Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 11, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1.Interpretation and Definitions

1.1 Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

1.2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to BuzzTech Ltd, 155 Orlando St, Stratford, Taranaki, 4332.
  • Country refers to: New Zealand. Our privacy practices are guided by the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
  • Operator Profile refers to a profile pre-created on our Service using publicly available information from government registers (such as the Ministry for Primary Industries - MPI). These profiles are available to be claimed by their rightful owners.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Publicly Sourced Data refers to information that We have gathered from publicly accessible sources, such as government registers, to create Operator Profiles. This may include business names, trading names, and physical addresses.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • User-Provided Data refers to any information You directly provide to Us, such as when creating an Account, completing your profile, or claiming an Operator Profile.
  • Website refers to The Feed, accessible from apibuzz.com
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

2.Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

2.1 Types of Data Collected

Publicly Sourced Data

To facilitate a verified community, our Service is pre-populated with Operator Profiles created from Publicly Sourced Data. This data may include:

  • Business Name and Trading Name
  • MPI ID Number (e.g., RMP Number) and NZBN
  • Physical Address and Town/City

User-Provided Personal Data

When you create an Account, complete your profile, or claim an Operator Profile, we ask you to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information. This User-Provided Data may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Profile image
  • Beekeeping-specific information such as hive count, years of experience, region, AFB levy details, beekeeper ID, and organizational memberships.
  • Usage Data (collected automatically, as detailed below)

When you claim an Operator Profile, your User-Provided Data becomes linked to the Publicly Sourced Data associated with that profile.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. It may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

3.Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration and link it to a verified Operator Profile.
  • To enrich the community experience: Beekeeping-specific data is used to provide context in discussions, enable industry-specific features, and may be used in mechanisms like weighted voting.
  • For the performance of a contract: for the products, items or services You have purchased.
  • To contact You: by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets.

4.Sharing Your Personal Information

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, and to contact You.
  • For business transfers: in connection with any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business.
  • With other users: when You share personal information in public areas, such information may be viewed by all users.
  • With Your consent: for any other purpose with Your consent.

5.Retention and Transfer of Your Personal Data

5.1 Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and to comply with our legal obligations.

5.2 Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

6.Your Rights to Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account or contacting Us. For a detailed explanation of how the deletion process works, please see our Data Deletion Policy.

7.Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Your Personal Data may be disclosed in the event of a business transaction such as a merger, or if required by law enforcement or other legal requirements.

8.Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9.Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

10.Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: