privacy policy
Sofas & Stuff Limited
Privacy Policy
Introduction
This privacy policy sets out how Sofas & Stuff Limited uses
and protects any information that you give to us when you use this
website. Sofas & Stuff Limited 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.
Sofas & Stuff 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. If you have any
questions or need further information about our privacy practices,
please contact us at info@sofasandstuff.com or via post at Sofas
& Stuff Limited, The Dairy, Tripp Hill Farm Buildings,
Fittleworth, west Sussex GU29 0RA
What We Collect
Sofas & Stuff Limited is a registered data controller under
the Data Protection Act 1998. The personal data which we may
collect from you via this website includes personal information you
provide when you register an account, e-mail us, or make purchases
through the website. We may also collect aggregated information
which tells us about visitors to this website but not the identity
of the visitors. E.g. we may collect information about the date,
time and duration of visits and which pages of this website are
most commonly accessed. This information is used to help us to
administer and improve the website.
How We Collect Data (Cookies)
We may collect data from you in various ways:
During your use of this website; When we request further
information from you from time to time following on from any
contact you have made with us through this website; By our use of
cookies (please see below); or If you apply for employment with
us.
Use of cookies
A cookie is a small element of data that a website can send to
your computers browser so that this computer will be recognised by
the site on your return. Cookies allow our web server to recognise
your computer on connection to our website which enables our pages
to be downloaded faster than on first viewing.
Cookies may be additionally used to establish various statistics
connected with the website including: most visited pages, time
spent on each page, site performance etc by gathering and
remembering information about your preferences.
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. 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
date is removed from the system.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify this
option in the settings menu. Declining cookies may prevent you from
taking full advantage of the website.
In order to collect anonymous data we may use session cookies
that remain in the cookies file of your browser until the browser
is closed. Information generated by the use of cookies may be
compiled into an aggregate form so that no individual can be
identified.
For more information regarding cookies and their purposes please
see the information commissioner's website home page.
What We Will Use The Data For
We will use the data that we collect from you for the following
purposes:
• To improve the website and deal with any queries you have
about this website and to notify you as to any changes to this
website.
• To maintain your account
• To process any orders that you place with us
• To respond to any questions that you may raise
• To contact you for research purposes
• To contact you about or products/offers that we think may be of
interest to you. If you do not wish to receive this from us then
there is an option to "opt out" from receiving these materials. You
may withdraw your consent to receive marketing materials at any
time by sending an email to info@sofasandstuff.com
• To consider any recruitment application or curriculum vitae you
submit through this website
• We will process any sensitive data received by us solely for the
purpose of considering you for any position within Sofas &
Stuff Limited.
Opting Out
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@sofasandstuff.com
We will not share, sell, licence or distribute your personal data
with an unrelated third party, expect as otherwise provided for in
this privacy policy and under the following circumstances:
• Where we are required to do so by law
• In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal
proceedings.
• In order to establish or defend our legal rights
• In order to provide you with the information or services that
you have requested personal data may occasionally be transferred or
shared with other nominated companies or third parties who act for
or with us for further processing in accordance with the purposes
for which the data was originally collected or for purposes to
which you have consented.
• Where you have consented, we may also disclose your personal
data to other business's who may contact you about their services
that may interest you.
• We may share, transfer or disclose your personal data to a
potential or actual successor to us.
Links To Other Websites
This website may contain hyperlinks to other websites including,
but not limited to the websites of our overseas agents, which may
be of interest to you. These websites are not operated by us and
the links are provided for your reference and convenience only and
do not imply any endorsement of the activities of such third party
websites. We are therefore not responsible for the protection and
privacy or any information which you provide whilst visiting such
sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy
statement.
Access To You Personal Data/Control
You are entitled to access your personal data and have it
amended or deleted from our system as required under the Data
Protection Act 1998. For more information and to make a subject
access request please contact us at info@sofasandstuff.com. 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, at the
above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be
incorrect.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We
will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to
prevent loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. In
order to prevent unauthorised access to such information we have in
place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to
safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Changes To This Policy If we change this privacy policy the
amended privacy policy will be posted on this website and the
revised policy will take effect once posted. Your continued use of
this website after the posting will signify your agreement to the
new terms.
If this policy differs substantially from the one originally in
place then this will be addressed on the homepage of the
website.