This privacy policy notice is served by Antiques Store.co.uk located in Dorset, United Kingdom, under the website; www.AntiquesStore.co.uk. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information through the business and while you browse or use this website. If you do not agree to the following policy, you may wish to cease viewing / using this website and refrain from submitting your personal data to us.
Policy key definitions:
“I”, “our”, “us”, or “we” refer to the business, Hole In The Soul.
“you”, “the user” refer to the person(s) using this website.
GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.
ICO means the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Cookies mean small files stored on a user’s computer or device.
Key principles of GDPR:
Our privacy policy embodies the following key principles; (a) Lawfulness, fairness and transparency, (b) Purpose limitation, (c) Data minimisation, (d) Accuracy, (e) Storage limitation, (f) Integrity and confidence, (g) Accountability.
Processing of your personal data
Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and/or process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful bases.
We are exempt from registration in the ICO Data Protection Register because Antiques Store.co.uk is a Not-For-Profit organisation.
Lawful basis: Consent
Where our purpose for processing is: Replying to user feedback or questions through the contact form of this website
Data retention period: We will continue to process your information under this basis until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.
Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.
If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.
Your individual rights
Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;
the right to be informed;
the right of access;
the right to rectification;
the right to erasure;
the right to restrict processing;
the right to data portability;
the right to object; and
the right not to be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling.
You also have the right to complain to the ICO [www.ico.org.uk] if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.
We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.
Advertising on Antiquesstore.co.uk
At Antiquesstore.co.uk, we are committed to providing a seamless browsing experience, which includes showcasing relevant products and services through advertising. This is essential for the financial sustainability of our platform. Below is an overview of our advertising practices:
1. Banner and Display Ads: We employ banner and display advertisements on our website. These ads may be based on your browsing behaviour, ensuring relevance to your preferences. The data used to determine these ads is collected anonymously, ensuring that personal identifiers are not attached to the information.
2. Affiliate Ads: We participate in affiliate advertising programs. This means that when you click on certain product links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Please be aware that the external sites linked through these affiliate ads have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them when visiting.
3. AdSense: Antiquesstore.co.uk also uses Google AdSense, a service that displays ads from Google’s advertising network. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
Your Choices: You always have the choice to opt out of personalized advertising. Most web browsers provide options to block or delete cookies, which can limit personalized ad delivery. Moreover, you can usually find options within the settings of mobile devices and apps to limit ad tracking.
We respect your privacy and are committed to adhering to GDPR guidelines. Please know that our primary goal is to ensure a user-friendly experience on our platform. Should you have any queries regarding our advertising practices or the way we handle your data, please feel free to reach out to us.
Internet cookies
We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website to record or log whether you have seen particular messages that we display, to keep you logged into the website where applicable, to display relevant adverts or content, referred you to a third party website.
Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.
We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device / computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device. Please see your web browser options.
Data security and protection
We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we store, access and manage that information. Our methods meet the GDPR compliance requirement.
Fair & Transparent Privacy Explained
We have provided some further explanations about user privacy and the way we use this website to help promote a transparent and honest user privacy methodology.
Sponsored links, affiliate tracking & commissions
Our website may contain adverts, sponsored and affiliate links on some pages. These are typically served through our advertising partners, Google Adsense, eBay Partner Network, Amazon Affiliates, or are self-served through our own means. We only use trusted advertising partners who each have high standards of user privacy and security. However, we do not control the actual adverts seen/displayed by our advertising partners. Our ad partners may collect data and use cookies for ad personalisation and measurement. Where ad preferences are requested as ‘non-personalised’ cookies may still be used for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting and to combat fraud and abuse.
Clicking on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this website above. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our website by this cookie. In most cases we earn a very small commission from the advertiser or advertising partner, at no cost to you, whether you make a purchase on their website or not.
We use advertising partners in these ways to help generate an income from the website, which allows us to continue our work and provide you with the best overall experience and valued information.
If you have any concerns about this we suggest you do not click on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links found throughout the website.
Email marketing messages & subscription
Under the GDPR we use the lawful consent basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the “Processing of your personal data” above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an EMS, email marketing service provider. An EMS is a third-party service provider of software/applications that allows marketers to send out email marketing campaigns to a list of users.
Email marketing messages that we send may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of data such as; times, dates, I.P addresses, opens, clicks, forwards, geographic and demographic data. Such data, within its limitations, will show the activity each subscriber made for that email campaign.
Any email marketing messages we send are in accordance with the GDPR and the PECR. We provide you with an easy method to withdraw your consent (unsubscribe) or manage your preferences / the information we hold about you at any time.
Contact
You can contact AntiquesStore.co.uk data privacy officer by using the contact form on this website.