Nikki J Writes Privacy Policy

 

The data controller is Nikki J Writes (referred to in this policy as “we” or “us”).

We are committed to doing the right thing when it comes to how we collect, use and protect your personal data. That’s why this privacy and cookies policy (“Policy”) has been developed, which:

• sets out the types of personal data that we collect

• explains how and why we collect and use your personal data

• explains when and why we will share personal data withinNikki J Writes and with other organisations; and

• explains the rights and choices you have when it comes to your personal data

This Policy applies to you if you use our services (referred to in this Policy as “our Services”). Using our Services means:

• shopping with us over the phone, or online or otherwise using any of the websites (“our Website”) where this Policy is posted; or

This Policy also applies if you contact us or we contact you about our Services.

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Our Website may contain links to other website[s] operated by other organisations that have their own privacy policies. Please make sure you read the terms and conditions and privacy policy carefully before providing any personal data on a website as we do not accept any responsibility or liability for websites of other organisations.

 

 

Personal Data we Collect

 

This section tells you what personal data we may collect from you when you use our Services and what other personal data we may receive from other sources.

When you register for our Services, you may provide us with:

• Your personal details, including your postal and billing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and date of birth and title

• Your account login details, such as your username and the password that you have chosen

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When you shop with us online or browse our Website, we may collect:

• Information about your online purchases (for example, what you have bought, where and when you bought it and how you paid for it(not your payment information))

• Information about your online browsing behaviour on our Website and information about when you click on one of our adverts (including those shown on other organisations’ website)

• Information about any devices you have used to access our Services (including the make, model and operating system, IP address, browser type and mobile device identifiers)

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When you contact us or we contact you or you take part in promotions, competitions, surveys or questionnaires about our Services, we may collect:

• Personal data you provide about yourself anytime you contact us about our Services (for example, your name, email address and contact details), including by phone, email or post or when you speak with us through social media

• Details of the emails and other digital communications we send to you that you open, including any links in them that you click on

• Your feedback and contributions to customer surveys, feedback sources and questionnaires

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How and why we use personal data 

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This section explains in detail how and why we use personal data.

 

Make our Services available to you

• Manage the accounts you hold with us

• Process your orders and refunds

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Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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We need to process your personal data so that we can manage your customer accounts, provide you with the goods and services you want to buy and help you with any orders and refunds you may ask for.

 

Manage and improve our day-to-day operations

• Manage and improve our Website

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Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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We use cookies and similar technologies on our Website to improve your customer experience. Some cookies are necessary so you should not disable these if you want to be able to use all the features of our Website. You can disable other cookies but this may affect your customer experience. For more information about cookies and how you can disable them, see the cookies and similar technologies section.

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• Help to develop and improve our product range, services, stores, information technology systems, know-how and the way we communicate with you

Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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We rely on the use of personal data to carry out market research and internal research and development, and to improve our information technology systems (including security) and our product range, services and stores. This allows us to serve you better as a customer.

• Detect and prevent fraud or other crime

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Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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It is important for us to monitor how our Services are used to detect and prevent fraud, other crimes and the misuse of services. This helps us to make sure that you can safely use our Services.

 

Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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Looking at your browsing behaviour and purchases allows us to personalise our offers and services for you. This helps us meet your needs as a customer.

• Provide you with relevant marketing communications (including by email, post or online advertising relating to our products and services, and those of the Nikki J Writes. As part of this, online advertising may be displayed on websites across the Nikki J Writes and on other organisations’ websites such as social media channels. We may also measure the effectiveness of our marketing communications.

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Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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We want to ensure that we provide you with marketing communications, including online advertising, that are relevant to your interests. To achieve this we also measure your responses to marketing communications relating to products and services we offer, which also means we can offer you products and services that better meet your needs as a customer.

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Contact and interact with you

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• Contact you about our Services, for example by phone, email or post or by responding to social media posts that you have directed at us.

Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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We want to serve you better as a customer so we use personal data to provide clarification or assistance in response to your communications

• Manage promotions and competitions you take part in, including those we run with our external agencies and Nikki J Writes

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Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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We need to process your personal data so that we can manage the promotions and competitions you choose to enter.

• Invite you to take part in and manage customer surveys, questionnaires and other market research activities carried out by Nikki J Writes and by other organisations on our behalf.

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Why do we process your personal data in this way?

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We carry out market research to improve our Services. However, if we contact you about this, you do not have to take part in the activities. If you tell us that you do not want us to contact you for market research, we will respect this choice. This will not affect your ability to use our Services.

 

To help us to better understand you as a customer and to be able to provide you with services and marketing communications, including online advertising, that are relevant to your interests.

