Absolute Cuisine Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from absolutecuisine.co.uk
1. Introduction
1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in this policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.
1.2 We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
2. What personal data we collect and why we collect it
2.1 We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information: (a) when you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. (b) as you browse the site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the site, and information about how you interact with the site. (c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (including your name and email address). (d) when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, email address, phone number, billing address and delivery address to fulfil the order. We do not collect or store any payment card information, as our sales are all conducted externally and safely through PayPal. (d) any other personal information that you choose to send to us.
2.2 Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy.
3. Using your personal data
3.1 Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.
3.2 We may use your personal information to: (a) administer our website and business. (b) personalise our website for you. (c) enable your use of the services available on our website. (d) we use the order Information that we collect to fulfil any orders placed through the site. (e) send you email notifications that you have specifically requested. (f) send you our email newsletter, if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter). (g) we use the device information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud, and more generally to improve and optimise our site. (h) information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the site, and information about how you interact with the site are used for analytics and improvements of our service.
3.3 We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party’s direct marketing.
3.4 When you place an order through the site, we will maintain your order information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
4. Who we share your data with
4.1 We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use absolutecuisine.co.uk How Google uses your Personal Information.
4.2 When placing an order in outline store we share the information you provide at checkout with our payment gateway PayPal to complete the order payment.
5. Your rights
5.1 In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
5.2 If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information is corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us.
5.3 Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the online shop), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.
6. Third party websites
6.1 Our website may include hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.
6.2 We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
7. Cookies
7.1 Our website uses cookies.
7.2 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
7.3 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
7.4 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
7.5 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies.
7.6 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
8. Amendments
8.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
8.2 This policy was published on 26 May 2020.
9. Our details
9.1 This website is owned and operated by Absolute Cuisine Ltd.
9.2 Our business address is The Old Stables, Widmere Lane, Marlow, SL7 3DF
9.3 You can contact us by writing to the business address given above, by email to hello@absolutecuisine.co.uk or by telephone on 01628 478957