Privacy Policy

Bates Photographix Ltd values your privacy. Except as otherwise provided in this privacy policy, we will not disclose any personal information you give to us without first obtaining your approval, unless required by law.

By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of your information as outlined in this policy.

What information do we collect?

We do not collect any personal information about you from your use of this website, except where you have specifically provided us with that information.

If you specifically and knowingly provide any personal information to us via this website, you consent to Bates Photographix Ltd using that information lawfully at its sole and absolute discretion, including for the purposes of providing promotional and marketing materials by other means.

Do we disclose information about our users to anyone else?

We may share general information about the use of our site with advertisers, sponsors, content providers and other third parties. However, we generally only disclose aggregate, anonymous information about our users and except where otherwise specifically required to do so, will not disclose any personally identifiable information to any third party without your approval. On occasions it may become necessary to release personal information, including if we are required to do so to satisfy a legal obligation.

For example, we may disclose the total number of "hits" our sites receive, or how often the average user visits our site, or which terms are most often entered in our site search engine.

Further, as a necessary adjunct to the proper operation of our website, technical contractors, who are subject to obligations of confidentiality to us, may gain access to personal information as part of their service.

Do we keep Email we receive from you?

We receive and reply to email from users on a regular basis. For record-keeping purposes we retain copies of most email sent to us. We do not anticipate that the information in the email we receive or send will be disclosed to any third party without the permission of the sender, either express or implied, unless required or necessary as specified in the previous paragraph.

Links to other sites

Our website may contain links to other sites that are not affiliated or associated with, or controlled by Bates Photographix Ltd. Please be aware that these other sites may be owned or developed by people over whom we have no control, and accordingly we are not responsible for their privacy practices. This Privacy Policy applies only to those parts of our website within our control.

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy policy of any other website you visit which collects personal information about you, and to use your discretion when providing such information.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time at our discretion and without notice. If any such changes are made, we will make all reasonable effort to bring those changes to the attention of our users. An updated version of our Privacy Policy will be maintained on this website so that you remain aware of the data we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Further Information

Please feel free to contact us at if you have any questions, comments or would like more information concerning privacy issues:

Bates Photographix Ltd
4 Inaha Road, RD 11,
HAWERA 4671

Phone: 06 274 8381

We will also provide you, on request, with details of any information about you which is held by us, and will remove that information from our records and computer systems if requested by you in writing.