This Privacy Policy describes how Green Zone ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit our website. Green Zone is a free, ad-supported service — we do not sell your data.
Effective Date: August 4, 2026
Green Zone is a free interactive crime map of New Zealand. We are committed to being transparent about how our site works and what limited data we process. Because we do not require user accounts, the information we collect is minimal and relates primarily to site analytics and ad delivery.
No Personal Data Collection: Green Zone does not require you to create an account, sign in, or provide any personal information such as your name, email address, or phone number. You can use the entire site anonymously.
Analytics Data: We use New Relic to monitor site performance, detect errors, and understand overall traffic patterns. New Relic collects technical data such as browser type, device type, page load times, and anonymised IP addresses. This information is used strictly for operational monitoring and is not linked to any individual user identity.
Advertisements: Green Zone displays advertisements to cover hosting and operational costs. Our advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve relevant ads based on your browsing history and device information. These third-party ad providers operate under their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them. You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings at any time.
Local Storage: We may store non-personal preferences (such as your preferred map view or layer selections) in your browser's local storage. This data never leaves your device and is not accessible to us. It is used solely to improve your experience when you return to the site.
Because we collect so little, our use of information is limited and straightforward.
Analytics data helps us understand how many people use Green Zone, which pages are most popular, and whether the site is performing well technically. This allows us to fix bugs and improve the experience for everyone.
Ad delivery data is used by our advertising partners to display and measure the effectiveness of advertisements. We do not have access to individual user profiles built by ad networks.
We do not use any collected data to profile you, track you across the web, or make automated decisions about you.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your web browser. Green Zone itself does not set first-party cookies for tracking purposes. However, our third-party service providers may set cookies:
Analytics Cookies: New Relic may set cookies to measure site performance and detect errors. These are essential for us to maintain a reliable service.
Advertising Cookies: Our ad partners may set cookies to deliver relevant ads and measure ad performance. These cookies are governed by the respective ad network's privacy policy.
Managing Cookies: You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block third-party cookies specifically. Note that blocking cookies may affect how advertisements are displayed but will not impact the core functionality of the crime map.
We Do Not Sell Data: We do not sell, rent, or trade any user data to third parties. Our business model is based on displaying ads alongside our free content — not on selling user information.
Service Providers: We share minimal technical data with trusted service providers: New Relic for performance monitoring and our advertising partners for ad delivery. Each provider is contractually bound to handle data securely and only for the purposes we specify.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose information if required to do so by law, such as in response to a court order or valid legal request from New Zealand authorities.
Data Security: We use industry-standard TLS/SSL encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our servers. Since we do not collect personal data or store user accounts, there is no central database of personal information that could be breached.
Green Zone operates in accordance with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020. Under this Act, you have the right to:
Know what personal information an agency holds about you.
Request access to and correction of your personal information.
Since Green Zone does not collect personal information (we do not ask for your name, email, or any identifying details), there is generally no personal information for us to provide or correct. If you believe we hold information about you, please contact us and we will address your concern promptly.
Our website may contain links to external sites, such as official police data sources or government statistics pages. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of Green Zone after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your rights under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, please reach out to us.
Email: contact@greenzone.co.nz