NextBite Brands respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains how NextBite Brands collects, uses, stores and protects personal information when you visit or interact with the NextBite website at https://nextbite.com.au/, contact our team, submit an enquiry, explore partnership opportunities, or otherwise communicate with us.
NextBite operates across Australia and New Zealand and works with plant forward food brands, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, foodservice businesses, strategic partners and other industry stakeholders.
1. About NextBite
NextBite is a next generation food platform focused on owning, licensing, launching and scaling plant based brands across Australia and New Zealand.
Our activities include strategic investment, brand development, product development, market entry, distribution, retail, foodservice, marketing, operational support and commercial growth.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "NextBite", "we", "us" and "our" refers to NextBite Brands and the relevant entity or entities operating the NextBite website and business.
Website:
General enquiries:
Australia and New Zealand operations:
Australia and New Zealand
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
Personal information
This may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Company or organisation name
- Job title or business role
- Business address
- Enquiry details
- Information relating to your brand or business
- Information relating to distribution, wholesale or foodservice opportunities
- Partnership information
- Information contained in communications with us
- Any other information you voluntarily provide
Technical information
When you use our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Website pages visited
- Date and time of visits
- Referring website
- General geographic information
- Website interaction information
- Technical performance information
3. How We Collect Information
We may collect information when you:
- Visit our website
- Submit a contact form
- Contact us by email
- Contact us by telephone
- Request information about NextBite
- Submit a partnership enquiry
- Make a distribution enquiry
- Make a wholesale or foodservice enquiry
- Enquire about investment or acquisition opportunities
- Participate in an event or industry activity
- Communicate with our team
- Interact with our digital marketing or social media channels
We may also receive information from service providers or business partners where this is reasonably necessary for our business activities and permitted by applicable law.
4. Why We Collect Personal Information
We may collect and use personal information to:
- Respond to enquiries
- Communicate with potential partners
- Assess commercial opportunities
- Respond to brand acquisition or investment enquiries
- Manage distribution and wholesale discussions
- Support foodservice relationships
- Develop and maintain business relationships
- Provide requested information
- Operate and improve our website
- Understand website usage
- Improve user experience
- Manage events and industry activities
- Protect website security
- Prevent fraud, spam and misuse
- Maintain business records
- Meet legal and regulatory obligations
- Protect our legitimate business interests
We aim to collect only information that is reasonably necessary for these purposes.
5. Business and Commercial Information
Because NextBite operates as a food platform and strategic partner, some enquiries may involve commercially sensitive information.
If you voluntarily provide information about your company, brand, products, manufacturing capabilities, distribution arrangements, commercial plans or other business matters, we may use that information to assess and respond to the relevant enquiry.
You should avoid sending confidential information unless it is necessary for the enquiry.
Where a formal confidentiality arrangement is required, this should be established separately between the relevant parties.
6. Direct Marketing
We may use contact information to communicate with you about NextBite, our portfolio, events, industry activities, business opportunities, partnerships, products or other information that may be relevant to your relationship with us.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain appropriate consent before sending direct marketing communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism provided or contacting us directly.
8. Third Party Service Providers
We may use trusted third party providers to support our website and business operations.
These providers may assist with:
- Website hosting
- Website security
- Analytics
- Contact forms
- Email communications
- Marketing
- Spam prevention
- Website maintenance
- Technology services
Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we expect appropriate safeguards to be applied.
9. Disclosure of Information
We do not sell personal information.
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
- Service providers
- Technology providers
- Professional advisers
- Legal advisers
- Accountants and auditors
- Business partners where appropriate
- Regulators or government authorities where required
- Law enforcement agencies where legally required
- Other parties where disclosure is permitted or required by law
We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to protect our legal rights, business, website, systems or people.
10. Overseas Processing
Because NextBite operates across Australia and New Zealand and may use international technology and service providers, personal information may be stored or processed outside the country in which it was collected.
Where information is transferred overseas, we will take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate privacy protections are maintained in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
11. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from:
- Unauthorised access
- Loss
- Misuse
- Unauthorised disclosure
- Modification
- Destruction
However, no online system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You should take reasonable precautions when submitting information online.
12. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, for legitimate business purposes, or where retention is required or permitted by law.
When information is no longer required, we may securely delete, destroy or anonymise it.
13. Access and Correction
Depending on applicable privacy law, you may have the right to request access to personal information we hold about you and request correction of information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
We may need to verify your identity before processing an access or correction request.
To make a request, contact:
14. Privacy Complaints
If you have concerns about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first.
We will review the concern and take reasonable steps to address it.
You may also have the right to contact the relevant privacy regulator in Australia or New Zealand depending on the circumstances and where you are located.
15. Third Party Websites
Our website may contain links to portfolio brands, retailers, distributors, partners, social media platforms and other third party websites.
Those websites have their own privacy practices.
NextBite is not responsible for the privacy practices or security of third party websites.
You should review the applicable privacy policy before providing personal information to another organisation.
16. Children
The NextBite website is primarily intended for businesses, professionals, industry participants, partners and general visitors.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:
- Changes to our business
- Changes to our website
- Changes to technology
- Changes to service providers
- Changes to applicable laws
- Changes to our privacy practices
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated date.
18. Contact Us
For privacy enquiries, requests or concerns, contact:
NextBite Brands
Email: info@nextbite.com.au
Website: https://nextbite.com.au/
Australia and New Zealand