We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
In order to offer you Klarna’s payment methods, we might in the checkout pass your personal data in the form of contact and order details to Klarna, in order for Klarna to assess whether you qualify for their payment methods and to tailor those payment methods for you. Your personal data transferred is processed in line with Klarna’s own privacy notice
(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, such as 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 (including, email address, home address, contact number, banking details).
(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters (including, email address, home address).
(e) any other information that you choose to send to us.
(2) 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.
Northern Threads will not sell, rent, exchange or give your email address to anyone for the purpose of sending you marketing emails.
We do not disclose your contact information to any third parties other than for order processing, delivery and customer service or feedback purposes without your permission. We are totally committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998).
Cookies are used on this shopping site to keep track of the contents of your shopping cart. They are also used after you have logged on as part of that process.
Data collected by this website is used to:
Take and fulfil your orders.
Administer and enhance the site and service.
Northern Threads only disclose information to third-parties for goods delivery and customer service or feedback purposes.
We may send you follow-up emails and offers from time to time, however you may opt-out of receiving such emails by using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any such email.
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) deal with inquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website;
We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.
(3) Other disclosures
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, 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);
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.
(4) 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 servers. All electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted.
Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.
(5) 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.
(6) Your rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).
You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email (to info@northernthreads.co.uk) 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.)
(7) Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
(8) 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@northernthreads.co.ukor by post to 14 Ocean Road, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 2HZ
