Your reading is not our product.

1. Scope and who we are

Averi Quanta is a New Zealand-based digital editorial publication about the global casino industry. This policy applies to averiquanta.com, direct email correspondence with our publication and privacy requests. It does not govern independent websites reached through our source links.

We are not a casino or gambling operator. We do not create player accounts, process deposits, receive wagers, hold balances or obtain gambling histories. We do not use gambling-affiliate tracking. If you intended to contact a casino, bookmaker or payment provider, do not send account credentials or transaction documents to us.

For privacy questions, access requests or complaints, contact our privacy desk at privacy@averiquanta.com.

2. Our privacy principles

New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 contains thirteen information privacy principles covering collection, notice, storage, access, correction, accuracy, retention, use, disclosure, overseas disclosure and unique identifiers. Our practical approach is to collect the smallest amount reasonably necessary for a defined editorial, security or correspondence purpose; protect it; avoid unrelated reuse; and give people a workable route to exercise their rights.

3. Information we may collect

Information you choose to provide

When you email us, we receive the information in the message and standard email metadata. This may include your name or chosen identifier, email address, employer or organisation, subject line, message, attachments, timestamp and technical routing headers. A story tip may contain information about other people. A correction request may identify your connection to the subject.

Only provide information relevant to your enquiry. Do not send passwords, full payment-card numbers, gambling account credentials, unnecessary identity documents, medical records or highly sensitive material before agreeing on an appropriate channel with the editorial desk.

Information generated when the site is delivered

Our hosting and security environment may create server logs when a browser requests a page or file. A log may include an IP address, time, requested path, referring address where supplied by the browser, browser or device identifier, response status and information about suspected automated or malicious activity. Logs support delivery, error diagnosis, abuse prevention and incident investigation.

Information stored on your device

After you acknowledge the adult-reader notice, our JavaScript stores aq_age_confirmed=yes in first-party local storage. It is not your age, birth date or identity and is not automatically transmitted with page requests. See our Cookie Policy for the complete storage inventory and deletion instructions.

Information we do not deliberately collect

At launch, the site has no registration, comments, newsletter form, payment function, advertising pixel or third-party audience analytics. We do not deliberately build profiles of reading interests, gambling behaviour or financial position.

4. Why we use information

Purpose	Typical information	Why it is necessary
Deliver and secure the website	Request and security logs	Serve requested pages, diagnose faults, limit abuse and investigate attacks.
Respond to correspondence	Email address, message and attachments	Answer questions, assess story tips and manage rights or licensing enquiries.
Maintain editorial accuracy	Sources, notes, correction correspondence and evidence	Verify reporting, document editorial decisions, correct errors and defend the integrity of the public record.
Protect legal rights and safety	Relevant correspondence and technical evidence	Obtain advice, respond to lawful process, prevent fraud and protect people or systems.
Remember the adult notice	Local value on your device	Avoid repeating the same notice on every page.

We do not reuse a correction email to send marketing, and we do not turn the age preference into advertising consent.

5. Journalism, sources and public-interest records

Editorial work may require retaining source material and correspondence longer than an ordinary customer-service exchange. Preservation helps verify published claims, assess later corrections and maintain an accurate historical record. Access to unpublished material is restricted according to editorial need.

We take source confidentiality seriously but ordinary email is not guaranteed to be secure or anonymous. Do not assume that sending a message creates a legally protected journalist-source relationship. Contact the editorial desk first if disclosure could create a material personal, employment or legal risk so that an appropriate communication method can be discussed.

6. Who may receive information

We do not sell personal information. Limited information may be handled by:

• Hosting, security and infrastructure providers that deliver the site, store logs or protect it from abuse.
• Email and productivity providers that transmit and store correspondence.
• Professional advisers, including legal, security or accounting advisers, where advice is necessary and confidentiality obligations apply.
• Authorities or courts where disclosure is required by applicable law, a valid legal process or necessary to address a serious threat. We assess requests rather than treating informal demand as compulsory.
• A successor organisation if the publication is reorganised or transferred, subject to appropriate protection and notice where required.

Publishing information in an article is a separate editorial act. We assess accuracy, fairness, public interest and legal obligations before publication.

7. Overseas processing

Internet infrastructure and cloud email services may process information outside New Zealand. Privacy Principle 12 regulates disclosure of personal information to foreign persons or entities. Before a disclosure covered by that principle, we take reasonable steps to ensure comparable safeguards, rely on an applicable statutory basis, or obtain informed authorisation where appropriate.

Routing data through an overseas technical service is not always legally classified in the same way as disclosing information for the overseas provider’s own use. Regardless of classification, we select providers and settings with security, confidentiality and purpose limitation in mind.

8. How long information is kept

We keep information only as long as its purpose reasonably requires, subject to editorial, security and legal needs.

• Routine server logs are generally targeted for deletion or rotation within 90 days, unless retained for an active incident, abuse investigation or legal requirement.
• General correspondence is periodically reviewed and may be deleted when the enquiry is resolved and no continuing record is reasonably needed.
• Correction, complaint, rights and licensing records may be retained longer to document the decision and subsequent correspondence.
• Research notes and source material supporting published journalism may be retained as part of the editorial archive.
• The local age preference remains on your device until you clear it; we do not set its expiry remotely.

Backups may retain a protected copy for a limited cycle after deletion from active systems. They are used for recovery, not routine retrieval.

9. Security and privacy breaches

Reasonable safeguards may include access controls, strong authentication, software maintenance, secure transport, provider review, limited administrative privileges and recovery procedures. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure, so data minimisation remains an important safeguard.

Under the Privacy Act, a breach that has caused or is likely to cause serious harm must be notified to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and affected people as soon as practicable, unless a lawful exception applies. We assess the nature of the information, likely consequences, containment and protective steps. If you believe information connected with Averi Quanta has been exposed, email privacy@averiquanta.com with “Security” in the subject line.

10. Access and correction rights

You may ask whether we hold personal information about you, request access and ask for correction. Send the request to privacy@averiquanta.com and describe the information or interaction sufficiently for us to locate it. We may request proportionate evidence of identity so information is not disclosed to the wrong person.

Some information may be withheld where the Privacy Act permits or requires it—for example, to protect another person, legal privilege, safety or certain evaluative material. If access or correction is refused, we will explain the applicable basis where the law permits. If a requested correction is not made, you may ask for a statement of correction to be attached to the information.

11. Complaints

Please contact us first so we can investigate. Provide the event, approximate date, information involved and outcome sought. You may also complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. Nothing in this policy limits rights available under applicable law.

12. Adult audience and children

The publication is designed for readers aged 18 and over, but the notice is not identity verification. We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent personal information, contact us so we can assess deletion and any necessary protective response.

13. Privacy signals and external sites

We do not sell or share data for cross-site behavioural advertising, so Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control do not change an advertising practice on this site. External sources and support services have their own privacy policies; they receive a request only after you choose to open their link.

14. Policy changes

Material changes will be published here with a revised effective date and version. If a new feature materially expands collection—such as analytics, accounts or newsletter registration—we will update the notice before launching that feature and seek any choice required by law.

15. Contact

Privacy Desk · Averi Quanta · Aotearoa New Zealand
privacy@averiquanta.com

Official reference

Office of the Privacy Commissioner: Privacy Act 2020 principles

Office of the Privacy Commissioner: serious breach notification