Introduction

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will process only personal data that is necessary and proportionate to our purpose. Further information on what information, how we use it and how long we retain it can be found in our full Privacy Policy Statement below.

We promise not sell or pass your personal information to anyone else except those necessary to perform our contractual or legal obligations.

You can view our Privacy Policy at any time via our website or contact us by using the contact details on our website at www.gifts4musicians.net and at the foot of our emails.

I, Edward Marsh, Unit 7, Eaglehusrt, Brixworth, Northamptonshire NN6 9UT is trading as Gifts 4 Musicians.

Cookies

Cookies are small files which are placed onto a browser by a website.We use cookies on the www.gifts4musicians.net website to measure performance of the site and to enhance your enjoyment.

We use the following cookies:

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These are used for our Google Analytics so that we can measure how visitors use our site; all information is anonymous and we cannot track who individual users are.

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PHPSESSID – is a temporary cookie and is deleted once your browser is shut.

The majority of browsers allow you to control cookies through the browser settings.

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org
or to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Explaining why, when and how we use your personal information

What is personal information?

Personal information is information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Consent

In specific situations, we can collect and process your data with your consent.

For example, for marketing or when you choose to receive electronic newsletters or emails from us we’ll use your email address for contact together with your name.

You may unsubscribe from receiving this kind of contact from us at any time by clicking through or following our ‘unsubscribe’ link or details at the bottom of our newsletter or at the bottom of our emails.

We will hold information for this purpose until you no longer consent to its use.

Contractual Obligation

In certain circumstances, we will need your personal data to carry out and comply with our contractual obligations.

You have placed an order for a product on www.gifts4musicians.net website.

We’ll collect your name, address, email address and telephone number/s together with any other information relevant to our contract with you.

We will store and use this data until your product has been delivered. Expected delivery times are in the region of 10-14 days from date of purchase.

We will retain this information until your contract with us ends and to fulfil our record keeping and tax obligations for a period thereafter not exceeding 6 years.

Legal Obligation

If the law requires us to, we will need to process your data to ensure compliance.

For example, we may need to process personal information such as name, address, and email contact details for invoicing and payment purposes.

We can also pass on your personal information when reasonably required to do so by a legitimate law enforcement agency or court.

We may also be required to supply details to the tax offices governing our business areas.

To fulfil our record keeping and tax obligations, we will hold the information for a maximum of 6 years after collection.

Legitimate Interest

We only process information proportionate and necessary to fulfil our legitimate interests where your rights and freedoms do not outweigh these interests.

We have implemented controls to balance our interests with your rights.

For example, if you make an enquiry with us, we will record your name, email address and/or telephone number to enable us to offer our products to you at the time of enquiry and in the future.

We will follow-up your initial enquiry by contacting you and/or by sending you our newsletter.

You may unsubscribe from receiving emails from us at any time by clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the foot of our emails and newsletters.

In absence of you choosing not to hear from us, we will retain your information for a maximum of 2 years from initial enquiry unless you make further enquiries in which case the 2 years will re-commence and run to the duration or your unsubscribe request.

Summary

The lawful bases we use to process personal information.

1. CONSENT – Direct marketing

2. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION – Purchasing a product on www.gifts4musicians.net website.

3. LEGAL OBLIGATION – Purchasing a product on www.gifts4musicians.net website, invoicing and payment processing.

4. LEGITIMATE INTEREST – Contact for enquiries past and current, to improve our services (feedback requests), to measure performance of our email marketing (by analysing open and click rates), to contact you about Privacy Statements, policy updates or offers or promotions.

How long do we keep your personal information?

Our retention times vary depending on the use, and requirement of the information and we give a general guide to the length of time in this Privacy Policy Statement; however, our retention periods are influenced by our legal and contractual obligations.

You can be rest assured that we will not retain information longer than necessary and will dispose of it in a secure manner according to our data retention and deletion policies.

How do we protect your data?

We ensure that your data is protected at all times through use of firewalls and cyber-security programs on our hardware.

Our website employs a security measure and will display a symbol to demonstrate this.

We manage our data protection to comply with the latest laws and best practice including risk assessment and strategy.

Your Rights under GDPR

The new rules give further rights to ‘data subjects’ (you) and we have summarised them below for you.

You can contact us about our Privacy Policy and your data at any time using the contact details on our website.

Right to be informed

Right to access

Right to rectification

Right to erasure

Right to restrict processing

Right to data portability

Right to object

To make a subject access request please email our office at