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Tickled pink for Pink Shirt Day 2015
You may have noticed our mascot Kevin the Kiwi sporting a nicely tailored pink shirt today – he’s acknowledging Pink Shirt Day. This cool initiative in New Zealand and around the world is aimed at raising awareness about the power to prevent bullying. Its goal is to reduce bullying by celebrating diversity and promoting the development of positive social relationships.
For more about Pink Shirt Day, check out the official website.
We're getting involved here at Trade Me HQ too by donning our pink shirts - keep an eye out for us on our Facebook page. More...
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Privacy Policy changes come into effect today
We wanted to let you know that we've made some changes to our privacy policy to better explain how we handle information about you that we collect, store and use.
Here’s a summary of the areas we’ve changed.
Listing content
We’ve added a section that clarifies the way Trade Me handles different types of information that you upload. When we collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, date of birth or contact details, we protect this information very carefully. However, when you write listing content and upload images, or receive feedback from other members, we publish this for you on the site. As the content is then publicly available, it may appear elsewhere on the internet, or be accessed by developers who have access to our API. Occasionally Trade Me will use this listing content to enrich our other services, such as using vehicle images to enhance MotorWeb’s vehicle information reports, or displaying your listings to members in other advertising. You can check these changes out at clause 2 of our policy. More...
Privacy Week 2015
It’s Privacy Week! Every year the Office of the Privacy Commission (OPC) takes some time to promote the importance of privacy through a series of events and guidance materials. It’s a great opportunity to remind ourselves that privacy is something we should think about every day, and that taking care of ourselves online is really important.
The OPC has got some awesome privacy-related things planned, including public lectures and brand new e-learning modules. These are free and available to everyone who wants to learn about the Privacy Act and the Health Information Privacy Code. The OPC is also running an art exhibition with Vincents Art Workshop, where local artists will be displaying privacy themed works of art. Some of these artworks are being auctioned on Trade Me, so go check them out! All proceeds of sale go to help Vincents, a community based initiative which provides an incredible therapeutic and social service to many artists in Wellington.
We've got a few things planned too, so keep an eye on our Trust & Safety blog. In the meantime, get involved by checking out our privacy policy and last year’s transparency report.
Anzac Day Payment Delays
Due to the Anzac day holiday there will be a delay in processing payments to your Trade Me account made by phone or internet banking.
If you pay by these methods, please be aware that payments made after 8:00pm Friday 24th April will not be processed until Tuesday 28th April.
Have a safe and enjoyable long weekend.
Changes to our Privacy Policy - have your say
Here at Trade Me HQ we’re planning some changes to our Privacy Policy to better explain how we handle information about you that we collect, store and use. Your feedback on these changes is important to us, so we’re giving you the opportunity to discuss them on our Message boards before they come into effect on 4 May.
Here is a summary of areas we’re proposing to change:
Listing content
We’ve added a section that clarifies the way Trade Me handles different types of information that you upload. When we collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, date of birth or contact details, we protect this information very carefully. However, when you write listing content and upload images, or receive feedback from other members, we publish this for you on the site. As the content is then publicly available, it may appear elsewhere on the internet, or be accessed by developers who have access to our API. Occasionally Trade Me will use this listing content to enrich our other services, such as using vehicle images to enhance MotorWeb’s vehicle information reports, or displaying your listings to members in other advertising. The proposed change we’re making is below. More...