Privacy Policy
- Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.creeklifestyle.co.uk (the ‘Website’).
- Personal information we collect
When you visit the Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Website, we collect information about the individual web pages or products you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Website, and information about how you interact with the Website. We refer to this automatically collected information as ‘Device Information’.
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
- Cookies, which are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- Log files, which track actions occurring on the Website, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- Web beacons, tags, and pixels, which are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Webs
Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Website, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information including credit and debit card numbers and PayPal payment details, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as ‘Order Information’.
When we talk about ‘Personal Information’ in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
- How we use your Personal Information
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfil any orders placed through the Website, including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations. Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
- communicate with you;
- screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
- when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
Shopify uses the Device Information they collect to help screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimise their website, for example, by generating analytics about how customers browse and interact with the Website, and to assess the success of marketing and advertising campaigns.
- Sharing your Personal Information
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store and you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Website and you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Paying though the Shopify platform requires data to be shared with their servers in Canada and the United States. While Canada has been deemed to have a data standard comparable to the EU any data transfer outside of Canada is protected through contracts which have comparable commitments to privacy as is found in Standard Contractual Clauses.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a summons, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
- Behavioural advertising
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s website http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalised-ads
- The Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
- Do not track
Please note that we do not alter the Website’s data collection and use practices when we see a ‘Do Not Track’ signal from your browser.
- Your rights
If you are a UK or European resident, you have the right to access Personal Information we hold about you and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us using the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a UK or European resident, we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you (for example, if you make an order through the Website), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of the UK and Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
- Data retention
When you place an order through the Website, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
- Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
- Contact us
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please email us at blakeney@creeklifestyle.co.uk or write to The Privacy Compliance Officer, Blakeney Lifestyle Limited, 26 Tallon Road, Hutton, Brentwood, Essex CM13 1TJ.