Privacy Policy

This privacy policy provides you with details of how Emily Hogarth Ltd collects and processes your personal data through this website www.emilyhogarth.com, including any information you may provide when purchasing a product through the site or when signing up to our newsletter. Emily Hogarth Ltd is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

ONLINE ORDER

To fulfil your order, you must provide us with certain information, such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering. You may also choose to provide us with additional personal information (for a papercut commission, for example), if you contact us directly. We use SquareSpace and Stripe to manage our shop orders and payments. These companies are both based in the United States and are Privacy Shield certified. You can view the relevant policies for SquareSpace here and Stripe here. 

NEWSLETTER

If you sign up to our newsletter, your contact details will be stored with MailChimp, which we use to send all my promotional emails. Our mailing list emails are sent through a secure permission-based email system called MailChimp (see their Privacy Policy at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/).

WHY WE NEED YOUR INFORMATION AND HOW WE USE IT

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. In particular we collect it for the following reasons:

  • To fulfil your order. We may get in touch with you by email or phone if we have questions regarding your order (such as confirmation of personalisation details).

  • Internal record keeping.

  • We keep certain information as necessary for the purpose of our legitimate business interests and lawful obligations as a Ltd. company.

  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.

  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information we think you may find interesting using the email address you have provided. We will only do this if you have consented to receiving this information via our mailing list sign up form on this website. You can change your subscription preferences at any time by unsubscribing from our mailers or by contacting us on the address below.

INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE

Information about our customers is important to our business. We share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:

  • To comply with UK tax law.

  • Service providers. We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to our shop, such as delivery companies. We will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.

  • Online selling platforms. If you order through Etsy, we use the information provided by this third parties for the fulfilment of your order only. We may contact you during the order process with questions relating to your order.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary to provide you with our services and to fulfil our legitimate business interests and lawful obligations. The data will keep includes your order form, contact details and email correspondence regarding your order. We may also be required to share some of this information to comply with our legal, regulatory and tax obligations
 

YOUR RIGHTS

Data Protection Law means that you have extensive rights regarding the collection, storage and use of your data.

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) you have the following rights as an individual regarding your data:

  1. The right to be informed

  2. The right of access

  3. The right to rectification

  4. The right to erasure

  5. The right to restrict processing

  6. The right to data portability

  7. The right to object

  8. Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

If you would like to find out more about these rights, or if you would like to report a breach of them then you can contact the ICO (Information Commissioners Office) https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/ or call their helpline on 0303 123 1113. Further contact details for the ICO can be found here: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/helpline/

You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below.

You may also have rights to change, restrict our use of, or delete your personal information. We may be required to store data for legal reasons such as our company tax obligations.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the below address.

SECURITY

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

HOW TO CONTACT EMILY HOGARTH LTD.

For purposes of EU data protection law, I, Emily Hogarth, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at

info@emilyhogarth.com
07929562155 

Emily Hogarth Ltd, 2 Craighall Terrace, Musselburgh, EH21 7PL