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Privacy Policy


This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact details

What information we collect, use, and why

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Where we get personal information from

How long we keep information

How to complain


Contact details

Telephone 07719927564

Email info@designcottage.co.uk


What information we collect, use, and why?

Names and contact details

Addresses

Purchase or account history

Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)

Account information

Information relating to loyalty programmes

Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)

Photographs or video recordings

Records of meetings and decisions

Information relating to compliments or complaints


We collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

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Names and contact details

Addresses

Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)

Purchase history

Marketing preferences


We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:

Names and contact details

Addresses

Marketing preferences

Location data

Recorded images, such as photos or videos

Purchase or viewing history

Website and app user journey information

Records of consent, where appropriate


We collect or use the following information for research or archiving purposes:

Names and contact details

Addresses

Location data

Recorded images, such as photos or videos

Purchase or viewing history

Website and app user journey information

Personal information used for administration of research

Personal information used for the purpose of research

Records of consent, where appropriate


We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

Name

Contact information

Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

Names and contact details

Address

Payment details

Account information

Purchase or service history

Video recordings of public areas

Audio recordings of public areas

Call recordings

Dashcam footage – outside vehicle

Dashcam footage – inside vehicle

Witness statements and contact details

Relevant information from previous investigations

Customer or client accounts and records

Financial transaction information

Information relating to health and safety

Correspondence


Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.

Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.

Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.

Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.

Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.

Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.


Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for research or archiving purposes are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

Directly from you

Publicly available sources


How long we keep information

We destroy data after 7 years of last contact, interaction or order.


How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

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