At Alexandra de Curtis we take your right to privacy seriously, and want you to feel comfortable using this Website. This privacy policy deals with personally-identifiable information or data (referred to as "personal information" below) that may be collected by this site. This policy does not apply to other entities that are not owned or controlled by Alexandra de Curtis Limited, nor to persons that are not employees or agents of Alexandra de Curtis Limited, or that are not under Alexandra de Curtis Limited's control.

INTRODUCTION

This is the privacy and cookies policy for www.alexandradecurtis.com (Site). The Site is operated by Alexandra de Curtis Limited (we, us and our). For the purposes of the EU GDPR 2018, we are the data controller.

We are committed to protecting your privacy on-line. We appreciate that you do not want the personal information you provide to us distributed indiscriminately and here we explain how we collect information, what we do with it and what controls you have.

By using the Site, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy.

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy from time to time by changing it on the Site. This privacy policy was last updated on 24 May 2018.

1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU

We may collect and process, with your express permission, the following information:

• information (such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number) that you provide by completing forms on the Site, including if you register as a user of the Site, purchase products on the Site, upload or submit any material via the Site, request any information, or enter into any competition or promotion we may sponsor;

• in connection with an account sign-in facility, your log-in and password details;

• details of any transactions made by you through the Site;

• communications you send to us, for example to report a problem or to submit queries, concerns or comments regarding the Site or its content; or

• information from surveys that we may, from time to time, run on the Site for research purposes, if you choose to respond to, or participate in, them.

You are under no obligation to provide any such information. However, if you should choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with certain services.

When you visit the Site, we may automatically collect additional information about you, such as the type of internet browser you use, any website from which you have come to the Site and your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognised by our web server. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on the Site and to collect broad demographic information for aggregate use.

2. USES MADE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We will use the information you permitted and provided us to:

• enable us to process your orders and to provide you with the services and information offered through the Site and which you request;

• administer your account with us;

• verify and carry out financial transactions in relation to payments you make online;

• audit the downloading of data from the Site;

• improve the layout and/or content of the pages of the Site and customise them for users;

• identify visitors to the Site;

• carry out research on our users’ demographics and tracking of sales data;

• send you information we think you may find useful or which you have requested from us, including information about our products and services, or potential shopping basket recoveries, provided you have indicated that you do not object to being contacted for these purposes;

You can tell us not to contact you with information regarding our products and services either at the point such information is collected on the Site (by checking or un-checking (as directed) the relevant box) or, where you do not wish us to continue to use your information in this way, by following the unsubscribe instructions on any communications sent to you. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us using the Contact us details at the end of this privacy policy.

3. INFORMATION SHARING

We may disclose aggregate statistics about visitors to the Site, customers and sales in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, sponsors and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will include no personally identifiable information.

We may disclose your personal information to any of our affiliates, or to our agents or contractors who assist us in providing the services we offer through the Site, processing transactions, fulfilling requests for information, receiving and sending communications, updating marketing lists, analysing data, providing support services or in other tasks, from time to time. Our agents and contractors will only use your information to the extent necessary to perform their functions, such as processing your order etc.

In the event that we undergo re-organisation or are sold to a third party, you agree that any personal information we hold about you may be transferred to that re-organised entity or third party.

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to prevent fraud or cyber crime or to protect the Site or the rights, property or personal safety of any person.

4. EXTERNAL LINKS

The Site may, from time to time, contain links to external sites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of such sites.

5. PAYMENT PROCESSING

Payment details you provide will be encrypted using secure sockets layer (SSL) technology before they are submitted to us over the internet. Payments made on the Site are made through our payment gateway provider, Stripe. You will be providing credit or debit card information directly to Stripe which operates a secure server to process payment details, encrypting your credit/debit card information and authorising payment. Information which you supply to Stripe is not within our control and is subject to Stripe’s own privacy policy and terms and conditions.

6. SECURITY

We place great importance on the security of all personally identifiable information associated with our users. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under our control. For example, our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorised personnel have access to personal information. Whilst we cannot ensure or guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of information will never occur, we use all reasonable efforts to prevent it.

You should bear in mind that submission of information over the internet is never entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of information you submit via the Site whilst it is in transit over the internet and any such submission is at your own risk.

It is advisable to close your browser when you have finished your user session to help ensure others do not access your personal information if you use a shared computer or a computer in a public place.

7. STORAGE OF YOUR INFORMATION

Information that you submit via the Site is sent to and stored on secure servers located in Italy. This is necessary in order to process the information. We do not store customer credit card details on our servers. Information submitted by you may be transferred by us to our other offices and/or to the third parties mentioned in the circumstances described above (see Information sharing), which may be situated outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and may be processed by staff operating outside the EEA. The countries concerned may not have similar data protection laws to the EEA. Where we transfer your information we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected. By submitting information via the Site, you agree to this storing, processing and/or transfer.

8. YOUR RIGHTS

You have a legal right under EU GDPR 2018 to a copy of all the personal information about you held by us. On request, we will provide you with a copy of this information. You also have a right to correct any errors in that information. As mentioned above, you have a right to prevent the use of your personal information for direct marketing purposes. Finally you also have the right to remove any of this information from our servers. All of the above can be achieved by emailing info@alexandradecurtis.com with your specific request.

9. CONTACTING US

Please submit any questions, concerns or comments you have about this privacy policy or any requests concerning your personal data by email to info@alexandradecurtis.com or write to us at:

Alexandra de Curtis Ltd
19-20 Bourne Court
Southend Road
Woodford Green
IG8 8HD
GB