privacy policy

Data privacy is of high importance for Caroline Gardner and we want to be open and transparent with our processing of your personal data.  We therefore have a policy setting out how your personal data will be processed and protected in compliance with GDPR.


How we use your information?

We will use your information in the for the below reasons and in the following ways:

1. To carry out a contract between you and us:

  • If you choose to sign up for an account on our website, to provide you with this account,
  • to fulfil and deliver any order that you place with us,
  • to take payment from you,
  • to provide you with a receipt,
  • to protect and defend our legal rights.

2. Where we have a legitimate interest in using your personal data:

  • to monitor our website, including data to help us provide information and layouts in the most effective manner,
  • to ensure we provide the most efficient customer experience for you and better understand your needs as a browser and customer,
  • to analyse any feedback that you provide on our services, and to improve our services and your experience,
  • to enable Caroline Gardner to manage customer service interactions with you whether this be over the phone, by email or letter,
  • to manage competitions that you have entered e.g. let you know you’ve won a competition,
  • to review and assess any job application that you submit to us.

3. Where you have provided your consent to our use of cookies:

  • Caroline Gardner will email you if you have items in your basket or that a transaction has not been processed. This is done by use of a cookie file,
  • Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. (We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our authorised customers. E.g., if an authorised customer is logged on and the site is unused for more than 10 minutes, we will automatically log the them off).

4. If you have consented to receive marketing information from us, we may use your information in the following ways:

  • We will process details of your previous transactions and contact you by email with information about goods and services similar to merchandise you have purchased and newsletters,
  • If you want to change or update any of the details that you have registered online with us, or would like to amend your subscription preferences or unsubscribe. The option is always available at the bottom of our emails. Or please contact our Customer Service team,
How we share your information:
  • We share your information with our core service providers and third party platforms where necessary for our business to function; For example, we provide your address to MyHermes, DPD & Royal Mail who assist us with fulfilling deliveries, SagePay who provide fraud detection services and credit risk checks,
  • If you choose to provide feedback on your transaction, we will share your information with JudgeMe, a third party feedback site who will capture your feedback on transactions which we use to enhance our customer service and experience,
  • Your information may be processed by a third party in order to maintain the functionality of our website and database,
  • In the event that you add items to your basket but do not complete a transaction, our abandon basket partner will automatically send you an e-mail to remind you that there are items in your basket,
  • Whilst you are a member of our mailing list we may share your information with trusted email service provider, such as marketing partners we have carefully selected. In this case we use a company called Omnisend They are not permitted to use your information after you unsubscribe.

5. Changes to this Privacy Policy

  • We may change this Privacy Policy from at some point. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy, and if the changes are significant, send an email to update you.

 

How long do we keep your data?

  • We will keep your data for direct marketing until you no longer consent (you can do this by unsubscribing at the bottom of all of our emails). 
  • We will asses all data regularly and after a period of time will delete your personal information.

 

What are your rights?
1. Right to access

  • You have the right to request to be informed of all the personal data we hold on you at any time.

2. Right to portability 

  • Whenever Caroline Gardner processes your personal data, based on your consent or based on an agreement, you have the right to ask for a copy of your data transferred to you or another party you specify. We can only transfer or provide personal data you have personally submitted to us.

3.Right to rectification

  • You have the right to request changes or updates to your data at any time. You can email us or use our online contact for to request this.

  

What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?

We will let our you know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy substantially we will contact you. 

Updated 29.06.2022

Contact Us

If you have any questions about the Privacy Policy and practices of this site you can contact us at info@carolinegardner.com 

 

Links: http://www.carolinegardner contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.