Privacy

What we collect

• Anonymous usage: which tools are used and the properties looked up (the address, its zone, size and overlays, and the results shown), linked to a random code stored in your browser — not to your name or email. We also note the type of device and browser, the site that linked you here, and the nearest city worked out from your internet connection (your IP address itself isn't stored). We also use Vercel Web Analytics for page visits, which doesn't use cookies.
• If you ask for expert help: your name, email, phone (if given), what you need and the site's details, which we share only with the professionals we suggest for that request.
• If you sign up for updates: your email, the address you were looking at, its zone, and which updates you asked for.
• If you answer the quick question: what best describes you, and — only if you choose to give them — a phone number or email so we can arrange a short feedback chat.
• Kept only on your device: your branding (name, agency, logo) and recent sites. We never receive these.

How we use it

To improve Groundwork, to email you the updates you asked for, and to contact you for feedback if you said that was OK. We don't sell your details or pass them to anyone else.

Addresses you look up

Address searches are sent to Land Information New Zealand and Auckland Council's public map services to find the boundary, zone and overlays.

Your choices

You can ask to see, correct or delete anything we hold about you, or unsubscribe from emails, at any time by emailing groundworknzz@gmail.com. We follow the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.