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit web sites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalised experience at Barnes if we cannot recognise you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.

What About Cookies?

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser to enable our systems to recognise your browser and to provide features such as Automatic Login and permanent Shopping Carts for storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits. If you would like to know more, the “Help” section of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies do allow you to take full advantage of some of Barnes best features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

E-mail Communications

To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from Barnes if your computer supports such capabilities. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your account to reflect this by selecting “Unsubscribe” in the Account Details section on your account.

Does Barnes Share the Information It Receives?

Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only with the subsidiaries Barnes controls.

Protection of Barnes and Others

We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Barnes, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
With Your Consent:
Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

What Choices Do I Have?

As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of such Barnes? Features as Automatic Login, and permanent Shopping Carts. You can add or update certain information on pages such as those listed in the My Account pages. When you update information, we usually keep a copy of the prior version for our records. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your account to reflect this in the Account Details section.

Children

Barnes does not sell products for purchase by children. We sell children’s products for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may use Barnes website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions

If you choose to visit Barnes, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of New Zealand. If you have any concern about privacy at Barnes, please send us a thorough description to [email protected], and we will try to resolve it. Our business changes constantly. This Notice and the Conditions of Use will change also, and use of information that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Notice in effect at the time of use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, and you should check our website frequently to see recent changes.

Information You Give Us

You provide most such information when you search, buy, post, participate in a contest or questionnaire, or communicate with customer service. For example, you provide information when you search for a product; place an order; provide information in Your Account (and you might have more than one if you have used more than one e-mail address when shopping with us); communicate with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise; complete a questionnaire or a contest entry form; by providing employer, school, or other such information; participate in discussion boards; or provide and rate reviews. As a result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, and phone number; people to whom purchases have been shipped, including address and phone number; other people; content of reviews and e-mails to us; and financial information.

Storage and security of your personal information

Barnes will take reasonable steps to keep any personal information we hold about you secure. However, except to the extent liability cannot be excluded due to the operation of statute, Barnes excludes all liability (including in negligence) for the consequences of any unauthorised access to your personal information. Please notify us immediately if you become aware of any breach of security.
We may store your files in hard copy or electronically in our ordinary IT systems.  These may include Australian-based cloud servers or the servers of third parties within New Zealand and Australia.
We implement a range of physical and electronic security measures to protect the personal information that we hold, including:

Mandatory password protection on all computers (users are required to change their passwords at regular intervals)

· Hardware encryption on desktops, laptops and portable storage devices.

· Secure hard copy document, electronic storage media and hardware disposal procedures

· Firewall and antivirus/malware software

· Systems and application access controls implemented to restrict access to information (on a need-to-know basis)

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The date of this Privacy Policy is set out below. We may change this Privacy Policy at our discretion. By continuing to use the Website, or otherwise continuing to deal with us, you accept this Privacy Policy as it applies from time to time.

Automatic Information

Examples of the information we collect and analyse include the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; purchase history; the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our website, including date and time; cookie number; and products you viewed or searched for. You can find more information about privacy on the Privacy Commissioner’s website here: Office of the Privacy Commissioner | Home.

Contact Us

Please direct any privacy issues or queries to [email protected]

Privacy Policy updated January 2023