Privacy Policy
How Free The Sheds collects, uses and protects your information.
Last updated: May 2026
Who we are
Free The Sheds is a New Zealand public-interest campaign for common-sense building consent reform, initiated by Waikato Sheds. This privacy policy explains how we handle information collected through this website and the supporter form at freethesheds.org.nz.
What information we collect
When you submit the supporter form, we may collect:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your region
- Your role (homeowner, farmer, builder, etc.)
- Whether you support the campaign
- Whether shed consent rules have affected your project
- An estimated cost or delay
- Your story or experience (if provided)
- Your preferences regarding being contacted or quoted
We do not collect payment information, sensitive personal information, or government-issued identifiers.
How we use your information
We use your information to:
- Understand the scale and nature of support for the campaign
- Contact you about campaign developments if you have agreed to this
- Build an evidence base of how current shed consent rules affect New Zealanders
- Produce anonymised statistics about the impact of current rules
We will not publish your name, business, location or story without your explicit permission. If you have indicated you are willing to be quoted anonymously, we may use your story without identifying details.
Who we share your information with
Free The Sheds is an open industry and public-interest campaign. Supporter details are used for campaign advocacy only. We do not sell your information. We do not share your identifiable information with commercial supporters without your consent. We may share anonymised, aggregated data (e.g. “70% of respondents reported delays of more than 3 months”) publicly as part of the campaign.
Data storage and security
Form submissions are stored securely. We take reasonable steps to protect your information from loss, misuse, or unauthorised access. This website is hosted on secure infrastructure and uses HTTPS throughout.
Your rights
Under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask us to correct it. You may also ask us to stop using your information for campaign communications at any time. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@freethesheds.org.nz.
Cookies and analytics
This website does not currently use cookies or third-party analytics tools. If this changes, this policy will be updated.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The current version will always be available at freethesheds.org.nz/privacy/.