The receipts
behind every promise
on this site.
GIWAHS is built on earned trust — through transparency, verification, and consistent behaviour over time. This page exists so you can verify ours. Security, privacy, compliance — each anchored to a contractual document.
Live trust indicators.
What each mark means.
Every chip you see on the platform — beside a factory, supplier, RFQ response, or founder — is one of five marks. They are awarded only with evidence, and every claim links back to this Trust Centre.
Entity exists, basic checks passed.
Repeat orders, audit history, no incidents.
Full audit · certifications · insurance verified.
Founding Partner of GIWAHS · 10-year price-lock.
Verification in process · evidence pending.
Read the section that matters to you.
- · TLS 1.2+ in transit · AES-256 at rest
- · MFA + SSO + RBAC on production systems
- · Daily encrypted backups, quarterly access reviews
- · GDPR · UK GDPR · CCPA · NZ Privacy Act · AU Privacy Act aligned
- · No sale or share of personal data — ever
- · Self-service export and deletion
- · EU SCCs Modules 2/3 · UK IDTA · Swiss addendum
- · Pre-signed DPA available on request
- · Subprocessor list public · 30-day change notification
Every policy, downloadable.
The canonical library of GIWAHS customer-assurance documentation. All policies are versioned and append-only, and material changes are notified to existing customers under each document's change clause.
| Document | Category | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy Policy | Privacy | View document |
| Terms of Service | Legal | View document |
| Founding Partner Terms | Membership | View document |
| Refund and Cancellation Policy | Legal | View document |
| Cookie Policy | Privacy | View document |
| Data Processing Agreement (DPA) | Data protection | View document |
| Security & Incident Response Policy | Security | View document |
| Subprocessor Register | Data protection | View document |
All documents open in a new tab and print to PDF (Cmd/Ctrl-P). The full index is at the document index.
Exercise your data rights in three clicks.
Found a vulnerability?
We welcome good-faith security research and offer safe-harbour for researchers acting under our policy. Report findings to security@giwahs.com — acknowledgement within 2 business days, triage within 5, remediation per severity.
Email security@giwahs.com- Privacy & data subject rights · privacy@giwahs.com
- Security incidents · security@giwahs.com
- Legal & contracts · legal@giwahs.com
Verify us independently.
Whaitiri Black Limited (trading as GIWAHS) is a registered New Zealand company. Company details may be independently verified via the New Zealand Companies Office and the NZBN Register.
| Identifier | Value | Verify on |
|---|---|---|
| NZ Companies Office number | 6860633 | Companies Office Aotearoa NZ |
| NZBN | 9429046803306 | NZBN Register |
| NZ GST number | 125-955-886 | Whaitiri Black Limited is NZ GST-registered. Tax invoices via Stripe Tax. |
NZ GST № 125-955-886. Director: Jay Elkington (100% shareholder). Company registration details are available via the NZ Companies Office register linked above.