Updated 14 April 2025
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy of Wide Span Sheds Limited trading as Wide Span Sheds applies to all personal information collected by Wide Span Sheds. We recognise the importance of protecting and safeguarding your privacy when you deal with us and we are committed to complying with Privacy Act 1993 governing the privacy of personal information collected by businesses.
Collection of Information
Wide Span Sheds will only collect personal information that is necessary for the purposes of our business functions or activities. Such circumstances include:
- If you contact Wide Span Sheds, we may keep a record of that correspondence and any conversations with you;
- When you establish or access an account and or order product from us, we will keep copies of all related documentation and contracts;
- When you place a quote request on our website to enquire about the price of our products or contact our sales team to purchase a product we will require you to provide us with contact information including your name, address, telephone number or email address and certain financial information (such as credit card details);
- When you conduct certain types of transactions such as cheque purchases or seek refunds we will keep records of all material related to the same;
- When you submit your e-mail address to our website mailing list, we will keep all such address details;
- When you contact other employees of our Company such as the Complaints Department we will need to collect or refresh the information already collected from you to assist you with your enquiry and we will keep the same;
- The subsequent collation of anonymous sales and marketing data will be kept to enable us to better serve you and the community you live in.
Any financial information that is collected via the website or through our sales offices is used by us to bill you for products and services and, as required, is collected for the purpose of transaction approval and funds transfer. The financial information we collect from you is strictly confidential and held on secure servers in controlled facilities. If you do not provide any information requested, Wide Span Sheds may not be able to fulfil one or more of the purposes of collection of your personal information.
Use or Disclosure of Personal Information to Others
We may use or disclose personal information for the primary purpose for which the personal information was collected or for purposes related to or ancillary to that primary purpose. This information is only disclosed to persons outside our business in the circumstances set out in this policy or as otherwise notified to you at the time of collection of the information.
In addition we may use or disclose personal information held about you where you have consented to such use or disclosure or where such use or disclosure is required under or authorised by law, or where we reasonably believe that the use or disclosure is necessary for prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of crimes or wrongdoings or the preparation for or conduct of proceedings before any court or tribunal or the implementation of the orders of a court or tribunal by or on behalf of an enforcement body.
Acceptance
You accept that your use of this site includes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.
How We Receive Your Consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason and or the reasons identified above only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your express consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
How You Can Withdraw Your Consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at marketing@sheds.co.nz or mailing us at:
Wide Span Sheds Limited
P.O. Box 411
Varsity Lakes QLD 4227
Australia
But please note this will not entitle you to terminate or cancel any transaction except in accordance with our Sales Agreements and the relevant terms and conditions of trade.
Security and Storage
Wide Span Sheds places great importance on the security of all information associated with our customers, clients and contractors. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under our control.
Wide Span Sheds secures personal information in the same way we safeguard our own sensitive information. We appreciate that no data transmission over the Internet can be absolutely guaranteed to be secure and we therefore strive to protect users' personal information by constantly improving the business processes and technology, which we use to protect data.
Cookies
Wide Span Sheds collects information from the site using "IP files". When you visit the Wide Span Sheds website to read, browse or download information, our system will record/log your IP address (the address which identifies your computer on the internet and which is automatically recognised by our web server), date and time of your visit to our site, the pages viewed and any information downloaded.
This information will only be used for the purpose of site analysis and to help us offer you improved online service. We may automatically collect non-personal information about you such as the type of Internet browsers you use or the site from which you linked to our website. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on our website.
Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website. You have the option to opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page. Alternatively you can opt out of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page.
Access to and Correction of Personal Information
Wide Span Sheds is committed to maintaining accurate, timely, relevant and appropriate information about our customers, clients and website users. So long as your request for your personal information is in accordance with the Information Privacy Principles then we will give you access to that information through our Privacy Officer:
Privacy Officer
Wide Span Sheds Limited
P.O. Box 411
Varsity Lakes QLD 4227
Australia
If we refuse to provide you with access to personal information about you, we will provide you with reasons for the refusal, in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act 1993.
Changes to Privacy Policy
If Wide Span Sheds decides to change its Privacy Policy, it will post changes on this Privacy Policy page so that users are always aware of what information is collected, how it is used and the way in which information may be disclosed. As a result, please remember to refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly to review any amendments.
Contacting Us
If you require further information regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer at the following address:
Privacy Officer
Wide Span Sheds Limited
PO Box 411
Varsity Lakes QLD 4227
Australia