Privacy Policy
purepetsnewport.co.uk (our website) is provided by Pure Pets Newport Limited (‘we’, ‘our’ or ‘us’). We are the controller of personal data obtained via our website, meaning we are the organisation legally responsible for deciding how and for what purposes it is used.
We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how and why we collect, store, use and share any information relating to you (your personal data) in connection with your use of our website. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us or a relevant regulator in the event you have a complaint.
We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal data about you. When we do so we are subject to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
What this policy applies to
This privacy policy relates to your use of our website only.
Personal data we collect about you
The personal data we collect about you depends on the particular activities carried out through our website. We will collect and use the following personal data about you:
- your name, address and contact information, including email address and telephone number
- any delivery addresses specified for your order
- your billing information, transaction and payment card or other payment method information
- credit card/debit card details
- your activities on, and use of, our website
- your contact history, purchase history and saved items
If you do not provide personal data we ask for where it is indicated to be ‘required’ at the point of collection, it will prevent us from providing products to you.
We collect and use this personal data for the purposes described in the section ‘How and why we use your personal data’ below.
How your personal data is collected
We collect personal data from you:
- directly, when you enter or send us information, such as when you contact us (including via email), send us feedback or purchase products via our website, and
- indirectly, such as your browsing activity while on our website; we will collect information indirectly using the technologies explain in the section on ‘Cookies’ below
How and why we use your personal data
Under data protection law, we can only use your personal data if we have a proper reason, e.g.:
- where you have given consent
- to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
- for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, or
- for our legitimate interests or those of a third party
A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your personal data, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests. We will carry out an assessment when relying on legitimate interests, to balance our interests against your own. You can obtain details of this assessment by contacting us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).
The table below explains what we use your personal data for and why.
What we use your personal data for |
Our reasons and our lawful basis |
Providing products to you |
To perform our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract |
Send order updates via email |
So you know when your order is arriving. This is also to comply with our contractual obligations. |
Marketing our services to existing and former customers |
For our legitimate interests, i.e. to promote our business to existing and former customers See ‘Marketing’ below for further information |
Take payments and provide refunds for the products you have purchased |
This is part of our contract with you. |
Keeping a record of financial transactions so we know what you’ve paid for. |
To comply with our legal obligations. |
Customise our website and its content to your particular preferences based on a record of your selected preferences or on your use of our website |
Where we are not required to obtain your consent and do not do so, for our legitimate interests, i.e. to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service to you at the best price If you have provided such a consent you may withdraw it at any time by activating the setting on your browser (this will not affect the lawfulness of our use of your personal data in reliance on that consent before it was withdrawn) |
Handle returns in accordance with our Terms and Conditions |
We need to know what you’ve brought so we can process the return and is part of our contract with you. |
Process any scheduled orders you make |
So we know which products to send to you and when as part of our contract with you and allows us to provide an efficient service. |
Personal information is also used for matters such as testing IT systems, research, data analysis, improving our site and developing new services. This information is however all anonymised and so you are not identifiable.
Marketing
We will use your personal data to send you updates (by email, text message, telephone or post) about our products, including exclusive offers, promotions or new products.
We have a legitimate interest in using your personal data for marketing purposes (see above ‘How and why we use your personal data’). This means we do not need your consent to send you marketing information. If we change our marketing approach in the future so that consent is needed, we will ask for this separately and clearly.
You have the right to opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by:
- contacting us at contact@purepetsnewport.co.uk
- using the ‘unsubscribe’ link in emails or ‘STOP’ number in texts.
We may ask you to confirm or update your marketing preferences if you ask us to provide further products in the future, or if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our business.
We will always treat your personal data with the utmost respect and never share it with other organisations for marketing purposes.
For more information on your right to object at any time to your personal data being used for marketing purposes, see ‘Your rights’ below.
Who we share your personal data with
We routinely share personal data with:
- third parties we use to help deliver our products to you, e.g. payment service providers, warehouses and delivery companies
- other third parties we use to help us run our business, e.g. marketing agencies or website hosts and website analytics providers
- our banks
We only allow those organisations to handle your personal data if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal data.
We or the third parties mentioned above occasionally also share personal data with:
- our and their professional advisors (such as lawyers and other advisors), in which case the recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations
- law enforcement agencies, courts, tribunals and regulatory bodies to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
- other parties that have or may acquire control or ownership of our business (and our or their professional advisers) in connection with a significant corporate transaction or restructuring, including a merger, acquisition, asset sale, initial public offering or in the event of our insolvency—usually, information will be anonymised but this may not always be possible. The recipient of any of your personal data will be bound by confidentiality obligations
How long your personal data will be kept
We will keep your data for as long as you are a customer of ours and for as long as we are required to retain it to ensure we meet our legal obligations.
You can contact us if you no longer wish to be a customer and ask that we close your account.
However, we have a legal requirement to keep some of your personal data even after you have asked us to delete it. We will only keep what we absolutely need to, and only to make sure we can meet our legal or regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce our Terms & Conditions.
Where we store you personal data
We will only store your personal data in the UK and will not transfer data outside of the UK.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. For further information on cookies and how we use them, please see our policy at Cookie Policy.
Your rights
You generally have the following rights, which you can usually exercise free of charge:
Access to a copy of your personal data |
The right to be provided with a copy of your personal data |
Correction (also known as rectification) |
The right to require us to correct any mistakes in your personal data |
Erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten) |
The right to require us to delete your personal data—in certain situations |
Restriction of use |
The right to require us to restrict use of your personal data in certain circumstances, e.g. if you contest the accuracy of the data |
Data portability |
The right to receive the personal data you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party—in certain situations |
To object to use |
The right to object: —at any time to your personal data being used for direct marketing (including profiling) —in certain other situations to our continued use of your personal data, e.g. where we use your personal data for our legitimate interests unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing to continue or the processing is required for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims |
Not to be subject to decisions without human involvement |
The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you We do not make any such decisions based on data collected by our website |
The right to withdraw consents |
If you have provided us with a consent to use your personal data you have a right to withdraw that consent easily at any time To with your consents, please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ below). Withdrawing a consent will not affect the lawfulness of our use of your personal data in reliance on that consent before it was withdrawn |
For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they do and do not apply, please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ below).
If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please email, call or write to us—see below: ‘How to contact us’. When contacting us please:
- provide enough information to identify yourself (e.g. your full name, address and customer or matter reference number) and any additional identity information we may reasonably request from you, and
- let us know which right(s) you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates
Keeping your personal data secure
We have appropriate security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost or used or accessed unlawfully. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine need to access it.
We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
How to complain
Please contact us if you have any queries or concerns about our use of your personal data (see below ‘How to contact us’). We hope we will be able to resolve any issues you may have.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner in the UK
The UK’s Information Commissioner may be contacted using the details at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-comp... or by telephone: 0303 123 1113.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time—when we make significant changes we will take steps to inform you, for example by including a prominent link to a description of those changes on our website for a reasonable period or by other means, such as email.
How to contact us
Individuals in the UK
You can contact us by post, email or telephone if you have any questions about this privacy policy or the information we hold about you, to exercise a right under data protection law or to make a complaint.
Our contact details are shown below:
Pure Pets Newport Limited
155 Mill Heath
Newport
NP20 7RB
Email: contact@purepetsnewport.co.uk
Telephone: 07877749608