Privacy Policy
GIFT PHILOSOPHY (We, Us, Our) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data We collect from you, or that you provide to Us, will be processed by Us. Please read the following carefully to understand Our views and practices regarding your personal data and how We will treat it.
By using Our site www.giftphilosophy.com, registering to use Our site, or placing an order on Our site, you consent to Our processing of your information under the terms of this privacy policy. We are committed to preserving the privacy of all of Our customers and visitors to Our site. This privacy policy will explain how We use and protect your information. All information is stored securely, collected lawfully and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act).
We are registered on the Data Protection Register and for the purposes of the Act, the Data Controller is Gift Philosophy of 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3XX.
Accessing our site
Access to Our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service We provide on Our site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason Our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
From time to time, We may restrict access to some parts of Our site, or Our entire site, to users who have registered with Us.
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of Our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by Us, at any time, if in Our opinion you have failed to use Our site in accordance with good practice standards.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to Our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access Our site through your internet connection are aware of this Policy, and that they comply with it.
Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on Our site www.giftphilosophy.com (Our site). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use Our site, placing an order on Our site, expressing interest in products during your visit to Our site or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with Our site or enter a competition or promotion which We sponsor on or via Our site.
- If you contact Us, We may keep a record of that correspondence.
- We may also ask you to complete surveys that We use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
- Details of transactions you carry out through Our site and of the fulfilment of your orders, including but not limited to your name, e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number and payment details including but not limited to your PayPal account number and credit or debit card details.
- Details of your visits to Our site and the resources that you access.
- Information, details and photographs you upload onto Our site or otherwise sent to Us.
Payment for orders placed on Our site will be made through Our UK based secure payment provider, PayPal (Europe) who may require additional information from you as indicated in their own privacy policy and terms and conditions, including but not limited to, your credit or debit card details. As such you should read the PayPal (Europe) privacy policy and terms and conditions.
IP Addresses
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to Our advertisers. This is statistical data about Our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
We do not make use of cookies but please note that Our advertisers may use cookies, over which We have no control.
Where we store your personal data
Please refer to the privacy policy and terms and conditions of PayPal (Europe) for details of the processing of any debit or credit card details you submit to Our site.
All information you provide to Us is stored on Our secure servers which are situated within the European Economic Area. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using Secure Socket Layers technology. Where you have chosen a user name and password which enables you to access certain parts of Our site, you are responsible for keeping this user name and password confidential. We ask you not to share this user name and password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although We will do Our best to protect your personal data, We cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to Our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once We have received your information, We will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Uses made of the information
We use information held about you in the following ways:
- To ensure that content from Our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
- To make your shopping experience with Us in the future as quick and simple as possible for you and your computer.
- To contact you for your views on Our products and services, although you do not have to respond to such enquiries.
- To provide you with information about products, promotions or services that you request from Us or which We feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes. If you do consent to be contacted for such purposes and later decide you no longer wish to receive such information, please e-mail Us at admin@giftphilosophy.com.
- To carry out Our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and Us as effectively as possible.
- To notify you about changes to Our service.
If you are an existing customer, We will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.
If you do not want Us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the registration form on which We collect your data.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
- In the event that We sell or buy any business or assets, in which case We may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
- As is necessary to complete and deliver your order.
- If Gift Philosophy or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
- As required to secure payment using Our UK based secure payment provider, PayPal (Europe).
- If We are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply Our website terms and conditions of supply and other agreements; or to protect the rights and property of Our firm, Our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Your rights
You have the right to ask Us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if We intend to use your data for such purposes or if We intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes.
You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms We use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting Us at admin@giftphilosophy.com.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of Our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
In particular, payment for your order is made using PayPal (Europe) and you should familiarise yourself with their privacy policy.
Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet Our costs in providing you with details of the information We hold about you.
Intellectual property rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in Our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from Our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on Our site. This copy and the downloaded extracts may not be modified in any way, nor used for commercial purposes.
If you print off, copy or download any part of Our site in breach of this privacy policy, your right to use Our site will cease immediately and you must, at Our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
Viruses, hacking and other offenses
You must not misuse Our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and We will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes We may make to Our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to admin@giftphilosophy.com.
