Katharine Lightfoot respects your right to privacy, and is committed to protecting and safeguarding your personal data. As part of this commitment, the website has updated the privacy policy to meet the high standards of the European data protection law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The updated policy, outlined below, explains your rights under this new law, effective as of 25 May, 2018. By continuing to use the site, you agree to these updated terms. This privacy policy may change from time to time so please check back here regularly.
The information you give may include your name and contact details, including address, telephone number, and email address, as well as your payment information. This occurs when you place an order on the online shop; email your information in regards to an order; create an online account; subscribe to the newsletter; and/or participate in a reader’s survey or competition.
Information that is provided by you will only be used for the purpose for which it is provided, unless you are informed otherwise at the time of giving the information.
I may use your information to provide goods and services that you have requested, and to communicate with you about those goods and services; to operate the site; to comply with applicable law; and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
Katharine Lightfoot may also contact you if revisions to this privacy policy are sufficiently important to notify you about them.
Katharine Lightfoot may disclose de-personalised data (such as aggregated statistics) about the users of the website in order to describe sales, customers, traffic patterns, and other site information to prospective partners, advertisers, investors, and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes; but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
Under certain circumstances Katharine Lightfoot may occasionally be required by law, court order, or governmental authority to disclose certain types of personal information and we reserve the right to comply with any such legally binding request.
Other than this, Katharine Lightfoot will not disclose any of your personal information to any other third parties without your consent.
Katharine Lightfoot will hold your information on the system only for as long as is necessary – such as fulfilling a request for goods and services. After that timeframe, your information will be securely deleted, or in some cases, anonymised.
The website and the server have appropriate technical measures in place to protect against unauthorised or unlawful use of your personal information, as well as the accidental loss, destruction, or damage of your information while under our control. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and while every effort is ensured to protect your personal information, the security of any information you transmit to Katharine Lightfoot cannot be guaranteed 100% and you do so at your own risk.
You are entitled to see copies of all personal information held by Katharine Lightfoot, and to amend, correct, or delete such data. You can also limit, restrict, or object to the processing of your data.
Any complaints regarding Katharine Lightfoot processing of your personal information, please email [email protected] with the subject – Data Controller.
Please note that you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, which is responsible for the protection of personal information in the country where you live or work, or in which you think a breach of data protection laws might have taken place.
Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Cookies are common and won’t do anything to harm your system – they simply store or gather information. They help you to get the most out of your visit to our website.
Katharine Lightfoot may collect information about your computer including, where available, your IP address, operating system, and browser type for system administration as part of the audit trail process. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that. You are not obliged to accept cookies and you can adjust your browser’s setting to prevent it from accepting cookies on your computer. Please note you may not be able to take full advantage of our website if you do so.
Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Although they can be used to store information which may identify a user’s computer, cookies do not personally identify users and passwords, and credit card information are not stored in cookies.
Katharine Lightfoot uses cookies on the site to collect anonymous data about visitors, and use this data to improve services to you. Katharine Lightfoot never tracks website users for the purposes of displaying targeted advertising. By using the website, you agree to the use of cookies.
Thank you for reading, if you require any further assistance, please email [email protected]