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School Order Privacy Notice

Last updated: 20 October 2026

LingNest respects your privacy and takes care to protect the personal information you share with us.

This notice explains how we collect, use and protect information submitted through our school invoice request forms (My Chinese Toolbox and Lyrics Lab).

1. Information We Collect

When you submit a school invoice request, we may collect:

  • School or organisation name
  • Contact person’s name
  • Email address
  • Products and quantities requested, such as notebooks or teacher licences
  • School delivery address, for printed products
  • Finance email for the invoice
  • Purchase order number, where provided

We collect this information directly from you when you complete our online form.

Providing information is voluntary. However, we need the required details to process your request.

Please do not include student information or other sensitive personal details in your submission.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected to:

  • Respond to school invoice requests
  • Prepare and send invoices
  • Communicate about orders, payments and delivery
  • Arrange printing, packaging and shipping, or send download links for digital resources
  • Maintain accurate business and financial records
  • Resolve questions or issues relating to your order

We do not use information collected through this form to send unrelated marketing emails unless you have separately agreed to receive them.

3. How We Store and Protect Information

School order information may be stored securely using Google Workspace, including Google Sheets, and the systems used to operate our website and email communications.

Access to order records is restricted to authorised persons who need the information to manage orders.

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, misuse, loss and disclosure.

Some of our technology service providers may store or process information outside New Zealand. We remain responsible for handling personal information in accordance with applicable New Zealand privacy law.

4. Sharing Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share relevant information with trusted service providers where reasonably necessary to process or fulfil your order, including:

  • Website hosting and form-processing providers
  • Cloud storage and email service providers
  • Printing, fulfilment and delivery providers
  • Accounting or administrative service providers, where applicable

We share only the information reasonably necessary for the relevant service.

We may also disclose information where required or permitted by law.

5. How Long We Keep Information

We retain school order information for as long as reasonably necessary to manage orders, provide customer service, maintain business records and meet applicable legal obligations.

When personal information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to securely delete or dispose of it.

6. Accessing or Correcting Your Information

Under New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to request access to personal information we hold about you and to request corrections.

If you would like to access, update or correct your information, please contact us using the details below.

7. Contact Us

For privacy enquiries, requests or concerns, please contact:

LingNest Teaching Studio
New Zealand
Email: hello@lingnest.co.nz

8. Changes to This Notice

We may update this notice when our practices or legal obligations change.

The latest version will be available on our website, with the date of the most recent update shown above.

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