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Kia ora and Welcome to Purpose Engine! We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our blog about outcomes measurement.

1. Information We Collect

When you visit Purpose Engine, we may collect the following types of information:

Non-Personal Information: This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, and usage data (e.g., pages you visit, time spent on our site) collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies.

Personal Information: This may include your name, email address, or any other details you provide when subscribing to our newsletter, leaving comments, or contacting us directly.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information for the following purposes:

To protect the security and integrity of our website.

To personalize your experience on our site and provide content that interests you.

To send periodic emails, such as newsletters or responses to your inquiries.

To analyze and improve the blog’s performance and functionality.

Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to collect non-personal information about your interactions with our site. Cookies are small files stored on your device that help us understand how you use our blog, so we can enhance your experience. You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings; however, this may limit your access to certain features of our site.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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

Third party

We may use third-party services (e.g., Google Analytics, email marketing platforms) to collect, monitor, and analyze data. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies and practices, which are beyond our control. We recommend reviewing their policies to understand how they handle your data.

How we protect your information

We implement appropriate security measures to safeguard your personal information. However, please note that no method of data transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us at:

Purpose Engine
purposeengine.nz@gmail.com