UPDATED 14/06/2023
Background:
Christow, Trading as This Is It Stores Ltd understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.christowhome.co.uk (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site and you will be required to read and accept this Privacy Policy when signing up for an Account or Placing an order. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
1. Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Account” |
means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site; |
“Cookie” |
means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 13, below; |
“Cookie Law” |
means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; |
“personal data” |
means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to Us via Our Site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); |
“We/Us/Our” |
means This Is It Stores Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 02873284, whose registered address is 8 Wentworth Road, Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TL and whose main trading address is Amy House, 1 Wentworth Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TQ |
2. Information About Us
2.1 Our Site is owned and operated by This Is It Stores Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 02873284, whose registered address is 8 Wentworth Road, Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TL and whose main trading address is Amy House, 1 Wentworth Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6TQ
2.2 Our VAT number is 631120694
2.3 Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted by email at [email protected]
3. What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that We have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
4. Your Rights
4.1 As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
4.1.1 The right to be informed about Our collection and use of personal data;
4.1.2 The right of access to the personal data We hold about you (see section 12);
4.1.3 The right to rectification if any personal data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Us using the details in section 14);
4.1.4 The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Us to delete any personal data We hold about you (We only hold your personal data for a limited time, as explained in section 6 but if you would like Us to delete it sooner, please contact Us using the details in section 14);
4.1.5 The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
4.1.6 The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
4.1.7 The right to object to Us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
4.1.8 Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
4.2 If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your personal data, please contact Us using the details provided in section 14 and We will do Our best to solve the problem for you. If We are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
4.3 For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
5. What Data Do We Collect?
Depending upon your use of Our Site, we may collect some or all of the following non-personal data:
5.1 name;
5.2 contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
5.3 demographic information such as post code, preferences, and interests;
5.4 financial information such as credit / debit card numbers;
5.5 IP address;
5.6 web browser type and version;
5.7 operating system;
5.8 a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on Our Site, and the site you exit to;
6. How Do We Use Your Data?
6.1 All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with Our obligations and safeguard your rights under GDPRat all times. For more details on security see section 7, below.
6.2 Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for Our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to Our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in Our legitimate interests. Specifically, We may use your data for the following purposes:
6.2.1 Providing and managing your Account;
6.2.2 Providing and managing your access to Our Site;
6.2.3 Personalising and tailoring your experience on Our Site;
6.2.4 Supplying Our products to you (please note that We require your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you);
6.2.5 Replying to emails from you;
6.2.6 Supplying you with emails that you have opted into (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of an email we have sent you.
6.2.7 Market research;
6.2.8 Analysing your use of Our Site and gathering feedback to enable Us to continually improve Our Site and your user experience;
6.3 With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, telephone,text message or post with information, news and offers on Our products. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
6.4 Third parties (including: Addthis, Bing, ChannelAdvisor, Doubleclick.net, Facebook, Google, Gstatic, Luckyorange, PayPal, Trustpilot) whose content appears on Our Site may use third party Cookies, as detailed below in section 13. Please refer to section 13 for more information on controlling Cookies. Please note that We do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data they collect and use and advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
6.5 You have the right to withdraw your consent to Us using your personal data at any time, and to request that We delete it.
6.6 We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):
6.6.1 Customer accounts, including Name, Contact number, Email address, billing and delivery address, order history.
Kept until end of relationship or deleted upon request from subject
7. How and Where Do We Store Your Data?
7.1 We only keep your personal data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.
7.2 Your data will only be stored in the UK.
7.3 Data security is very important to Us, and to protect your data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
8. Do We Share Your Data?
8.1 We may share your data with other companies in Our group for order processing. This includes Our subsidiariesandOur holding company and its subsidiaries.
8.2 We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products andservices to you on Our behalf. These include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
8.3 We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
8.4 The third-party data processors used by Us may sometimes be locatedoutside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). Where We transfer any personal data outside the EEA, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPRincluding:
Braintree (Payment Processor, USA) Cardholder data is managed in the Braintree Vault, using multiple encryption keys with split knowledge and dual control.
8.5 In certain circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal data, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.
9. What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?
9.1 We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
9.2 In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will not be contacted in advance and informed of the changes.
10. How Can You Control Your Data?
10.1 In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in section 4, when you submit personal data via Our Site, you may be given options to restrict Our use of your data. In particular, We aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emailsandat the point of providing your details.
10.2 You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.
11. Your Right to Withhold Information
11.1 You may access Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
11.2 You may restrict Our use of Cookies. For more information, see section 13
12. How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and We will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact Us for more details at [email protected], or using the contact details below in section 14.
13. Our Use of Cookies
13.1 Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
13.2 By using Our Site you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third party Cookies are used on Our Site for advertising services. For more details, please refer to section 6, above, and to section 13.6 below. These Cookies are not integral to the functioning of Our Site and your use and experience of Our Site will not be impaired by refusing consent to them.
