Privacy Policy/Statement
Privacy Policy/Statement
This privacy policy/statement explains how we use any data we collect about you, or that you provide us.
This privacy policy/statement explains how we use any data we collect about you, or that you provide us.
This privacy policy/statement explains how we use any data we collect about you, or that you provide us.
FedEx Express New Zealand - Privacy Policy/Statement
FedEx Express is a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, which offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively under the respected FedEx brand (“FedEx Group”). This privacy statement explains how we use any data we collect about you, or that you provide us.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner provides further details of the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and how it protects personal information in New Zealand.
This Privacy Statement is supplementary to, and to be read together with, the FedEx Global Privacy Policy, and the fedex.com Privacy Notice.
Personal Data Collected
We collect information about you when you register or correspond with us or place an order for products or services. We also collect information when you voluntarily complete customer surveys, provide feedback and participate in competitions. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number and financial and credit card information. Website usage information is collected using cookies.
Purpose of Personal Data Collection
We will use the information you provide to us for the following purposes:
to provide timely, reliable and value-added services to customers, including international express transportation, shipment tracking, customs brokerage, account management and billing, supply chain management, information management and technical support, e-commerce, and related services;
to establish a customer relationship and to communicate with you;
to process any transactions that you enter into with FedEx and respond to any enquiries you may have;
to provide, develop, implement and manage services for you, including customer marketing materials and questionnaires that help us enhance our services;
to assist in law enforcement efforts, collect unpaid debts, perform credit reporting and rating functions, and protect the business interests of FedEx and its business partners and customers;
to manage and promote FedEx business activities;
to meet requirements imposed by law; and
other purposes directly relating to any of the above, or as otherwise permitted by law.
We use your information collected from the website to personalise your repeat visits to the website, and to administer and improve our website.
For our policy on using your personal data for marketing and promotional purposes, please see the section on Promotional and Direct Marketing below.
Transfer of Personal Data
Personal data will be kept confidential but, subject to the provisions of any applicable law, we may share your personal data with:
Appropriate persons in our parent and affiliated companies (which may be located within and outside New Zealand);
Credit reference agencies and other companies for use in credit decisions, for fraud prevention and to pursue debtors, and they may keep a record of any search that they do;
Any person, including agents, contractors or third party service providers (within or outside the FedEx Group) who provides administrative, marketing, telecommunications, computer, payment or data processing or other services in connection with the operation of our business and provision of our products and services to you;
Any government departments or other appropriate governmental or regulatory authorities. or 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 our Terms of Use, Standard Conditions of Carriage, Service Guide, and other agreements, or to protect our rights, property, or safety and those of our customers or others; and
Any actual or proposed purchaser of all or part of the business or assets of FedEx, or in the case of any merger, acquisition or other public offering, the purchaser or subscriber for shares in FedEx or any company within the FedEx Group.
Prior to disclosing any of your personal information to another person or organisation outside of New Zealand, we will first take all reasonable steps to satisfy ourselves that:-
(a) the person or organisation is subject to privacy laws that, overall, provide comparable safeguards to those in the Privacy Act 2020; or
(b) you have consented to such disclosure.
Security
We will make all reasonable arrangements to ensure that personal data in our possession or under our control are protected against unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or similar risks.
Promotional and Direct Marketing
From time to time you may provide us with personal information for the purposes of helping us to improve your overall experience with us or helping us to provide relevant information about our products, services, and promotions.
By providing us with this personal information you consent to FedEx’s use of your personal information for promotional or direct marketing activities by way of email, SMS, messaging applications, social media, and post.
If you do not want your personal information to be utilised by us for promotional or direct marketing activities, click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our email notifications. If at any time you are unsure of how to access or correct your information please contact us.
Withdrawing consent
You may ask us to stop collecting, using and disclosing your personal data at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (for contact details, see below). However, if you do not provide this personal data or ask us to stop collecting, using or disclosing it, we may not be able to maintain your registration with the website, fulfil your orders, process your payments, provide products and services to you, respond to your correspondence, or comply with applicable laws.
Access to your information and correction
Subject to any legal restrictions, you may have a right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you and information about the ways in which we have used and disclosed that information. If you would like this information, please contact our Data Protection Officer (for contact details, see below).
We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct information you think is inaccurate.
Retention of Personal Information
We do not keep personal information for any longer than is required for the purposes for which the information may lawfully be used.
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information enables us to distinguish you from other users of the website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the website. This information is also used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity, allowing us to improve the website. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser not to accept cookies, and remove cookies from your browser, or information you when they are set. However, in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result. Further information on our use of cookies can be found in the fedex.com Privacy Notice (link provided above).
Other websites
Our website contains links to other websites. This Privacy Statement and our privacy policies and notices only applies to this website and our services, so when you visit other websites or use other services you should read their respective privacy policies and notices.
Changes to our privacy statement
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Statement at any time with or without notice and will place any updates on this webpage.
How to contact us
If you have any questions or issues regarding your privacy, or would like a copy of our Privacy Statement, please contact the Country Manager of FedEx New Zealand who is the designated Privacy Officer or by writing to us at 38 Business Parade South, East Tamaki, Auckland 2013, New Zealand or emailing us at ANZPrivacy@fedex.com.
We will endeavour to send out our first reply to you within 30 days from the date we receive your privacy-related request. Depending on the complexity of your request, however, our response time may exceed 30 days.
Please note we may not act on or respond to non-privacy related queries/matters, as determined by us in our discretion. For non-privacy related queries/matters, please contact our Customer Support team.
FedEx general terms and conditions
Please also see our Service Guide and Standard Conditions of Carriage for our terms of carriage, limitations of liability, and disclaimers of warranty and general terms applicable to all delivery services and various information used and provided with FedEx services.
Last update: November 2023