How we collect, use and protect your personal information, and the choices you have. We keep this deliberately plain, because trust matters as much as good storytelling.
This Privacy Policy explains how Audacious Magazine ("Audacious", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses, discloses and protects your personal information when you visit our website, subscribe to the magazine, enter a competition, contact us, or otherwise interact with us. We are based in New Zealand and handle personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020 and its Information Privacy Principles.
By using our website or providing us with your information, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
We only collect information we genuinely need. Depending on how you interact with us, this may include:
We use your personal information to:
Where we rely on your consent (for example, marketing emails), you can withdraw it at any time.
Subscription and purchase payments are handled securely by Stripe, our third-party payment processor. When you pay, your payment details are provided directly to Stripe and processed under Stripe's own terms and privacy policy. Audacious does not receive or store your full card details.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to make the site work, remember your preferences, and help us understand how visitors use it. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings, though some parts of the site may not function as intended if you do. Where we use analytics tools, they help us measure traffic and improve the experience; we do not use them to identify you personally.
We share personal information with trusted third parties only as needed to run our business, and only so they can perform services for us. These include providers for website hosting, content management, form handling and email delivery, payment processing, and print fulfilment and delivery. These providers are permitted to use your information solely to provide their service to us, and are required to protect it.
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may disclose it where necessary to deliver a service you have requested, to the service providers described above, where required or permitted by law, or to protect our rights, safety, or property or those of others.
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure or alteration. Some of our service providers may store or process information on secure servers located outside New Zealand; where this happens, we take reasonable steps to ensure your information remains protected to a comparable standard.
We keep personal information only for as long as we need it for the purposes described in this policy, or as required to meet legal and accounting obligations. When it is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to securely delete or de-identify it.
Under the Privacy Act 2020 you have the right to:
You can also ask us to stop sending you marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us. To make a request, please get in touch using the details in section 13.
Our website and services are intended for an adult audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to remove it.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites and social platforms, including our profiles on Instagram and LinkedIn. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.
If you have any questions about this policy, or wish to access or correct your information, please reach out through our contact page and the right person will get back to you.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "last updated" date. We encourage you to review it periodically.