Privacy Policy

At Drive Culture, we recognise the significance of safeguarding your personal information and are dedicated to preserving the confidentiality of the information we gather. Your personal information will not be disclosed to any third party without your permission.

We have designed this Privacy Policy to provide insight into how we accumulate, utilise, and safeguard personal information in our possession.

Why does Drive Culture gather personal information?

Our collection of personal information serves several purposes, including aiding individuals in their pursuit of employment or contract assignments, verifying the information provided by you, offering and promoting our services, and sustaining our business relationships.

Whom does Drive Culture collect personal information about?

  • We collect and maintain personal information pertaining to, but not confined to, the following groups:

  • Individuals searching for employment or contract assignments.

  • Individuals we interact with while representing clients and conducting our business.

  • Suppliers, along with their employees and contractors.

  • Prospective employees, existing employees, and contractors.

  • Other individuals we come into contact with.

What types of personal information does Drive Culture collect?

We collect a range of personal information, which may include, but is not limited to:

  • Your name and contact details (address, email, and phone number).

  • Name and contact details of your emergency contacts (email and phone).

  • Information contained in your curriculum vitae, such as your occupation, work history, education, qualifications, and professional memberships.

  • Documentation confirming your identity and eligibility to work in New Zealand.

  • Background and reference checks to verify your employment history, criminal record, credit history (where allowed by law, mainly for financial roles), and relevant medical history.

  • Results from any psychometric testing.

  • Other information that aids us in conducting our business and marketing our services.

How does Drive Culture gather personal information?

We collect personal information through various means, including:

  • Directly from you when you complete our registration forms, submit your curriculum vitae, and provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in New Zealand documentation.

  • Indirectly through email, in-person meetings, interviews, attendance at events, business cards, phone conversations, our website, and social media channels.

  • Third parties for verifying qualifications, professional memberships, criminal records, credit history (where allowed by law), or conducting psychometric testing.

  • Employment references.

  • Companies analysing website, social media, and email traffic (which may involve the use of cookies).

  • Publicly available websites.

Management of personal information

We take all reasonable precautions to secure your personal information against misuse, loss, unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. Physical access to our offices is protected, and electronic records require login, password, and multifactor authentication.

When your personal information is no longer needed, we will adhere to our legal obligations regarding its disposal.

How might Drive Culture collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information?

In general, we collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To conduct our business.

  • To provide and promote our services.

  • To engage third parties on your behalf.

  • To communicate with you.

  • To help us manage and enhance our services.

  • To verify your identity, eligibility to work in New Zealand, qualifications, professional memberships, criminal record, and credit history (for finance roles where allowed by law).

  • For health and safety purposes.

  • To comply with our legal obligations.

To whom might Drive Culture disclose your personal information?

We may disclose your personal information to:

  • Other companies or individuals assisting us in delivering our services or performing functions on our behalf (e.g., hosting and data storage providers, timesheet and payroll providers, specialist consultants).

  • Companies conducting necessary employment checks on our behalf.

  • Organisations or agencies maintaining databases for identity verification.

  • Any other entity you authorize us to disclose to.

  • Where required by law.

How can you access and correct your personal information?

We aim to ensure that the personal information we retain is accurate, complete, and up to date. We encourage you to contact us to update any information we hold about you.

You have the right to correct your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act. Subject to the exceptions outlined in the Privacy Act, you can request access to your personal information by contacting our Privacy Officer at 021903111. Verification of your identity and specifying the information needed will be necessary.

How can you make a privacy complaint?

For inquiries or complaints regarding the handling of your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer at 021903111. Our Privacy Officer will investigate any complaints, and you will receive a timely response.

If you remain unsatisfied with our resolution of your concerns about the handling of your personal information, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at: PO Box 10-094, The Terrace, Wellington 6143, telephone 0800 803 909, www.privacy.org.nz.

Address details of Drive Culture

Drive Culture's address, as the entity collecting and holding your personal information, is:

21F Gordon Road, Wanaka 9305

Updates to our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy will be periodically reviewed to accommodate new laws, technology advancements, alterations in our operations and practices, and the evolving business landscape.