Tara Group Limited t/a Tara Finance
Privacy Policy

We collect personal information from you, which may include information about your:

  • name
  • age
  • gender
  • contact information
  • address information
  • location
  • computer location or network location
  • interactions with us
  • employment information
  • landlord information
  • driver licence information
  • passport information
  • bank account and bank statement information
  • financial position
  • motor vehicle(s) that you own or are purchasing

We collect your personal information in order to:

  • process your loan application
  • monitor and enforce current loans
  • confirm your identity
  • confirm your address
  • comply with finance laws
  • comply with money laundering laws
  • send you future information about our products, offers & competitions.Please inform us if you do not want to receive this.

Besides our staff, we may share this information with:

  • Centrix in in order to credit check and load defaults
  • Centrix in order to Politically Exposed Person check
  • Ministry of Justice to check overdue fines
  • Personal Property Security Register in order to security check
  • Centrix in order to confirm driver licence details
  • Info Agent in order to confirm name and address details
  • Dept. of Internal Affairs in order to confirm passport details
  • Authorised Repossession Agents in order to repossess security
  • Debt Collection Companies in order to collect debts
  • Secured Signing or Docusign in order to electronically sign documents

Providing information is optional. If you choose not to provide a certain type of information, we may be unable to provide specific services.

We keep your information safe by storing it in password protected files or in locked cabinets and only allowing certain staff to access it.

We keep your information for seven years at which point we securely destroy it by securely erasing all digital files and securely shredding all paper files.

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at: info@tarafinance.co.nz,or phone us on 0800 2272 111 or call in at 107 Hilton highway, Washdyke, Timaru 7910.