Policies & legal information

Our Privacy Policy

What is our Privacy Policy about?

Thank you for visiting www.bgt.nz. We realise your right to privacy is important and will protect it when you visit our website.

This Privacy Policy explains our online information practices, including how we collect and use your personal information. It covers information collected on our website only. Our website may contain links to other websites and may post your information on other websites (including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube). We recommend that you read the Privacy Policies of those other websites to learn how they collect and use information about you, and to set your privacy settings accordingly.

What personal information do we collect about you online?

We collect personal information about you through your use of our website. This includes:

• your registration details
• information relating to your use of the website
• the content you access.
  
  

What do we use this personal information for?

You agree that we may use this personal information as we see fit:

• to assist us to provide services to you
• for internal research purposes
• to verify your identity
• to promote and market our products and services
• to send you regular casting call emails, account updates and information about our features (you can unsubscribe from our emails by contacting us directly at join@bgt.nz).

Any personal information that you provide to us will be used only for the purposes stated above. We do not disclose your information other than for the reasons above, unless we are required by law to do so.

You understand that when you apply for a role, your contact details and any information entered into your personal profile may be sent to the client. This includes any photos we have on file.

Under GDPR we will ensure that your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently, without adversely affecting your rights. We will only process your personal data if at least one of the following basis applies:

1. you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes;
2. processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract;
3. processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
4. processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or of another natural person;
5. processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; and/or
6. processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

Do we share the information we collect online?

We will not sell, license or trade your personal information to others. We do not provide your personal information to direct marketing companies or other such organisations. All personal data is stored securely in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR). 

Do we use cookies or other tracking devices?

Information about the pages you visit is stored for statistical analysis purposes, but individual usage patterns are not monitored.

Some parts of our website require authentication with the use of cookies for security purposes. A ‘cookie’ is a small text file that is stored on your computer and makes it easy for you to move around a website without having to continually re-enter information such as your name, password and preferences. These cookies are not used to capture or store personal information for any purpose other than to authenticate the user. The cookies expire when you close your browser. 

We also maintain logs of the website’s servers’ activity. These log files include the IP address of every computer used to access the website. The log files are used to analyse our website’s use.

Terms of Use

All contents of this website are subject to the following terms of use:
BGT has reviewed the material, but is not entering into any express or implied conditions, warranties, terms or representations about any of the content of this website, its accuracy or completeness and accepts no responsibility for loss which may arise from reliance on such content.

Under the GDPR, EU citizens have:

• the right to request access to, deletion of or correction of, your personal data held by us;
• the right to complain to a supervisory authority;
• be informed of what data processing is taking place;
• the right to restrict processing;
• the right to data portability;
• object to processing of your personal data;
• rights with respect to automated decision-making and profiling

Our Payment & Refund Policies

Refund Policy

Upon signing up to BGT you have 2 business days to be refunded if you have paid online and have changed your mind. 

Annual Website Fees

All annual website fees are non-refundable and are to be renewed on the anniversary of the start date or the online website profile may be archived.
(unless you have signed up as per above for the 1st time and it's within 2 business days)