WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

Version Date: 05 Jan 2026

These Website Terms of Use together with our Privacy Policy apply to all Site visitors, subscribers to our services, clients, customers, and all other users of the Site (referred to as user, you and your in these Website Terms of Use). 

Where reference is made to we, our or us, this means Brewers Guild of New Zealand (an incorporated society with NZBN: 9429043144235)  the owner of this website (Site)

Acceptance of these Terms of Use

We may, at any time and at our discretion, vary these Website Terms of Use by publishing the varied terms on our Site.

These terms of use cover your use of this Site and the limits on our liability relating to your use of this Site.

You accept these terms when you access or use this Site 

By using the Site, you warrant that:

  • You are over 18 years of age; and
  • You have read and accepted these  Website Terms of Use; and
  • You will comply with these Website Terms of Use.

Third Party Sites 

Our Site may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we do not control, endorse, or approve, and are not responsible for, the content on those websites. You should make your own investigations with respect to the suitability of those websites.

Cookies

We may use cookies (an alphanumeric identifier that we transfer to your computer’ s hard drive so that we can recognise your browser) to monitor your use of our Site. You may disable cookies by changing the settings on your browser, although this may mean that you cannot use all the features of the Site.

Links to other websites

Our Site may provide links to other websites when we consider you may be interested in the contents of those sites. We do not endorse any third-party sites, or their content and we have no control over the conduct of the companies or organisations operating those sites.

Before you disclose any personal information to another site, we advise you to check its terms and conditions, including its privacy and security policies.

While we take reasonable steps to maintain secure internet connections, if you provide us with personal information over the internet, the provision of that information is at your own risk.

Discontinuance of Site

We may, at any time and without notice to you, discontinue our Site, in whole or in part. We may also exclude any person from using our Site, at any time and at our sole discretion. We are not responsible for any liability you may suffer arising from or in connection with any such discontinuance or exclusion.

Updates to Information Content

Materials and information on this Site proving information about products, services and any approved partners is information content only and is subject to change without notice. We do not undertake to keep our Site up-to-date, and we are not liable if any information content is inaccurate or out-of-date or does not meet your specific purposes or needs.

Intellectual Property rights

The Site and online content contains intellectual property owned by us, including, without limitation, trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information, and other intellectual property rights, as well as the business name, logo, all designs, text, videos, audio files, graphics, other files, and software. 

Your use of the Site, purchase or download of any content does not grant or transfer any rights, title or interest to you in relation to this Site, or the content.

Except as otherwise provided, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, sell, enhance or in any way exploit any of the content in any manner, except for modifications in completing the content (such as a form or booking interface) for your authorised use.

Warranties and Disclaimers

This Site and all content is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and to the fullest extent permitted by law, we make no representations or warranties about our content including (without limitation) that:

  • It is suitable, complete, accurate, reliable, up-to-date, and suitable for any particular purpose
  • access will be uninterrupted, error -free and free from harmful components (including viruses) or other code that is harmful or may assist in causing harm
  • there is no possibility of failure to store communications or other data

Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law we will not be liable to you for any direct or indirect loss of any kind including loss of profit, loss  of benefit (including anticipated benefit), loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings (including anticipated  savings), loss  of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data,  whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity  or otherwise.

Indemnity from You to Us

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify us, and hold us and our related entities, affiliates, officers, agents and employees harmless, against any loss, liability, claim or demand (including reasonable legal fees on a full indemnity basis), made by any third party due to or arising from your use of this Site in violation of these Terms or due to any breach of these Terms or any applicable laws by you. 

This indemnity is a continuing obligation, independent from the other obligations under these Terms, and continues after these Terms end. It is not necessary for us to suffer or incur any liability before enforcing a right of indemnity under these Terms.

PRIVACY POLICY

We respect your right to privacy and your right to view and update the personal information we hold about you. We are committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our Site or contact us in any way.

This Policy sets out how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information.

This Policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the Privacy Act 2020 (and any amendments).

If you wish to seek further information on the Act, see www.privacy.org.nz.

If you have any questions or concerns about our Policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us through the Contact section on our Site. 

Please read this Policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

When this Policy applies

This Policy applies to all information collected through any one or more of:

  • Our website www.brewersguild.org.nz (Site)
  • Any Membership application form
  • Facebook (Meta) application (including messenger)
  • Email exchanges
  • Member Portal
  • Newsletters
  • Sales, marketing, or in-person events.

Collectively, all the above is known as your “personal information”.

By using our Site or Member Portal or supplying your personal information through any of the above channels or methods you voluntarily provide us with your personal information. 

This includes when you register with us, express an interest in ,get information from us, take part in events with us and otherwise contact us.

If you disagree with this Policy, please stop using our Site or Member Portal. 

Collecting your personal information

If you access our Member Portal or products (including visiting our Site, sales events or signing up for our newsletter or downloads), you may need to provide us with some or all of the following personal information:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your payment details (if applicable) noting we will only use an encrypted third party payment handling service for these purposes

Using your personal information

We collect and use your personal information to:

  • Provide Member Portal access, Member Benefits to you.
  • Administer digital access to Member Portal efficiently.
  • Conduct market research if you agree to participate in that.
  • Tell you about our new products, services, and promotions.
  • Customise our marketing and advertising.
  • Improve the Member services and benefits that we provide to you.
  • Invoice you and to collect money that you owe us, including authorising and processing credit or debit card transactions.
  • Respond to communications from you.
  •  Protect and/or enforce our legal rights and interests, including defending any claim.
  • Any other purpose authorised by you or the Privacy Act.

Disclosing your personal information

We will generally only use or disclose personal information for the purpose for which it was obtained. These purposes are set out in this policy, or at the point of collection.

We may use or disclose personal information for another purpose if the individual concerned authorises the other use or disclosure, or BGNZ is otherwise permitted to do so under the Privacy Act, or any other law. 

If it is necessary for personal information to be given by BGNZ to any third party to carry out services on your behalf, everything reasonably within the power of BGNZ is done to prevent unauthorised use or disclosure of the information by that third party. 

We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this Policy or that are otherwise made clear to you on Member Portal. 

WHEN NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE COLLECTED

By using our Site or applying to become a Member, you may provide us with other information, such as data collected from surveys. 

This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use Member Portal and other technical information.  

Third Party Payment Gateways

We do not handle or store full credit card details. These are captured directly by a third-party provider. These third party providers are entirely independent of us and we therefore make no representations and give no warranties regarding how they use that information. 

Changing your personal information

You have the right to view and change any personal information we hold about you at any time. You can do this by contacting us through the Contact section of our Site. 

Contacting you

We may contact you to:

  • Clarify details about your membership or digital access to a Member Portal.
  • Respond to any enquiries you make.
  • Provide any information necessary for the operation and security of our Site.
  • We may also contact you to advise of changes to our Membership Terms & Conditions, Member Benefits or Member Portal or otherwise in connection with your Membership.

Email communications

You can choose to remove yourself from email marketing communications by following the “unsubscribe” prompt at the bottom of each email.

Privacy concerns

We are committed to dealing quickly and appropriately with any privacy or website complaints.  If you are concerned our Privacy Policy may have been breached or your privacy has been compromised, please email us immediately at admin@brewersguild.org.nz

Changes

We may change this Policy or our Website Terms of Use by uploading a revised version onto our Site. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised version. 

Governing Law

New Zealand law governs this Policy and these Website Terms of Use.

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