We value you as a customer and we are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
Our contact details
You can contact us by emailing us at
hello@saffronbubbles.com
Or you can write to us at the following address:
Saffron Bubbles, PO Box 78712, London, SW1P 9YZ, United Kingdom.
Personal data
In accordance with Art. 4 (1) GDPR, “personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (a natural person is considered as being identifiable, directly or indirectly, in particular by means of an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special characteristics expressing the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
- Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
- Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of basket contents while you’re browsing our site.
The above data is anonymised and then evaluated on a continuous basis in order to improve the website, to adapt the website to the interests of our users and to be able to remedy errors quickly. For these purposes, the legal basis for the processing of data is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR.
If you actively submit data to us, for example by registering with our online shop or placing an order, we will process the data transmitted by you.
When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
- Send you information about your account and order
- Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
- Process payments and prevent fraud
- Set up your account for our store
- Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
- Improve our store offerings
- Send you marketing messages, but only if you choose to receive them
We process the above data in order to update your registration and to process your orders. The legal basis for processing this data is performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR.
Comments
We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.
When you leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Contact forms
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.
We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Who we share your data with
We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you, for example PayPal and Royal Mail.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
How we store your information
Any information given to us is held with care and stored securely. We are committed to ensuring that unauthorised access or disclosure of your personal data is prevented by suitable physical and electronic procedures.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us at hello@saffronbubbles.com, or by writing us: Saffron Bubbles, PO Box 78712, London, SW1P 9YZ, United Kingdom.
Payments
We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.
Contact information
Our website lists different ways that you can contact us. If you use these and contact us for example by email, we will process the data you provided to us in order to answer your request.
We have a legitimate interest in answering your enquiries. The legal basis for the data processing is therefore our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. (6)(1)(f) GDPR.
When contacting us, data transmitted to us will be deleted after completion of your request, provided and insofar as we are not obliged to store it for reasons based on commercial and tax law.
How we protect your data
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Accessing your personal information
Data subjects have various rights under the GDPR where certain conditions apply. These include in particular:
Right to access: According to Art. 15 GDPR, you can request a confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing is available, you may also request further information about the processing from us.
Right to rectification: In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you are entitled to rectification and/or completion if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete.
Right to restriction of processing: You may request, pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
Right to erasure: According to Art. 17 GDPR, you also have the right under certain circumstances to demand the deletion of your personal data stored about you.
Right to data portability: In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, you are also entitled to receive the personal data that you have provided in a structured, common and machine-readable format and to transmit it without any obstruction from us to another controller.
What data breach procedures we have in place
You will be notified via email within 7 business days should a data breach occur.
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.