Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting www.nztruckdrivingjobs.co.nz

We are committed to protecting your privacy online and complying with the Privacy Act 2020 (the “Act”). This policy (together with our Employer or Jobseeker Terms and Conditions) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide us with will be processed by us when you use our website located at www.nztruckdrivingjobs.co.nz (the "Website"). Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.  

The Website is operated by NZ Truck Driving Jobs Limited, a New Zealand Limited Company also referred to as “We” and “Us”. 

 

1. Information We May Collect from You  

We may collect and process the following data about you: 

  • Account information for Job Seekers: The information (including your first name, surname, location and email address) that you provide by setting up an account through the Website, in registering for our newsletter, or otherwise by contacting us. If you choose to join our verified candidate pool, we may also collect additional details such as your CV, relevant truck licences held, work and education history, employment preferences, and responses to eligibility and verification questions. This information helps us assess your suitability for job opportunities and provide tailored recruitment support.
  • Account information for Employers: The information you provide when creating an employer account or engaging our services, including your company name, billing details and NZBN, the name, email, and phone number of a primary contact, and secondary contact We also collect job listing details and any relevant business information to assist with recruitment services and communication.
  • Information related to the services acquired via the Website: The information Employers and jobseekers provide relating to the jobs advertised on the Website. 
  • Site Activity: We will automatically collect the following information about your use of the Website: 
  • technical information, including: the IP address used to connect your computer to the internet; browser type and version; and time zone setting; 
  • information, including the full URL; clickstream to, through and from the Website that you viewed. 
  • Communications: When you sign up for an account, you are opting in to receive certain legal and administrative emails from us, which are necessary for the provision of our service. You may also choose to sign up to receive certain marketing or additional emails. You can manage your preferences in terms of receipt of these communications through your account settings. You cannot, however, opt out of receiving certain legal or administrative notices from us. 
  • Information provided to us from other sources: We may receive information about you from third parties in the course of making available the Website to you, including business partners; sub-contractors; and payment providers. 

 

2. Use of Information  

We will only use information held about you as necessary to provide you with the Website’s functionality or as otherwise required by law. More specifically we will use it in the following ways:  

Information you give to us  

We use this information to: 

  • make the Website available to you; 
  • provide you with information about activities that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes; 
  • administer your account with us; 
  • disclose to lawful authorities when required to do so by law; 
  • notify you about changes to the Website; and 
  • ensure that the Website is presented in the most effective manner for you.  

Information that we collect about you  

We use this information to: 

  • identify you as a user of the Website; 
  • administer the Website; 
  • ensure that the Website is presented in the most effective manner for you; 
  • measure and understand the effectiveness of certain features of the Website; and 
  • provide location-based services to you if you access the Website via a mobile browser and you allow the transmission of your location data when prompted by your browser.  

Information we receive from other sources  

We will combine this information with information you give to us and information that we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive). 

Cookies  

We may collect information about your computer or mobile device, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration, and to report aggregate information to our business users. This is statistical data about the browsing actions and patterns of our users. We may obtain information about your usage of the Website by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer or the internal memory of your mobile device. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive or your mobile device's internal memory. Cookies help us to: improve the Website; deliver a better and more personalised service both through the Website and through third party websites and applications. They enable us to:  

  • support our analytics, to estimate our audience size and usage patterns; 
  • prevent fraud, and your data from unauthorized parties, and comply with legal requirements. For example, we use cookies to determine if you are logged in; 
  • store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise the Website according to your individual interests; 
  • manage notifications and some of the content you see, so that you don’t keep seeing the same notifications over and over again; 
  • speed up your searches; and 
  • recognise you when you return to the Website.  

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser or your mobile device which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. If you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser or mobile device setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to the Website.  

General Advertising

We may run general advertising campaigns on platforms such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram. These campaigns use general targeting criteria (such as location or interests) and do not utilise or share your personal information (like your email or phone number). 

Third party providers - Analytics  

  • We may use third party vendors to assist us to analyse how our website is used.  These third parties have access to your personal information only to enable them to perform these tasks on our behalf and they may not disclose it or use it for any other purpose.  
  • Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.  
  • You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.  See this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout  
  • For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en  

 

3. Email Communications  

If you register with the Website or sign up for any of our newsletters or alerts, we may send you updates, industry insights, job or recruitment opportunities, and services we believe are relevant to you. From time to time, our newsletters may include promotions or content from our Premium Partners. We do not share your personal information with these partners  

You can unsubscribe from receiving our newsletter and other correspondence at any time by clicking the 'Unsubscribe' link featured in our emails. Alternatively, you can manage your preferences by updating your account settings within your user profile, or by emailing us directly at info@nztruckdrivingjobs.co.nz 

 

4. Where We Store Your Personal Data  

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside New Zealand. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any transfers of your data are compliant with applicable data protection and privacy laws. We will also implement reasonable technological and measures to ensure that once transferred outside of New Zealand, your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.  

All information you provide to us through the Website is stored securely on third-party service providers’ servers. This includes any forms submitted by employers or candidates, which are completed through encrypted, secure online forms. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password to access certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.   

Signed licence forms and other sensitive verification documents are only accepted through encrypted online forms. These documents are then stored in password-protected cloud storage, with access limited to authorised recruitment and verification staff only. We do not accept licence forms or sensitive documents via email to ensure your information remains protected at all times.  

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. We will do our best to protect your personal data, however, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the website; any transmission is at your own risk.  

Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. 

 

5. Disclosure of Your Information  

We may disclose your personal information to other third parties in the circumstances set out below. 

  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets. 
  • If we or a substantial part of our assets are acquired by a third party, your personal data may be one of the transferred assets. 
  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of the Website, to protect our rights, property, or safety or other users of the Website. 
  • We may share aggregated user information with third parties, such as advertisers and content distributors. For example, we may disclose the number of a particular category of users (e.g. women aged under 35) that have been exposed to, or clicked on, advertisements in a particular period. 
  • We may share information submitted as part of third party promotional activities only when you agree the specific terms and conditions of the promotion by opting in to the promotion.  

In addition, we will share your information with the third party processors who supply us with the following services: 

  • payment processing 
  • job board functionality 
  • encrypted form collection 
  • recruitment support 
  • Newsletter email communication.  

Some of the third parties to whom we may disclose your Personal Information may be 'foreign persons or entities' for the purposes of the Act (for example, they may be companies incorporated outside New Zealand). 

You authorise us to make those disclosures and acknowledge that those recipients may not be subject to privacy laws that provide comparable safeguards to those under the Act. 

 

6. External Links  

The Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies, and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies or practices. We also do not guarantee that the information on third-party websites is accurate, complete, or up to date. Please review their privacy policies and terms of use before submitting any personal data or relying on the content provided. 

 

7. Access to Information and Right to Erasure  

You have a legal right to a copy of all personal information about you held by us. Your rights of access and correction can be exercised in accordance with the Act.  

You are also entitled to require us to erase your account and your data. Please email us at info@nztruckdrivingjobs.co.nz with your requests. 

 

8. Changes to Our Data Protection and Privacy Policy  

Any changes we may make to our data protection and privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where the changes are material, the changes will be notified to you by email. 

This privacy policy was last updated on 24/03/2025 

 

Contact 

Please email us at info@nztruckdrivingjobs.co.nz if you are unsure about any of the information listed above or have further questions or comments regarding this privacy policy.