PRIVACY POLICY – SCANDINAVIAN LOFT LTD
This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how Scandinavian Loft Ltd and its related companies collect, use and share personal data of users of this website, www.scandinavianloft.com. This Policy also applies to any of our other websites that post this Policy.
This Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and transfer the personal information that you provide to us on our websites or mobile applications, when you visit our site.
By visiting our site and providing us with your personal data, you acknowledge and agree that your personal data may be processed for the purposes identified in this Policy.
You can find out more about Scandinavian Loft Ltd and the Terms of Use
WHO WE ARE & CONTACT INFORMATION
Scandinavian Loft Ltd is a company with registered offices at 2nd Floor, 90 Main Yard, 90 Wallis Road,London, E9 5LN.
We welcome your comments about this Policy. If you have any questions about how we use your
personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
2nd Floor
90 Main Yard
90 Wallis Road
London
E9 5LN
E-mail: martin@scandinavianloft.com
WHAT WE COLLECT
Information You Give Us.
We collect your name, postal address, email address, phone number, username, as well as other
information you directly give us on our site. In addition, we may also collect personal information from
you when you correspond with use (for example, when you send us e-mail communications or letters, or
by telephone).
Information We Get From Others.
We may get information about you from other sources. We may add this to information we get from this site.
Information Automatically Collected.
We automatically log information about you and your computer. For example, when visiting our site, we log your computer operating system type, browser type, browser language, the website you visited before browsing to our site, pages you viewed, how long you spent on a page, access times and information about your use of and actions on our site.
COOKIES
Our site (like most platforms) uses cookies and other similar technology such as ‘web beacons’.
What are Cookies? This is not your favourite crispy cookie, but you will like them as enabling faster and comfortable buying.
Cookies are very small text files sent to your browser by a website you visit. When you return to the website it will recognise your device and information on future visits, such as your preferred language,remembering your preferences and chosen items, assisting you to improve your site experience as well as trying to ensure that the adverts or offers you see online are more relevant to you. Cookies make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Without them, using the web would be a much more frustrating experience.
Why and What cookies do we use?
Category 1: necessary cookies
These cookies are important in order to enable the site to offer you the services you requested, such as remembering your shopping basket items.
Category 2: performance cookies
These cookies collect anonymous information on how visitors use the site and the data is merged with other users to help us to improve how the site operates. For example we use Google Analytics cookies to help us understand how customers arrive at our site, browse or use our site and highlight areas where
we can improve areas such as navigation, shopping experience and marketing campaigns. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established. In some cases these cookies improve the speed with which we can process your request, allow us to remember site preferences you’ve selected and help connect you to your social networks.
Category 3: functionality cookies
These lovely cookies remember choices you make such as language, search parameters such as size,colour or product line. They can provide you with a customized experience more appropriate with your selections. The information is also merged with other users on an anonymous basis to enable us to improve how the site operates. For example our Wish List feature utilises a cookie to remember the products which you have expressed a wish to save whilst browsing our website.
Category 4: targeting cookies or advertising cookies
These cookies collect information to help better tailor advertising to your interests, both within and beyond ScandinavianLoft.com. The data collected is anonymous; it is not collected with any personal information you may have shared about yourself with ScandinavianLoft.com. De-selecting these cookies may result in seeing advertising that is not as relevant to you. Some people prefer not to allow cookies, which is why most browsers give you the ability to manage cookies to suit you. In some browsers you can set up rules to manage cookies on a site-by-site basis, giving you more fine-grained control over your privacy. What this means is that you can disallow cookies from all sites except those that you trust.
If you would like more information on cookies and how to disable them, please visit:
http://www.aboutcookies.org.
IP Addresses
We may collect information about your computer or mobile device, including where available your IP address, operating system, log in times and browser type. We use this information to better understand how visitors use our site and for internal reporting purposes. We may anonymise and share this information with advertisers, sponsors and/or other businesses.
USE OF PERSONAL DATA
· to operate, maintain, and improve our sites, products and services;
· to process and deliver the contest entries and rewards;
· to respond to comments and questions and provide customer service;
· to send information including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages;
· to communicate about promotions, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by us and our selected partners;
· to link or combine user information with other personal data;
· to protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity; and
· to provide and deliver products and services at customers request.
SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA
We do not rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies outside Scandinavian Loft Ltd except under the following circumstances:
· With your consent. For example, you may let us share personal data with others for their own marketing uses. Those uses will be subject to their privacy policies.
· When we do a business deal, or negotiate a business deal, involving the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of our business or assets. These deals can include any merger, financing, acquisition, or bankruptcy transaction or proceeding.
· For legal, protection, and safety purposes;
o to comply with laws or any regulatory obligation;
o to respond to lawful requests and legal processes;
o to protect the rights and property of Scandinavian Loft Ltd, our agents, customers and others. This includes enforcing our agreements, policies and Terms of Use.
o in an emergency. This includes protecting the safety of our employees and agents, our customers, or any person.
· With those who need it to do work for us.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data may be collected, processed and/or otherwise transferred outside the European Economic Area and may be processed not only in the country in which it was collected but also in other countries, including the United States, where data protection and privacy laws and regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world. By providing your personal data to us,you consent to such transfer, collection and/or processing in the United States of your personal data,
which includes the use of cookies as described in this Policy, which includes the use of cookies as described in this Policy.
PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION
We want you to feel confident about using our site, and we are committed to protecting the personal information we collect. We limit access to personal information about you to employees who reasonably need access to it, to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. We have appropriate technical and organisational physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the personal information that you provide to us against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, damage or destruction.
RETENTION PERIOD
We will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
HOW TO EDIT, DELETE OR ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information that we hold about you in our records, to correct any inaccuracies and to update any out of date information. You can also ask us not to send you direct marketing communications (however please note that we may continue to send you service related (i.e. non-marketing) communications, such as email updates). If you wish to exercise any of these rights, or wish to object to our use of your personal information, please write to us at the address given above.
CHILDREN
This site is not directed at anyone who we know to be under the age of 13, nor do we collect any personal information from anyone who we know to be under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you should not use the platform and should not submit any personal information to us.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
From time to time we may change this Policy. If we make any changes, we will change the Last Updated date above. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use our site. If material changes are made to this Policy, we will notify you by email or by placing a prominent notice on the site.
Last Updated: 20170310