PRIVACY POLICY

Katherine Sheard Ltd (“We”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with our Website Terms and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.  Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, the General Data Protection Regulations 2016 and all other legislation, regulations and directives relating to data protection and privacy (“the Legislation”), the data controller is Katherine Sheard Ltd,Goscote House, 79 Brook Street, Wymeswold, LE12 6TT or at info@katherinesheard.co.uk.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU.

We will collect and process the following data about you:

INFORMATION YOU GIVE US. This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our site www.katherinesheard.co.uk (our site) or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. It includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our service, search for a product or service, participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on our site, enter a competition, promotion or survey and when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU. With regard to each of your visits to our site we will automatically collect the following information:

• technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
• information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), products or services you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call us.

INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM OTHER SOURCES. This is information we receive about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. In this case we will have informed you when we collected that data if we intend to share those data internally and combine it with data collected on this site. We will also have told you for what purpose we will share and combine your data. We are working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies). We will notify you when we receive information about you from them and the purposes for which we intend to use that information.

Please note where we request personal information in order to provide goods and services to you and that personal information is necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations to you, we will not be to proceed with the contract if the requested information is not provided.

COOKIES.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie policy.

USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION.

We use information held about you in the following ways:

INFORMATION YOU GIVE TO US. We will use this information:

• to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including the provision of information, products and services, as is necessary for the performance of our contract with you;
• to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us prior to entering into a contract with us but as a step towards such a contract;
• to provide you with information about other goods and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about as is in our legitimate interests;
• to permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services we feel may interest you where you have expressly give your consent for us to do so;
• to notify you about changes to our products or services as is in our legitimate interests for you to do so;
• to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer as is in our legitimate interests for you to do so.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU. We will use this information:

• to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and statistical purposes where it is in our legitimate interests to do so;
• to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer as is in our legitimate interests to do;
• to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so as is in our legitimate interests;
• as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure in accordance with our legitimate interests;
• to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you in accordance with our legitimate interests;
• to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about goods or services that may interest you or them in accordance with our legitimate interests.

INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM OTHER SOURCES. We will combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

For the purposes of the above our ‘legitimate interests’ include promotion of our business, marketing, the maintenance of the goodwill and reputation of Katherine Sheard Art, which includes the provision of excellent customer service and care, the proper and effective administration of the site, and to ensure and maintain the security of the data which we process.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION.

You agree that we have the right to share your personal information with selected third parties including:

• [business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with you where such processing is necessary for the performance of our contract with you;]
• Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site as is in our legitimate interests to do and shall ensure, as far as possible, that all such data is anonymised.
• We will disclose your personal information to third parties:
• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets in accordance with our legitimate interests.
• If Katherine Sheard Art or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets in accordance with our legitimate interests.
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Website Terms and Conditions, Acceptable Use Policy and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Katherine Sheard Art, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction as it is in our legitimate interests to do so.]

META

We also may from time to time use Meta Advertising, Meta Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications. We do this to understand and deliver ads and make them more relevant to you. Cookies also enable us to learn whether someone who saw an ad on Meta later visited our website. The ultimate control of the dissemination of information gathered through Meta Advertising, Meta Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications resides entirely with Meta. You can opt-out of Meta’s use of cookies and Meta Pixel Re-Marketing through settings on your Meta Account.

GOOGLE

We use various products and features provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).

GOOGLE TAG MANAGER

For reasons of transparency please note that that we use the Google Tag Manager. The Google Tag Manager itself does not collect personal data. It facilitates the integration and management of our tags. Tags are small code elements which serve to measure traffic and visitor behaviour, to detect the impact of online advertising or to test and optimize our websites. For further information about the Google Tag Manager visit: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses the analytics service Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.We draw your attention to the fact that Google Analytics is supplemented by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” on this website to guarantee the anonymised collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).

In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website:Disable Google AnalyticsFurther information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/en_uk/policies/.

Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “anonymizeIp” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).

GOOGLE DYNAMIC REMARKETING

We use Google Dynamic Remarketing to advertise Katherine Sheard Designs across the Internet, in particular on the Google Display Network. Dynamic remarketing will display ads to you based on what parts of our websites you have viewed by placing a cookie on your web browser. This cookie does not in any way identify you or give access to your computer or mobile device. The cookie is used to indicate to other websites that “This user visited a particular page, so show them ads relating to that page.” Google Dynamic Remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you.

If you do not wish to see ads from Katherine Sheard Designs, you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. For further information visit Google’s privacy policy.DoubleClick by GoogleDoubleClick uses cookies to enable interest-based advertisements. The cookies identify which ad has been shown in the browser and whether you have accessed a website through an ad. The cookies do not collect personal information. If you do not wish to see interest-based ads, you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. For further information visit Google’s privacy policy.

OPTING OUT:

Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:

• On our Privacy Policy Page

Can change your personal information:

• By emailing us

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?

We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?

It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email:

• Within 7 business days
• Other

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
• Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at info@katherinesheard.co.uk and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

WE HOLD YOU DATA SECURELY ON OUR SHOPIFY WEBSITE.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

RETAINING AND DELETING PERSONAL DATA.

We may store your personal data in secure software.

We shall ensure that any personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. We will retain and delete your personal data as follows:

1. personal data provided as part of an order for goods or the provision of our services as part of our contract will be retained for up to 7 years, at the end of which period it will be deleted from our systems;
2. personal data provided other than as part of an order for goods or services shall be retained for 1 year from the date on which it was provided after which time it shall be deleted.

Notwithstanding the above, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations.

YOUR RIGHTS.

You have the right to request any amendments or rectifications to your personal data. You can exercise this right by contacting us at Katherine Sheard Ltd, Goscote House, 79 Brook Street, Wymeswold, LE12 6TT or at info@katherinesheard.co.uk.

You can also use this address to notify us if you would like us to delete or erase your data or, in certain circumstances, if you would like us to restrict the manner in which we process your data. Please note in certain circumstances we may not be able to delete or erase your personal data such as where this is still required for the purpose for which it was provided or where we have overriding legitimate interests in retaining your data.

Where you have given us your consent to the specific processing of your personal data please note you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Should you wish to withdraw your consent please contact us at the address above.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from external websites as a service to our visitors.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites. The provision of a link on our site to an external website should not be taken as an endorsement by us of that external website, its owners or their products / services

ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

The Legislation gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Legislation by contacting us at Katherine Sheard Ltd, Goscote House, 79 Brook Street, Wymeswold, LE12 6TT or at info@katherinesheard.co.uk.

COMPLAINTS.

If you are unhappy with the way in which we have collected or processed your personal data or have any other complaint in relation to our handling of your personal data, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner. Further information can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.ico.org.uk or via their helpline on 0303 123 1113.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY.

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

CONTACT.

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Katherine Sheard Ltd, Goscote House, 79 Brook Street, Wymeswold, LE12 6TT, or at info@katherinesheard.co.uk.

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info@katherinesheard.co.uk

www.katherinesheard.co.uk

07920 065 424

Date: 02.04.2024