Privacy policy

This website is run by Live Sail Die Limited, based in Auckland, New Zealand ("Live Sail Die", "we", "us"). We follow the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and its information privacy principles.

If you have any questions about your information, email team@livesaildie.com or use our contact page.

Newsletter

When you subscribe we keep your email address, your name if you give it, the newsletters you choose, and when you subscribed, confirmed or unsubscribed. We use these only to send you the newsletters you asked for. Every email has a link to change your newsletters or unsubscribe. If you unsubscribe, we keep a note of your address so we never add you back by mistake, for example when importing a list.

Comments

When you comment we keep your name, email address, website (if you add one) and your comment. Your name and comment are shown on the site; your email address never is. We use it only if we need to contact you about your comment. If you tick "remember me", your name and email are saved in your own browser so you don't have to type them again; we can't see that.

Stories you send us

When you send a story through Send us a story we keep your name, email address, phone number and club if you give them, your story, photos and links. We use your contact details to talk to you about your story; they're never published. The name you give as the writer, your story and your photos may be edited and published on Live Sail Die, in our newsletters and on our social media, credited to you and your photographer. Photos can carry hidden details from the camera, such as the date and sometimes the location; we use the date and camera details to file photos, and we don't publish location information.

If we offer you our newsletter after you send a story, you're only subscribed if you choose to be.

Contact form and emails

When you message us we receive your name, email address, location and message by email, so we can reply. We keep it only as long as we need to deal with your message.

You don't need an account to read Live Sail Die, and reading the site doesn't set any cookies. Our fonts are served from our own website, so your browser isn't sent to Google or anyone else to load them.

Like every website, our server briefly sees technical details such as your IP address and browser type when you visit. We use these only to run the site safely, for example to stop spam and repeated automated requests. We don't use them to identify you.

We count how many times each page is read, how often links to other websites are clicked, and the name of the website a visit came from (such as Google or Facebook, never the page you were on), as daily totals, to see which stories people enjoy and to show event sponsors how far their event reached. To count different readers without cookies, your IP address and browser type are mixed with a code that changes every day and turned into a scrambled number that can't be turned back into your details. The daily code is thrown away at the end of each day, so the scrambled number can't be traced back to you or linked to your visits on other days. We keep the scrambled numbers for four months, only to count different readers, then delete them. We don't keep your IP address.

For advertisers we count how many times each ad is shown and clicked, as daily totals. These counts aren't linked to you. When you click an ad, the advertiser's web address may include a tag showing that you came from Live Sail Die.

Searches you make on the site are used only to show you results.

Some parts of Live Sail Die take you to, or show content from, other services. Their own privacy policies apply when you use them:

• Live streams and videos (for example YouTube, Facebook or Vimeo) shown on event pages. These services may set cookies when the video plays.
• Our photo store on PhotoShelter, where you can buy photos.
• Our merchandise store on Digitees, where orders and payments are handled.
• Our social media pages on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
• Race trackers, results and event websites we link to.

We use trusted providers to host this website and to deliver our emails. They handle your information only to provide that service for us and must keep it secure. Some of them may store information outside New Zealand; we only use providers that protect it in a way comparable to New Zealand law.

Your information is kept on secure servers, and only the Live Sail Die team can see it, through a password-protected studio. We keep it only as long as we need it for the reasons above, or as long as the law requires. We will never sell, rent or trade your personal information.

If something ever went wrong with your information that could cause you serious harm, we would tell you and the Privacy Commissioner, as the law requires.

You can ask to see the personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it or delete it. Email team@livesaildie.com and we'll respond within 20 working days. You can unsubscribe from our newsletters at any time using the link in every email.

If you're not happy with how we've handled your information, please tell us first so we can put it right. You can also contact the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner at privacy.org.nz.

We may update this policy as the site changes. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.