Terms of Service

This site is intended for users in New Zealand. As such any disputes in regards to the site are to be managed according to the laws of New Zealand.

Referral Links

We reserve the right to append referral link codes to links posted on this site that do not already have referral codes. These will be appended at the time the post is created, and as such will be propagated out wherever the post is viewed.

Deletion of Data

As detailed in the Privacy Statement, deletion of data may be requested at https://friendica.nz/removeme which will delete data from this system, and Deletion of the data will also be requested from the nodes of the communication partners. We cannot guarantee that the data will be removed from communication partners, as they are outside of our control.

Updates to Terms of Service

We reserve the rights to update the terms of service on this site. Any such update will be notified to users by placing a banner on the site for a period of not less than 7 days.

Privacy Statement

At the time of registration, and for providing communications between the user account and their contacts, the user has to provide a display name (pen name), an username (nickname) and a working email address. The names will be accessible on the profile page of the account by any visitor of the page, even if other profile details are not displayed. The email address will only be used to send the user notifications about interactions, but wont be visibly displayed. The listing of an account in the node's user directory or the global user directory is optional and can be controlled in the user settings, it is not necessary for communication.

This data is required for communication and is passed on to the nodes of the communication partners and is stored there. Users can enter additional private data that may be transmitted to the communication partners accounts.

At any point in time a logged in user can export their account data from the account settings. If the user wants to delete their account they can do so at https://friendica.nz/settings/removeme. The deletion of the account will be permanent. Deletion of the data will also be requested from the nodes of the communication partners.