Born Ready

This statement explains what Born Ready (https://bornready.co.nz) collects about you, why, and what you can do about it.

What we collect

• Account details: your username, email address, password (stored scrambled, never readable) and registration date.
• Profile details you choose to add: avatar, signature, location, birthday, website and so on. These are visible to other users.
• What you post: posts, topics, private messages, reports and uploaded images.
• Technical details: your IP address when you register, post, log in or report something; your browser type; and the time of each visit. These are used to fight spam, enforce bans and keep the board secure.
• Cookies: the board sets cookies to keep you logged in, remember which topics you've read and protect forms. We don't use advertising or tracking cookies.

Why we collect it

To run your account, show your posts, send you account emails (activation, password resets, notifications you turn on), moderate the board, and stop spam and abuse. We don't sell or share your information for marketing, and there are no ads.

Who else handles it

• The moderators and admins can see your email address and IP addresses, and reported posts and PMs.
• Service providers we use to run the board: Cloudflare (the network that delivers the site to you), and our email provider for sending account emails. They handle data for us under their own privacy policies, and may store it outside New Zealand.
• The police or other authorities, if the law requires it or someone's safety is at risk.

Where it's stored and for how long

The board runs on a server in New Zealand. Backups are kept for up to 8 weeks.

• Your account and posts are kept until you ask us to delete them, or until the board closes.
• Technical logs and IP addresses in server logs are kept for no more than 90 days, except where they're attached to a post, report or ban.

Your rights

Under the Privacy Act 2020 you can ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete your account.

To make a request, email [email protected] from the address on your account. We'll reply within 20 working days.

When you delete your account, you can choose to:

• delete your posts too, or
• keep your posts on the board, shown as posted by a guest with your username.

Quoted text in other people's posts and backups made before the deletion will remain until those backups expire.

Young users

You must be 13 or older to join. If we find out an account belongs to someone under 13, we delete it.

If something goes wrong

If there's a privacy breach that's likely to cause serious harm, we'll tell the people affected and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, as the law requires.

Questions and complaints

Our privacy officer is the board owner, contactable at [email protected]. If you're not happy with our response, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner: privacy.org.nz.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

“Born Ready” may include posts or content that contain embedded material from external websites, including but not limited to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and similar platforms. Embedded content from these external sites behaves in the same way as if you had visited the originating website directly.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Please note that such activity is beyond the control of “Born Ready” and is governed by the privacy policies and terms of service of the respective external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party services you interact with through embedded content.