User Privacy Policy

Ely Studios Limited (we, us, our) complies with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020. Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (a natural person), and includes personal data, personally identifiable information and equivalent information under applicable privacy and data protection laws.

This policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020. For further information on the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, see www.privacy.org.nz. This policy was drafted with brevity and clarity in mind. It does not provide exhaustive detail of all aspects of our collection and use of personal information. We are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Any request for further information should be sent to support@flik.nz.

Changes to this policy

We may change this policy by uploading a revised policy onto our website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.

When does this privacy policy apply

This privacy policy applies to personal information we collect from visitors to our website, our customers and other persons with whom we deal directly.

‍ Users of our payment gateway service may collect personal information from individuals (e.g. their employees and customers) and upload, store or process that information to or in that service (User Data).

To govern the processing of User Data (as applicable). Unless required otherwise under applicable law, if we receive any request or enquiry relating to User Data, we will forward this request to our relevant customer. The remainder of this privacy policy does not apply to User Data.

What personal information do we collect directly from you

We collect the following information directly from you.

When you register for, or login to, an account on our website or related services, we collect your name / email address / password / phone number and any other information we require or ask for to set you up with an account. We may collect some of this information using third party authentication services (as described further in the from third party sources section below).

When you set up a profile, we collect your name / email address / phone number / account number / NZBN / merchant name and any other information we require or ask for to set you up a profile.

When you fill in a contact or enquiry form on our website, call us, meet us in person or otherwise contact us, we collect your name / email address / phone number and any other information you choose to provide to us.

‍ When you respond to our feedback surveys, we collect your name / email address and any other information you choose to include in your response. When you refer another person to use our website or related services, we collect your name / email address and the other person’s name / email address and any other information you choose to include in the referral.

Some of the personal information that we collect directly from you may be mandatory and some may be optional. We will let you know which of these applies at the time we collect the relevant personal information. While you do not have to provide us with some of the information that we may request, this might mean that our products and services may not perform as well as they should, or that we may not be able to provide some parts of the website or all of our products or services to you. If you require further information about the consequences of not providing us with any information, please contact us at support@flik.nz.

We do not generally collect "sensitive information" (e.g. ethnic origin, religious or political views, health information, etc.) from website users, suppliers, partners, clients and prospective clients. We only collect sensitive information with the consent of the individuals to whom the sensitive information pertains, where reasonably necessary, such as to lessen or prevent a threat to health and safety or to fulfil a legal requirement.

Automatically when you use our website and apps

When you access and use our website or related services, we may automatically collect information about your device and usage of our website, products and services, including your IP address/operating system/browser type/time spent on certain pages of the website/pages visited/links clicked/language preferences. Some of this data is collected through third party tools and/or the use of cookies, web beacons and similar storage technologies. Please refer to our cookie policy below for further information.

From third party sources

We may combine the personal information about you that we receive from third parties with the personal information we collect from you directly or with device and usage data we collect automatically when you visit our website.

How we use your personal information

We may use your personal information to:

  • verify your identity
  • provide our website, products and services to you
  • market our products and services to you, including contacting you electronically (e.g. by text or email for this purpose)
  • Share necessary data will Payments NZ registered third-party providers to provide our products and services to you.
  • improve our website, products and services
  • run promotions (e.g. referral and loyalty programmes, surveys and contests)
  • bill you and collect money that you owe us, including authorising and processing credit card transactions
  • respond to communications from you, including enquiries and complaints
  • conduct research and statistical analysis (on an anonymised basis)
  • protect and/or enforce our legal rights and interests, including defending any claim
  • respond to lawful requests by public authorities, including to comply with law enforcement requirements, or for any other purpose authorised by you or applicable law.

Disclosing your personal information

We may disclose your personal information to:

  • any business that supports our website, products and services, including any person that hosts or maintains any underlying IT system or data centre that we use to provide our website, products or services or that we use to process payments
  • a person who can require us to supply your personal information (e.g. a law enforcement agency or regulatory authority)
  • any other person with your consent
  • any other person authorised by applicable law.


Protecting your personal information

As required by applicable law, we will take steps to keep your personal information safe from loss, unauthorised activity, or other misuse. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risks inherent in processing personal information.

‍ You play an important role in keeping your personal information secure by maintaining the confidentiality of any password and accounts used in relation to our products and services. You should not disclose your password to third parties. Please notify us immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security.

Storage and protection

Ely Studios Limited is committed to safeguarding the data collected through our products, services, and website.

We adopt robust measures to secure personal data, including:
  • Encrypting data during transmission with HTTPS and ensuring it remains encrypted at rest with AES-256 encryption.
  • Implementing recognized authentication and authorization frameworks like OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect.
  • Conducting annual security reviews by independent external auditors.

Despite our diligent efforts to secure data, we acknowledge that certain risks, such as potential vulnerabilities in Internet protocols, are beyond our control and could affect data security.

Accessing and correcting your personal information

Subject to certain grounds for refusal under applicable law, you have the right to access your personal information that we hold and to request a correction to your personal information. Before you exercise this right, we will need evidence to confirm that you are the individual to whom the personal information relates.

‍ When you request a correction, if we think the correction is reasonable and we are reasonably able to change your personal information, we will make the correction. In all other cases, we will take reasonable steps to make a note of the personal information that was the subject of your correction request.

If you want to exercise either of the above rights, email us at support@flik.nz. Your email should provide evidence of who you are and set out the details of your request (e.g. the personal information to be corrected and the correction that you are requesting). ‍ Subject to applicable law, we may charge you our reasonable costs of providing to you copies of your personal information or correcting that information.‍

Internet use

While we take reasonable steps to maintain secure internet connections, if you provide us with personal information over the internet, the provision of that information is at your own risk. If you follow a link on our website to another website, the owner of that website will have its own privacy policy relating to your personal information. We suggest you review that website’s privacy policy before you provide personal information to that owner or website.‍

Data retention

The personal information that we collect and use will not be kept longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is collected, or for the duration required for compliance with applicable law, whichever is longer.