Maintaining your privacy is really important to us. You entrust us with your information, and we take that responsibility seriously.
We may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect the changes in our business and practices, and so you should review this page periodically. When we change the policy in a material manner we will let you know and update the ‘last updated’ header as below.
This policy was last updated on [enter date] in line with GDPR requirements. It may be updated in the future and we will post the new version here on our website. We will never deviate from our overall philosophy of maintaining your privacy, though.
[your store name] We take security and privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, store and use personal data when you browse [your domain name] or otherwise provide your personal data to us. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we will treat your personal data.
Your personal data
When we say your “personal data”, we mean any information that identifies any person that you provide to us.
Your “personal data”; may also be contained in information that we collect about you in connection with your order or otherwise interact with us for example by electronic mail.
When it comes to your personal data, we comply with our obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation and any other applicable data protection legislation from time to time.
Your personal data includes the information you provide, on the [your domain name] website (including any forms you complete), or during an electronic mail enquiry about you.
Examples of this personal data include your name, your email address, address including postcode which you provide to us when you set up an account and subsequently amend in the My Account section when you go to checkout; and any correspondence when you contact us.
We do not knowingly collect or solicit any personal data from anyone under the age of sixteen or knowingly allow such persons to purchase goods from us. [your domain name] is not directed at children under the age of sixteen. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under age sixteen without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
Information we collect –
We collect information about your website usage, to improve our service and to understand trends to enhance and customize our website. Some of this data may be “personal data”, where it identifies a person. Here’s the information that we collect and how we use it:
We use your personal data for legitimate business reasons, for example email you when your order has been received. It will also enable us to contact you by email, fax, post, SMS, social media or telephone where necessary concerning [your store name] or an order you have placed; to record your personal preferences; to personalize our services to you (such as by pre-populating fields to make it easier for you to provide information when you return to the [your store name]. It will also enable us to produce reports you request as part of the services we provide.
Contacting you for Marketing Purposes –
We may use your personal data to contact you by email, fax, post, SMS, social media and/or telephone to let you know about our other [your store name] and/or third-party services, content, offers or product ranges which may be of interest to you. We will only use your data in this way where you have provided consent, we have legitimate business reasons for doing so, or where we are otherwise entitled by law to do so. If you would like us to stop providing you with such notifications, just contact us using the details in Section “How to Contact Us” at the end of this policy. Please note, this may take up to one working day to take effect. To stop receiving emails from [your store name] itself, you should cancel your [your store name] account or unsubscribe from our mailing list.
Cookies
[freewebstore DOES NOT place Cookies on your store. If you enable third party apps to place cookies on your store you should leave this section in and provide a list of all cookies and what they do. If you do not use third party apps for Cookies, delete this section]- We may further use, or permit selected third parties to use, your personal data to enable us to track and analyse [your store name] website traffic and visitor trends, improve your browsing experience and to personalize and enhance the content and advertising we display. For further details, please seeSection xxx: Use of Cookies below.
Legal Requirements – We may use your personal data to comply with any legal obligations to which we are subject.
We collect and use your personal data for a variety of reasons. We need some data to enter into and perform our contract with you. The lawful basis for processing your personal data is Consent as you have consented to provide your personal details to us to allow us to provide a service to you. If you fail to provide such data we will be unable to provide our service to you.
Except as described in this policy, [your store name] does not divulge any personal
information gathered via its services to third parties.
We may share your personal data with third parties in certain circumstances:
We also utilize a number of carefully selected third parties to help provide our services to you. Examples of these functions include website creation and hosting, email, providing marketing assistance and data analysis, data management, handling credit card transactions and providing customer service. In choosing to work with any such third parties, we will always ensure that the security policies and confidentiality arrangements of those third parties adhere to the same requirements we ourselves impose and expect, as a minimum.
No ownership rights to the data will be transferred to any third party.
We may send a small file to your computer when you visit our website. This will enable us to identify your computer, track your behaviour on our website and to identify your particular areas of interest so as to enhance your future visits to this website. We may use cookies to collect and store personal data. We do not automatically log data or collect data you specifically provide to us. You can set your computer browser to reject cookies but this may preclude your use of certain parts of this website. You can do this by changing your browser settings via the Help section of your browser.
For more information about the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.
If you have any queries relating to this Privacy Policy or [your store name’s] use of your personal or financial data, please contact [your email address] or alternatively write to: [your address]
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