Privacy policy – Nzinstantbanking
Although Nzinstantbanking writes about money and betting payments, it handles none: only the personal information that running an information site requires is collected. The Privacy Act 2020 applies, with its information privacy principles in section 22.
Responsible agency
Responsibility for personal information collected through Nzinstantbanking lies with the body running the site. instantbankingnz.com gives its name, address and e-mail address, and every question on personal information goes through that channel.
Information collected
A log line is written by the server each time a page is opened: IP address, date and time, requested address, amount of data sent, referring page and browser type. Security and the detection of abuse are the reasons, and after 90 days logs are deleted or shortened until they identify no one. Anyone writing to the editors supplies a name, an e-mail address and the message, used solely to reply. There are no reader accounts, no deposits and no bets, so no payment details or identity documents are collected.
Purposes and principles
Collection serves lawful purposes tied to running the site: keeping it working and secure, answering messages and, once the banner has been answered, measuring audience (IPP 1). People are told what is collected and why (IPP 3), and use stays within those purposes (IPP 10). No automated decision-making and no profiling take place.
Providers and disclosure abroad
Nothing is sold. Information goes to providers that host the site, deliver its content and handle e-mail, and to public authorities if the law requires. If a provider stores data outside New Zealand, disclosure abroad occurs only where the recipient has comparable safeguards or the person has been informed and agrees, as IPP 12 sets out.
Security and retention
Information is protected by reasonable safeguards against loss and misuse (IPP 5) and kept only as long as the purpose requires (IPP 9): logs up to 90 days, correspondence until the matter is closed and for the time possible claims need. A notifiable privacy breach, meaning one that has caused or is likely to cause serious harm, is reported to the Privacy Commissioner and to those affected.
Access and correction
Each person may ask for access to the information held about them (IPP 6) and for correction (IPP 7). An answer follows as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 20 working days after the request is received (section 40).
Complaints
A person who believes their privacy has been breached may complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Last updated: 26 October 2026.
