Security & Privacy Policy
Last updated: 19 August 2026
Kiwivelo Live Ltd (“Kiwivelo”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respects your privacy and handles personal information in accordance with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
This policy explains how we collect, use, store and share personal information when you visit kiwivelo.co.nz, make a purchase, create an account, subscribe to marketing or contact us.
Information we collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
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Your name, email address and phone number.
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Billing and delivery addresses.
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Account and login information.
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Order, payment, return and transaction information.
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Products you view, add to your cart or purchase.
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Messages, enquiries, reviews and other information you provide.
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Device and website-use information, including your IP address, browser type and pages viewed.
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Marketing preferences and interactions with our emails or advertising.
Payment information is processed securely by Shopify and our payment providers. Kiwivelo does not store complete payment-card details.
How we collect information
We may collect personal information:
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Directly from you when you place an order, create an account, complete a form or contact us.
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Automatically when you use our website, including through cookies and similar technologies.
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From service providers and business systems used to process orders, provide customer service, manage stock or deliver marketing.
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From another source where you have authorised this or where permitted by law.
Providing personal information is generally voluntary. However, if you do not provide information required for an order, delivery, account or enquiry, we may be unable to complete that service.
How we use your information
We use personal information to:
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Process payments, orders, deliveries, returns and refunds.
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Manage customer accounts and order history.
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Communicate with you about purchases, enquiries and services.
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Provide customer support and product recommendations.
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Manage stock, prevent fraud and maintain website security.
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Improve our website, products and customer experience.
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Meet our legal, tax and accounting obligations.
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Send marketing communications where you have subscribed or otherwise permitted us to do so.
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Measure the effectiveness of our website, emails and advertising.
We do not sell or rent personal information.
Who we share information with
We only share personal information where reasonably necessary to operate our business, provide our services or meet legal obligations.
This may include:
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Shopify, which hosts and operates our online store.
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Payment and finance providers.
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Fusion and other systems used to manage products, customers, orders and stock.
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Courier, freight and delivery providers.
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Klaviyo and other email or customer-communication providers.
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Google, Meta and other analytics or advertising providers, where applicable.
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IT, website, security and professional-service providers.
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Government, regulatory or law-enforcement agencies where required or permitted by law.
These providers may only use information for the services they provide or as explained in their own privacy policies.
Information processed outside New Zealand
Some providers, including Shopify, Klaviyo, Google and Meta, may process or store information outside New Zealand.
Where personal information is disclosed overseas, we take reasonable steps to ensure it is protected in a way that provides comparable safeguards to those required by New Zealand privacy law, or otherwise disclose it as permitted by the Privacy Act 2020.
You can learn more about Shopify’s handling of personal information in the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy.
Marketing
If you subscribe to our marketing, we may send you information about products, promotions, events and store news.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails or by contacting us. Unsubscribing from marketing will not prevent us from sending essential messages about your orders, account or enquiries.
Cookies and analytics
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to:
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Operate the shopping cart, checkout and customer-account features.
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Remember preferences and maintain website security.
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Understand how visitors use the website.
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Improve website performance and customer experience.
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Measure advertising and marketing performance.
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Display relevant advertising where applicable.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.
Storage and security
We take reasonable physical, technical and organisational steps to protect personal information against loss, unauthorised access, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
No website or method of electronic storage is completely secure, but we work with established providers and use appropriate safeguards to protect the information we hold.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably required to provide our services and meet legal, tax, accounting, fraud-prevention and dispute-resolution obligations.
Accessing or correcting your information
You may ask whether we hold personal information about you and request access to it. You may also ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or out of date.
We may need to confirm your identity before completing a request. In limited circumstances, the Privacy Act may allow or require us to withhold certain information.
You can also ask us to delete information. We will consider the request and remove information where it is no longer required and we are legally permitted to do so.
Privacy questions and complaints
For privacy questions, access or correction requests, or concerns about how we have handled your information, contact:
Privacy Officer
Kiwivelo Live Ltd
19 Barrys Point Road
Takapuna, Auckland 0622
New Zealand
Email: sales@kiwivelo.co.nz
Phone: 09 489 5494
We will review privacy concerns and respond within the time required by law.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner at privacy.org.nz.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our services, technology, providers or legal obligations change. The current version will be published on this page with its latest update date.