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Privacy Policy


 www.karenhuntington.co.uk recognises that your privacy is important. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information received and collected when you use this website, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information.


We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us.


www.karenhuntington.co.uk strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all our operations and is dedicated to protecting online visitors' privacy on our website.


The bases on which we process information about you

The law requires us to determine under which of six defined bases we process different categories of your personal information.  If a basis on which we process your personal information is no longer relevant then we shall immediately stop processing your data.


Personal Information

Personal information such as name, email address and possibly postal address is collected on a voluntary basis and used to inform our visitors of new products and to respond to visitor enquiries.  Once information is reviewed, it is discarded or stored in our files. Personal information received from any visitor will be used only for internal purposes and will not be sold or provided to third parties.


Information we process because we have a contractual obligation with you

When you buy a product from us, or otherwise agree to our terms and conditions, a contract is formed between you and www.karenhuntington.co.uk.  In order to carry out obligations under that contract we must process the information you give us. Some of this information may be personal information.  We may use it in order to:


- sell products to you

- provide you with suggestions and advice on products, and how to obtain the most from using this website


We process this information on the basis there is a contract between us, or that you have requested we use the information before we enter into a legal contract.  We shall continue to process this information until the contract between us ends.


Information we process with your consent

Through certain actions when otherwise there is no contractual relationship between us, such as when you browse our website or ask us about our products, you provide your consent to process information that may be personal information.


Information we process for the purposes of legitimate interests

We may process information on the basis there is a legitimate interest, either to you or to us.  Where we process your information on this basis, we do after having given careful consideration to:


- whether you would expect us to process your data, and whether you would, in the round, consider it reasonable to do so.


For example, we may process your data on this basis for the purposes of:


- responding to unsolicited communication from you to which we believe you would expect a response.

- protecting and asserting the legal rights of any party.

- protecting your interests where we believe we have a duty to do so.


Information we process because we have a legal obligation

Sometimes, we must process your information in order to comply with a statutory obligation. For example, we may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorisation such as a search warrant or court order.  This may include your personal information.


Information relating to your method of payment

Payment information is never taken by www.karenhuntington.co.uk or transferred to us either through our website or otherwise.   www.karenhuntington.co.uk has no access to it.  At the point of payment, you are transferred to a secure page on the website of our ecommerce partner DPD.com using PayPal as the reputable payment service provider. That page may be branded to look like a page on our website, but it is not controlled by us.


Communicating with www.karenhuntington.co.uk

When you contact us, whether by telephone or by e-mail, we collect the data you have given to us in order to reply with the information you need. We keep personally identifiable information associated with your message, such as your name and email address so as to be able to track communications with you.


Use of Cookies  

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive by your web browser when you visit any website. They allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed for use on another, allowing a website to provide you with a personalised experience and the website owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved. We use cookies on this website in the spirit of ‘implied consent’. By continuing to use this website, we assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on this website. However, if you would like to, you can change your cookie settings at any time in your browser settings, or alternatively refrain from using the site.  Browsers can be set to accept or reject cookies or notify you when a cookie is being sent.


Encryption of data sent between us

We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates to verify our identity to your browser and to encrypt any data you give us. Whenever information is transferred between us, you can check that it is done so using SSL by looking for a closed padlock symbol or other trust mark in your browser’s URL bar or toolbar.


Retention period for personal data

Except as otherwise mentioned in this privacy notice, we keep your personal information only for as long as required by us to provide you with the services you have requested.


Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

This website is directed towards adults, and children under the supervision of adults. We do not sell products or provide services for purchase by children, nor do we market to children.  If you are under 18, you may use our website only with consent from a parent or guardian.


Non-Personal Information

In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyse trends, to administer the site, to track users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. The information collected is used solely for internal review and not shared with other organisations for commercial purposes.


How you can correct or remove Information

We provide this privacy policy as a statement to you of our commitment to protect your personal information. If you have submitted personal information through this website and would like that information deleted from our records or would like to update or correct that information, please use our Contact page.


Updates and Effective Date

www.karenhuntington.co.uk reserves the right to make changes in this policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you will know what information we collect and how we use it.


Compliance with the law

Our privacy policy has been compiled so as to comply with the law of every country or legal jurisdiction in which we aim to do business. If you think it fails to satisfy the law of your jurisdiction, we should like to hear from you. However, ultimately it is your choice as to whether you wish to use our website.


Agreeing to Terms

If you do not agree to www.karenhuntington.co.uk Privacy Policy as posted here on this website, please do not use this site or any services offered by this site. Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this privacy policy.