13.3 All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
13.4 By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.
13.5 Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “Functional”. These Cookies are shown below in section 13.6. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in section 13.10, but please be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
13.6 The following Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
Cookie | Domain | Type | Description | Duration |
_ga | .christowhome.co.uk | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
_gid | .christowhome.co.uk | Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. | 1 day |
_hjFirstSeen | .christowhome.co.uk | Analytics | This is set by Hotjar to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. | 30 minutes |
__cf_bm | .christowhome.co.uk | Functional | This cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to support Cloudfare Bot Management. | 30 minutes |
X-Magento-Vary | www.christowhome.co.uk | Functional | This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used for configuration setting that improves performance when using Varnish static content sharing. | 1 hour |
mage-messages | www.christowhome.co.uk | Functional | This cookie is set by the provider Magento. This cookie is used to track error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper. | 1 day |
__cfduid | .bootstrapcdn.com | Necessary | The cookie is used by cdn services like CloudFare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. | 1 month |
__cfduid | .christowhome.co.uk | Necessary | The cookie is used by cdn services like CloudFare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. | 1 month |
__cfduid | .christowhome.co.uk | Necessary | The cookie is used by cdn services like CloudFare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. | 1 month |
PHPSESSID | .www.christowhome.co.uk | Necessary | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | 1 hour |
_caid | .christowhome.co.uk | Analytics | Analytics Cookie | 1 month |
_cavisit | .christowhome.co.uk | Other | No description | 1 hour |
_gat_UA-121788263-1 | .christowhome.co.uk | Other | No description | 1 minute |
section_data_ids | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | This cookie is set by the provider Magento.This cookie is used store customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions such as display wish list, checkout information, etc. | 1 day |
mage-cache-sessid | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to cleanup the local cache storage. When the cookie is removed by the backend application, the admin cleans up local storage, and sets the cookie value to true. | 1 day |
searchReport-log | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | No description | session |
private_content_version | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | No description | 10 years |
recently_viewed_product | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation. | 1 day |
recently_viewed_product_previous | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation. | 1 day |
recently_compared_product | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores product IDs of recently compared products. | 1 day |
recently_compared_product_previous | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to store product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation. | 1 day |
product_data_storage | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | This cookie is set by the Magento. This cookie is used to stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products. | 1 day |
wp_customerId | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | No description | past |
wp_customerGroup | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | No description | past |
_hjid | www.christowhome.co.uk | Other | This cookie is set by Hotjar. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | 1 year |
_gat | .christowhome.co.uk | Performance | This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the colllection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute |
form_key | .www.christowhome.co.uk | Performance | This cookie is used to track the form submissions and for facilitating content caching on browser to make pages load faster. | 1 hour |
mage-cache-storage | www.christowhome.co.uk | Performance | This cookie is set by Magento. This cookie is used for caching content on the browser to make pages load faster. | 1 day |
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation | www.christowhome.co.uk | Performance | This cookie is set by Magento. This cookie is used for caching content on the browser to make pages load faster. |
1 day |
__lc_cid | accounts.livechatinc.com | Functional | This is an essential cookie for the website live chat box to function properly. |
2 Years |
__lc_cst | accounts.livechatinc.com | Functional | This cookie is used for the website live chat box to function properly. |
2 Years |
__oauth_redirect_detector |
accounts.livechatinc.com |
Other | This cookie is used to recognize the visitors using live chat at different times in order to optimize the chat-box functionality. |
past |
kelkooId |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics | used to measure the performance of the Kelkoo ad campaigns |
30 days |
kk_gclid |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics | used to measure the performance of the Kelkoo Group ad campaigns |
30 days |
kk_leadtag |
christowhome.co.uk |
Technical | used to determine the version of the tracking tool that is used. |
30 days |
sf_id |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics |
This is Salesfire's visitor identifier, this is used for statistics. |
1 year |
sf_geo |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics |
This is the country code of the visitor, this allows Salesfire's tools to display based on the visitor's country. |
1 year |
sf_* |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics |
All other Salesfire cookies are used in the function of Salesfire's tools. These are none visitor specific and simply allow the tools to function according to settings within the dashboard. |
Up to 30 days |
_clck |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics |
This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. |
1 year |
_clsk |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics |
This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. |
1 year |
CLID |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics |
This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity and stores information about how visitors use the website. The cookie contributes to the creation of an analysis report. |
1 year |
MUID |
christowhome.co.uk |
Analytics |
These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. |
1 year |
rmuid |
Rakuten |
Advertising |
Targeting cookies used by Rakuten Advertising Affiliate Network. Rakuten Advertising Privacy Policy |
1 year |
13.7 Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and services. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
13.8 You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
13.9 You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however, you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
13.10 It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
14. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email at [email protected], by telephone on 0345 519 1599. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under section 12, above).
15. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.