Last updated: September 2025
We are committed to respecting your privacy and ensuring the security of any personal information you provide to us.
Unless we expressly agree otherwise, any personal information you provide to us, whether via our website, related social media accounts or otherwise, will be processed by us in accordance with this policy and all applicable privacy laws, including the Privacy Act 2020 (NZ) (Privacy Act).
This policy explains:
In this policy:
In this policy, we, us, and our, refer to Comhla Vet Limited and our subsidiaries including Vetlife Limited. For more information about us please see the “Contact us” section below.
We encourage you to read this policy carefully. If you have any questions, please contact us using the details set out at the bottom of this policy.
The ways we may collect your personal information can be categorised into:
Information you provide to us directly
The information you may provide to us may include:
If you choose not to provide us with your personal information, then we may be unable to provide you with access to some of our services and some functions and features on our website may not be available to you.
Information collected automatically – use of cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a file that stores information about you and your behaviour on the internet. Cookies are created by a web server when you browse a website and are stored on your web browser. Cookies are accessed by a webserver upon entering a website. Cookies used on our website enable some of the website’s essential functionality and help us provide the best possible service to you by tailoring our services to best suit your preferences
There are two types of cookies: persistent cookies and session cookies. Persistent cookies are stored on a web browser until they expire or are deleted. Session cookies expire upon the user closing their web browser.
We use cookies to:
Most internet browsers give you the option to reject all cookies, accept all cookies, erase cookies stored on your device or be notified before a cookie is stored on your device. However, if you reject or erase the cookies referred to above some functionality or features of our website may not function properly or be fully available.
Please refer to your internet browser instructions if you want to find out more about rejecting or blocking cookies.
Information collected from third parties
We may collect personal information about you from third parties with your consent or where otherwise permitted by law (for example, where the source of the information is publicly available).
Where you provide us with any personal information about a third party, you must have that third party’s consent to do so. By providing us any third party personal information, you warrant that you have that third party’s permission to provide that information to us.
How we use your personal information
We will primarily use your personal information to provide you with any goods and/or services you have requested and to support our relationship with you.
We may also use your personal information:
How we may share your personal information
We may disclose your personal information:
The third parties to whom we disclose your personal information may be located within or outside New Zealand. Where any disclosure is to an overseas third party we will only make that disclosure in accordance with the requirements for overseas transfers of personal information as set out in the applicable privacy law.
You may request more information about the safeguards that we have put in place in respect of overseas transfers of your personal information by contacting our privacy officer using the details below.
How do we hold and protect your information?
We will not keep your personal information for longer than is reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy. We are committed to keeping your personal information as safe and secure as possible and we follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us.
While we continuously implement and update our administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, destruction, or alteration, we cannot guarantee the security of the transmission or storage of your personal information.
Your rights
Under the Privacy Act, you have certain rights in connection with your personal information, including rights to request access to, and correction of, your personal information.
These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions as set out in the Privacy Act.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact our privacy officer using the details below.
If you are unsatisfied with the handling of your request, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand for review of our handling of your request.
Changes to this policy
We may need to update this policy from time to time, including when necessary to reflect changes to our website, updates to our services or to reflect any change in law.
When we update this policy, we will revise the “Last updated” at the top of this policy. Where the changes are material, we will use reasonable endeavours notify you – usually by prominently posting a notice of those changes on our website or by sending you an email.
Contact us
We are Comhla Vet Limited and its subsidiaries including Vetlife Limited.
This website is owned and operated by Vetlife Limited.
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or our processing of your personal information, you can contact us by:
Privacy officer
Tye Bennet
Tye.Bennet@vetlife.co.nz