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Sharing personal data with Retail Partners and Service Providers

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This section explains how and why we share personal data with Retail Partners and Service Providers.

When we share personal data with these companies we require them to keep it safe, and they must not use your personal data for their own marketing purposes.

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Retail partners

 

We work with a number of Retail Partners who –

• sell products through our Services, for example Royal Mail

We only share personal data that enable our Retail Partners to provide their services. For example, when you place an order with Nikki J Writes shop we will give The Royal Mail your name and contact details so that they can deliver your items.

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Service Providers

 

We work with carefully selected Service Providers that carry out certain functions on our behalf. These include, for example, companies that help us with technology services, storing and combining data, processing payments and delivering orders. We only share personal data that enable our Service Providers to provide their services.

Some of the Service Providers we work with operate online media channels such as Instagram and Facebook, and they place relevant online advertising for our products and services, on those online media channels on our behalf. For example, you may see an advert for our products and services as you use a particular social media site.

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How we protect personal data

 

We know how important it is to protect and manage your personal data. This section sets out some of the measures we have in place.

 

We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, and we enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files to keep this data safe. We only authorise access to employees who need it to carry out their job responsibilities.

• We protect the security of your information while it is being transmitted by encrypting it using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

• We enforce physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personal data. We may occasionally ask for proof of identity before we share your personal data with you.

• We will reveal only the last four digits of your credit card number when confirming an order.

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However, whilst we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any personal data that you transfer over the internet to us.

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The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by companies operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our service providers. We will put in place appropriate protection to make sure your personal data remains adequately protected and is treated in line with this Policy.

 

 

Cookies and similar technologies

 

We use cookies and similar technologies, such as tags and pixels (“Cookies”), to personalise and improve your customer experience as you use our Website to provide you with relevant online advertising via social media channels. This section provides more information about Cookies, including how we use them and how you can exercise your choices about our use of Cookies.

 

How we use Cookies

 

Cookies are small data files that allow a website to collect and store a range of data on your desktop computer, laptop or mobile device.

Cookies help us to provide important features and functionality on our Website, and we use them to improve your customer experience. For example, we use Cookies to do the following:

 

Improve the way our Website works

 

Cookies allow us to improve the way our Website work so that we can personalise your experience and allow you to use many of their useful features.

For example, we use Cookies so we can remember your preferences and the contents of your shopping basket when you return to our Website.

 

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Improve the performance of our Website

 

Cookies can help us to understand how our Website are being used, for example, by telling us if you get an error messages as you browse.

 

These Cookies collect data that is mostly aggregated and anonymous.

 

 

Deliver relevant online advertising

 

We use Cookies to help us deliver online advertising that we believe is most relevant to you on our website.

Cookies used for this purpose are often placed on our Website by other organisations, and always with our permission. These Cookies may collect information about your online behaviour, such as your IP address, the website you arrived from and information about your purchase history or the content of your shopping basket. This means that you may see our adverts on our Website and on other organisations’ website. You may also see adverts for other organisations on our Website.

To help us to deliver online advertising that is relevant to you, we may also combine data we collect through Cookies in the browser of your desktop computer or other devices with other data that we have collected.

 

Measuring the effectiveness of our marketing communications, including online advertising

 

Cookies can tell us if you have seen a specific advert, and how long it has been since you have seen it. This information allows us to measure the effectiveness of our online advertising campaigns and control the number of times you are shown an advert.

We also use Cookies to measure the effectiveness of our marketing communications, for example by telling us if you have opened a marketing email that we have sent you

 

Your choices when it comes to Cookies

 

You can use your browser settings to accept or reject new Cookies and to delete existing Cookies. You can also set your browser to notify you each time new Cookies are placed on your computer or other device.

If you choose to disable some or all Cookies, you may not be able to make full use of our Websites. For example, you may not be able to add items to your shopping basket, proceed to checkout, or use any of our products and services that require you to sign in.

 

Your rights

 

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you have the right to see the personal data we hold about you. This is called a Subject Access Request.

If you would like a copy of the personal data we hold about you, please contact us.

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The law allows us to charge an administration fee of £10.

We want to make sure that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and up to date. If any of the details are incorrect, please let us know and we will amend them.

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How to contact us

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If you have any questions about how we collect, store and use personal data please contact us using the contact tab above.

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Please note all items sold were originally sold by Rovértos Designs previously owned by Nikki. All stock is left after the business closed. Data is only gathered through the sales in the shop section and not anywhere else. 

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All content on this website is owned by Nikki J Writes and is subject to copyright. Do not use any content as your own.