Here at Watchwarehouse.co.uk we are committed
to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how
we will treat your personal information.
(1) What information do we collect?
We may collect, store and use the following
kinds of personal data:
(a) information about your computer and about
your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical
location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page
views
(b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on
or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases
you make of our goods or services
(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us
(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our
website services, email notifications and/or newsletters
(e) any other information that you choose to send to us;
(2) Cookies
A cookie consists of information sent by a
web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then
sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
We use both session and persistent cookies on
the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you
navigate the website. We will use the persistent cookies to: enable our website
to recognise you when you visit; and.
Session cookies will be deleted from your
computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on
your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of
this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information
about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers.
The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports
about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google's
privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html
Our payment services providers may also send
you cookies.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept
cookies. (For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by
clicking 'Tools', 'Internet Options', 'Privacy', and selecting 'Block all
cookies' using the sliding selector.) This will, however, have a negative
impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one].
(3) Using your personal data
Personal data submitted on this website will
be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts
of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website;
(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
(c) enable your use of the services available on the website;
(d) send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services
purchased via the website;
(e) send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;
(f) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
(g) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
(h) send to you our Watchwarehouse newsletter and other marketing communications relating Watchwarehouse or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think may be
of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by
email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer
require marketing communications)
(i) provide third parties with statistical information about our users - but
this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
(j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the
website;
Where you submit personal information for
publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information
in accordance with the license you grant to us.
We will not without your express consent
provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of
direct marketing.
All our website financial transactions are
handled through our payment services provider, Paypal. You should only provide
your personal information to Paypal after reviewing the Paypal privacy policy
(available at www.paypal.com). We will share information with Paypal only to
the extent necessary for the purposes of processing payments you make via our
website.
Watchwarehouse.co.uk will not store customer financial
details including any credit or debit card details.
(4) Disclosures
We may disclose information about you to any
of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as
reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
In addition, we may disclose information
about you:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do
so by law;
(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including
providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and
reducing credit risk); and Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will
not provide your information to third parties.
(5) International data transfers
Information that we collect may be stored and
processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate
in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy
policy.
If you are in the European Economic Area
(EEA), information which you provide may be transferred to countries (including
the United States,
Japan,
which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the EEA.
In addition, personal information that you
submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may
be available, via the internet, around the world.
You expressly agree to such transfers of
personal information.
(6) Security of your personal data
We will take reasonable technical and
organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your
personal information.
We will store all the personal information
you provide on our secure (password- and firewall- protected) servers. All
electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted using
SSL technology.
You are responsible for keeping your password
and user details confidential. We will never ask you for your password.
(7) Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from
time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this
page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
(8) Your rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any
personal information we hold about you.
You may instruct us not to process your
personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. (In practice, you
will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data
for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out
of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.)
(9) Third party websites
The website contains links to other websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party
websites.
(10) Updating information
Please let us know if the personal
information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
(11) Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy
policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to info@watchwarehouse.co.uk or by
post to Watchwarehouse, 40
Camden Street, London,
NW1 0DX
(12) Data Protection
We are registered under the data protection
act, details below:
Our data protection registration number is
Z7576887
