This privacy policy sets out how 3rd Down Collectables uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.
3rd Down Collectables is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
3rd Down Collectables may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 20th February 2021.
What Information We Collect And How It Is Used
We collect the following data:
- Name
- Contact information including email address & telephone number. Both may be required to be able to process your order. For example, a courier company may need your telephone number to inform you about your delivery and without this, the order may not be processed by them.
- Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests to help us personalise emails to the products you're most likely to be interested in. This also includes saving shopping cart information, allowing you to carry on from where you left off and not loose any items in your basket.
- From time to time, we may send newsletters containing special offers and surveys with your consent
What We Do With The Information We Gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We retain a copy of purchases to help provide customer service and support. It also serves to be able to keep yourself updated with what you have purchased from us.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Sometimes we may need to investigate orders that have not passed our automatic payment providers fraud detection. This will mean that it may take slightly longer before your order is completed as we will need to take some time to look into this further
How We Use Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Controlling Your Personal Information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@3rddowncollectables.co.uk
- By submitting your information on the website, you consent to the use of that information as set out in this Privacy Policy. If we make any changes to this, we will notify you.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible.