What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that web sites often store on the computer hard drives of visitors to their sites. They are widely used in order to make web sites work, or work better, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. A cookie often contains a unique number, which can be used to recognise your computer when a user of your computer returns to a website that it visited previously.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to enhance the online experience of our visitors and to better understand how our sites are used. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our site before or whether you are a new visitor.
Types of cookies
There are two broad types of cookies - 'first party cookies' and 'third party cookies':
- First party cookies are cookies that are served directly by the website operator to your computer, and are often used to recognise your computer when it revisits that site and to remember your preferences as you browse the site.
- Third party cookies are served by a service provider on behalf of the website operator, and can be used by the service provider to recognise your computer when it visits other web sites. Third party cookies are most commonly used for web site analytics or advertising purposes.
- In addition, cookies may be either 'session cookies' or 'persistent cookies'. Your computer automatically removes session cookies once you close your browser. Persistent cookies will survive on your computer until an expiry date specified in the cookie itself, is reached.
Cookie categories
We use the categorisation set out by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in their UK Cookie Guide, produced in April 2012. The guide is available to download in PDF format (290KB).
The guide identifies four categories of cookies, outlined below:
1. Strictly necessary cookies:
- These cookies are essential for the user to move around the website and to use its features, e.g. shopping baskets and e-billing.
2. Performance cookies:
- These cookies collect information about how the user makes use of the site, e.g. which pages the user visits most.These cookies do not collect information that identifies the user.
3. Functionality cookies:
- These cookies remember choices made by the user and enhance the features, e.g. language or users location.
- This cookie is also used to remember a user's preferences for a font size, or customisable parts of a web page.
4. Targeting or advertising cookies:
- These cookies collect information about the users' browsing habits.
- This may also include links to social media sites, e.g. Facebook, etc.
Your rights
You have the right to choose whether to accept these cookies. You can exercise this right by amending or setting the controls on your browser to reflect your cookie preferences.
However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Changing your cookie preferences
The "Help" menu in the toolbar of most web browsers will tell you how to change your browser's cookie settings, including how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable cookies altogether.
An online guide is available if you have difficulties trying to change your browser settings.
Additional references
Further information about cookies and how to control their use is available from All About Cookies and Your Online Choices.
This privacy policy sets out how Hot Rod Publishing Ltd uses and protects any information that you give Hot Rod Publishing Ltd when you use this website.
Hot Rod Publishing Ltd is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Hot Rod Publishing Ltd may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
- IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
Policy Modifications
We reserve the right to alter and amend this Privacy Policy as we see fit from time to time and will publish those changes here. It is your responsibility to check this policy.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Welcome to our website.
If you browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Terms and Conditions of use, which together with our Privacy Policy govern Hot Rod Publishing Ltd’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.
The term Hot Rod Publishing Ltd or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.
The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:
Content
The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice. This website contains material which is owned by us, licensed to us, or used with authorization. This material includes, but is not limited to images, photographs, text, trademarks, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Downloading of any content does not give you title or any rights to that content and reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the Copyright Notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
Indemnity
- Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee, express or implied as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies and/or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
- The opinions and comments printed on this website of advertisers and contributors are not necessarily those of the magazine or the publishers, and no liability is accepted.
- Trademarks
- All trademarks reproduced in this website are the property of Hot Rod Publishing Ltd or licensed to us, or authorized by their owners for our use. You must not use, copy, download or distribute any Trademark other than with the prior written consent of Hot Rod Publishing Ltd.
- Unauthorised use of this website or breach of any of the Terms and Conditions published here may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
- From time to time, this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
Copyright Notice
- All content on this website is copyright and no content on this website may be copied, downloaded, republished, distributed for sale reproduced or quoted in whole or part by electronic means for representation on radio, television, video, CD, DVD, internet or film without prior written permission from the publishers at any time.
- We do allow you to make one copy to be downloaded to your own personal computer for your own personal use and not for resale or any commercial purpose or benefit.
- In submitting any photographs or articles to Rodding USA magazine and its website you agree to grant Hot Rod Publishing Ltd a perpetual licence to copy, make adaptations of and publish and distribute copies to the public of those photographs or articles in all media known now or to be developed at any time in the future.
Privacy
It is our policy to respect the privacy of visitors to this website. Our Privacy Policy is published separately on the website but not that it forms part of the Terms of Use of this website.
User Content
- This website contains a Forum which allows users to post and display content in any form. Your acceptance of the Code of Conduct and Rules of the Forum at the time of your registration binds you to the Terms and Conditions of this website.
- Hot Rod Publishing Ltd’s aim is to provide a platform for the free exchange of information, ideas and knowledge but reserves the right to remove or modify any images, photographs, graphics which it considers not conducive to our aims or objectionable at any time without notice to you.
- You declare that you own the copyright of any and all content posted by you including text, drawings, photographs and/or video.
- By posting on this Forum you hereby grant Hot Rod Publishing Ltd the perpetual right to use any text or images posted there in print in its magazine/s or on any other of its websites at any time, now or in the future and make no claim for royalty, payment or compensation for the use of text, images or any content posted on the Forum.
Jurisdiction
Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of New Zealand.