PRIVACY POLICY for
www.plantkeyshop.co.uk
At The Plant Key Shop we are dedicated
to safeguarding and preserving your privacy when visiting our site or
communicating electronically with us. Our Privacy Policy has been provided and
approved by website
privacy policy provider LegalCentre.co.uk.
This
Privacy Policy, together with our terms of use, provides an explanation as to
what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect
from you.
We
do update this Policy from time to time so please do review this Policy
regularly.
[For
the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 our data controller is Steve Barton.
Information We Collect
In
operating our website we may collect and process the following data about you:
i.
Details
of your visits to our website and the resources that you access, including, but
not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication
data.
ii.
Information
that you provide by filling in forms on our website, such as when you
registered for information or make a purchase.
iii.
Information
provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason.
Use of Cookies
On occasion, we may gather information
about your computer for our services and to provide statistical information
regarding the use of our website to our advertisers.
Such information will not identify you
personally it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our site.
This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever.
Similarly
to the above, we may gather information about your general internet use by
using a cookie file. Where used, these
cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is
stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies contain information that
is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our website
and the service that we provide to you.
All
computers have the ability to decline cookies.
This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables
you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline
cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our website.
Our
advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded
once you click on advertisements on our website.
Use of Your Information
The
information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to
enable us to provide our services to you.
In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:
i.
To
provide you with information requested from us, relating to our products or
services. To provide information on
other products which we feel may be of interest to you, where you have
consented to receive such information.
ii.
To
meet our contractual commitments to you.
iii.
To
notify you about any changes to our website, such as improvements or
service/product changes, that may affect our service.
If
you are an existing customer, we may contact you with information about goods
and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.
Further, we may use your data, or
permit selected third parties to use your data, so that you can be provided
with information about unrelated goods and services which we consider may be of
interest to you. We or they may contact
you about these goods and services by any of the methods that you consented at
the time your information was collected.
If
you are a new customer, we will only contact you or allow third parties to
contact you only when you have provided consent and only by those means you
provided consent for.
If
you do not want us to use your data for our or third parties you will have the
opportunity to withhold your consent to this when you provide your details to
us on the form on which we collect your data.
Please
be advised that we do not reveal information about identifiable individuals to
our advertisers but we may, on occasion, provide them with aggregate
statistical information about our visitors.
Storing Your Personal Data
We
may transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European
Economic Area for processing and storing. Also, it may be processed by staff
operating outside the European Economic Area who work for us or for one of our
suppliers. For example, such staff maybe engaged in the processing and
concluding of your order, the processing of your payment details and the
provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to
this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all reasonable steps to make
sure that your data is treated securely and in agreement with this Privacy Policy.
Data
that is provided to us is stored on our secure servers. Details relating to any
transactions entered into on our site will be encrypted to ensure its safety.
The
transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and
therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically
and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk. Where we
have given you (or where you have chosen) a password so that you can access
certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password
confidential.
Disclosing Your Information
We
may also disclose your personal information to third parties:
i.
Where
we sell any or all of our business and/or our assets to a third party.
ii.
Where
we are legally required to disclose your information.
iii.
To
assist fraud protection and minimise credit risk.
Third Party
Links
You
mind find links to third party websites on our website. These websites should
have their own privacy policies which you should check. We do not accept any
responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control
over them.
Access To Information
The
Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access the information that we hold
about you. Please note that any demand for access may be subject to payment of
a fee of £10 which covers our costs in providing you with the information requested. Should you wish to receive details that we
hold about you please contact us using the contact details below.
Contacting Us