Privacy Policy

 

What We Do With Your Information

 

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.

Consent

 

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only. If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

How To Withdraw Consent

 

If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at:

 

ruth@thelittlecottagegiftco.co.uk

 

or writing to us at:

 

The Little Cottage Gift Co.

4 Mount Pleasant,

The Dukes Drive,

Ashford-in-the-Water,

Bakewell,

Derbyshire,

DE45 1QQ

Disclosure

 

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service. Click here to view our terms of service.

 

WIX

 

Our store is hosted by WIX. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through WIX's data storage, databases and the general WIX application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment

 

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then WIX stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted. All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.For more insight, you may also want to read WIX’s Terms of Service or Privacy Statement.

Third-party Services

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers. In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Links

 

When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

Security

 

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption.  Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

Cookies

 

The Little Cottage Gift Co. and WIX uses cookies to track movements and actions on the site. There are two types of cookies:

 

Session (Transient) cookies: 

 

These cookies are erased when you close your browser, and do not collect information from your computer. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.
 

Persistent (Permanent or Stored) cookies:

 

These cookies are stored on your hard drive until they expire (i.e. the are based on a set expiration date) or until you delete them. These cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as Web surfing behavior or user preferences for a specific site.

 

WIX uses:

 

svSession - Permanent - Used to communicate between the site owner and visitor

hs - Session - Used for security

XSRF-TOKEN - Persistent - Also used for security

smSession - Two weeks - Indentifies logged in site members

TSxxxxxxxx ( where x is replaced with a random series of numbers and letters ) - Permanent - Used for security

TSxxxxxxxx_d ( where x is replaced with a random series of numbers and letters ) - Permanent - Used for security

Wix business solutions (e.g. Wix Stores, Wix Restaurants, or Wix Bookings) and third-party apps may use cookies that aren't listed above.You can check which cookies are used on these platforms using Chrome's built-in cookie view.

 

Age Of Consent

 

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

Questions And Contact Information

 

If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information please contact:

 

Email - ruth@thelittlecottagegiftco.co.uk

Or by post  - The Little Cottage Gift Co.

Moorview Cottage,

4 Mount Pleasant,

The Dukes Drive,

Ashford-in-the-Water,

Bakewell,

Derbyshire,

DE45 1QQ,