Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 22, 2023
This Privacy Policy describes the policies and procedures involved in the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use my service. This policy informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. I use your personal data to provide and improve our Service. By using this Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the following terms are defined as follows:
- Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority.
- Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us", "Our" or "I" in this Agreement) refers to the sole Trader Asta Keil (Sarah's Cottage Crafts).
- Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
- Country refers to: Republic of Ireland.
- Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a mobile phone or a digital tablet.
- Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service refers to the Website.
- Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.
- Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
- Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
- Website refers to Sarah's Cottage Crafts, accessible via https://sarahscottagecrafts.eu
- You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using the Service this website provides, you may be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First and Last Name
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the service. This may include information such as your device's internet protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Service by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the Service on or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
Like many other online stores, I use technology on my website to collect information that helps me to enhance your experience while visiting this website and to better display my services to you. The cookies that are used allow this website to operate and help me to understand what information and advertising is most useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use the shop's features. These cookies will be removed once the browser session has ended, i.e., you have closed your browser. Cookies set are:
| Name | Function | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| LCSESSID | stores unique session ID | Shop functionality | on browser closure |
| cookies_accepted | stores acceptance of cookies | Shop functionality | 1 year |
Third-Party Cookies
In general, third-party cookies track user behaviour to provide a more targeted experience based on the information that they can gather. This website uses Matomo, a GDPR compliant, open-source statistics software, to collect and store visitor statistics. Cookies set by Matomo are:
| Name | Function | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| _pk_ses* | stores a unique session ID | Statistics (anonymous) | on browser closure |
| _pk_id* | stores a unique session ID | Statistics (anonymous) | 13 months |
| _pk_cvar* | stores temporary visitor data | Statistics (anonymous) | 30 minutes |
* number, may change depending on Matomo version.
Use of your Personal Data
Your Personal Data may be used for the following purposes to:
- Provide and maintain my services, including monitoring the usage of my services.
- Manage your account and your registration as a user of the service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the service that are available to you as a registered user.
- For the performance of a contract that involves the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services you have purchased or of any other contract made through the service.
- Contact you by email, telephone, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- Provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events that I offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
- Manage your requests and attend to them.
- For business transfers: your information may be used to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganisation, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of my assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by myself about the service users is among the assets transferred.
- For other purposes: your information may be used for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve my service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
Personal information may be shared in the following situations:
- With business partners: We may share some of your information with business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
- With other users: when you share personal information or otherwise interact in public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If you interact with other users or register through a third-party social media service, your contacts on the third-party social media service may see your name, profile, picture and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you and view your profile.
- With your consent: your personal information may be disclosed for other purposes.
Retention of your Personal Data
Your Personal Data will only be retained for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. It will be retained to the extent necessary to comply with legal obligations (for example, if I am required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce legal agreements and policies. Usage Data will also be retained for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of the service provided, or a legal obligation to retain this data for longer time periods exists.
Transfer of your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at my operating office and in any other place where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
All reasonably necessary steps will be taken to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.
Deletion of your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that I assist you in deleting the Personal Data that has been collected about you by our service.
My services may give you the ability to delete certain information about yourself from within the service. You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing in to your account (if you have one) and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage your personal information. You may also contact me to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided.
Please note, however, that I may need to retain certain information when a legal obligation or lawful basis requires me to do so.
Disclosure of your Personal Data
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, I may be required to disclose your Personal Data by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
Disclosure of your Personal Data is made in good faith and in belief that such action is strictly necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Protect and defend our own rights and property.
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service.
- Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public.
- Protect against legal liability.
Security of your Personal Data
The security of your personal data is very important to me. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is ever 100 percent fully secure. While I strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, I cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy
My service does not address anyone under the age of 13. I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided me with personal data, please contact me. If I become aware that I have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, I will take steps to remove that information from my server.
If required to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country's laws require consent from a parent, your parent's consent may be requested before information about you is used.
Links to other Websites
My service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by myself. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party's website. You are strongly advised to review the Privacy Policy of every website you visit. No responsibility is taken for the content, privacy policies or practises of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. You will be notified of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You may also be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our service prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the bottom of this Privacy Policy accordingly. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.