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Privacy Policy

 

This privacy policy sets out how Darnit Ltd. uses and protects any information that you give Darnit Ltd. when you use this website. Darnit Ltd. is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Darnit Ltd. may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This website complies with the DPA (Data Protection Act 1998), and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), effective from May 2018.

The website server is accessible by the website host for https://www.darnit.co.uk at Siteground (www.siteground.co.uk). Siteground never accesses or shares this data other than by request from Darnit Ltd.

Email marketing messages sent after a visitor has supplied their contact information and specifically requested / consented to being added to the email mailing list may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies to track reader activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data. Our email marketing service is Siteground, and their Privacy Policy can be found here.

We only store your details when you create an account on our website ( https://www.darnit.co.uk ). If you open an account with us the data stored will be your name, gender, billing/delivery address, orders and invoices, email and telephone numbers. We will only use your data if a member of staff at Darnit Ltd. needs to contact you regarding your order, stock availability or to discuss payment. Your delivery address will only be used by a member of staff at Darnit Ltd. to dispatch your order once funds have been cleared. Our website is linked to Google Analytics; however, we do not use this to process or analyse your personal data or information. We will not (and will not allow any third party to) use Google Analytics to track, collect or upload any data that personally identifies an individual (such as a name, email address or billing information), or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information by Google.


What we collect

We may collect the following information:

Name

Contact information including email address

Demographic information such as postcode, preferences, and interests

Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

For the exhaustive list of the cookies we collect see the List of cookies we collect section.


What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and for the following reasons:


Internal record keeping.

We may use the information to improve our products and services.

We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.


Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.


How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.


Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.


Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@darnit.co.uk.

We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to us.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.


List of cookies we collect

The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.


COOKIE name COOKIE Description

CART The association with your shopping cart.

CATEGORY_INFO Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly.

CURRENCY Your preferred currency

CUSTOMER An encrypted version of your customer id with the store.

CUSTOMER_AUTH An indicator if you are currently logged into the store.

CUSTOMER_INFO An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to.

CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS Stores the Customer Segment ID

EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not.

FRONTEND You sesssion ID on the server.

GUEST-VIEW Allows guests to edit their orders.

LAST_CATEGORY The last category you visited.

NEWMESSAGE Indicates whether a new message has been received.

NO_CACHE Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache.

POLL The ID of any polls you have recently voted in.

POLLN Information on what polls you have voted on.

RECENTLYCOMPARED The items that you have recently compared.

STF Information on products you have emailed to friends.

STORE The store view or language you have selected.

USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.

VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS The products that you have recently viewed.

WISHLIST An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist.

WISHLIST_CNT The number of items in your Wishlist.


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