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Privacy Policy

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This privacy policy applies between you, the User of this Website and Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains, the owner and provider of this Website. Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website.
Please read this policy carefully.

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Definitions and Interpretation


1    In this privacy policy, the follow definitions are used:
        Data: collectively all information that you submit to Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains via the Website. This definition incorporates, where appplicable, the definitions provided in the Data            Protection Laws.
        Data Protection Laws: any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the Directive 96/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) or the GDPR, and any            national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, for as long as the GDPR is effective in the UK.
        GDPR: the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
        Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains, we or us: Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains of Brook Works, Kent Road, Sheffield S8 9RN.
        User or you: any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (a) employed by Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains and acting in the course of their employment, or (b) engaged as            a 
consultant or otherwise providing services to Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.
        Website: the website that you are currently using, https://www.windowcharm.co.uk/, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.


2    In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:
        2.1    The singular includes the plural and vice versa
        2.2    References to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or  appendices of this privacy policy.
        2.3    Reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships.
        2.4    “Including” is understood to mean “including without limitation”.
        2.5    Reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it.
        2.6    The headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.


3    SCOPE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
       3.1    This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed                          from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.
       3.2    For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains is the “data controller”. This means that Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains determines the                              purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.


4    HOW WE COLLECT DATA
       We collect Data in the following ways:
       4.1    Data is given to us by you.
       4.2    Data is collected automatically.


5    DATA THAT IS GIVEN TO US BY YOU
        Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example, when you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, email or through any other means,          in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.


6    DATA THAT IS COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
        To the extent that you access the Website, we will collect your Data automatically, for example, we automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This                            information helps us to make improvements to Website content and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times and frequency with which you access the Website and the              way you use and interact with its content.


7    USE OF YOUR DATA
        From information you supply, we may contact you to notify you to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary             to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text                 messages, and postal mail.


8    KEEPING DATA SECURE
       8.1    We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data, for example;
                (a) access to any online web account is controlled by a password and a user name that is unique to you (if applicable).
                (b) we store your Data on secure servers.
       8.2    Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or less or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us                    know immediately by contacting us via this email address: rs@windowcharm.co.uk.
       8.3    If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other                            online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.


9    DATA RETENTION
       9.1    Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your Data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy                        policy or until you request that the Data be deleted.
       9.2    Even if we delete your Data, it may persist on backup or archival media for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.


10   YOUR RIGHTS
       10.1    You have the following rights in relation to your Data:
                  Right to access - the right to request (a) copies of the information we hold about you at any time, or (b) that we modify, update or delete such information. If we provide you with                        access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is “manifestly unfounded or excessive”. Where we are legally permitted to do so,                        we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why.
                  Right to correct - the right to have your Data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
                  Right to erase - the right to request that we delete or remove your Data from our system.
                  Right to restrict our use of your Data - the right to “block” us from using your Data or limit the way in which we can use it.
                  Right to data portability - the right to request that we move, copy or transfer your Data.
                  Right to object - the right to object to our use of your Data including where we use it for our legitimate interests.
       10.2    To make enquiries, exercise any of your rights set out above, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your Data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your Data),                        please contact us via this email address: rs@windowcharm.co.uk
       10.3    If you are not satisfied with the way a complaint you make in relation to your Data is handled by us, you may be able to refer your complaint to the relevant data protection                                  authority. For the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO’s contact details can be found on their website at https://ico.org.uk/.
       10.4    It is important that the Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your Data changes during the period for which we hold it.


11   LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
        This Website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy policy          does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.


12    CHANGES OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL
         12.1    Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Windowcharm                        Blinds and Curtains. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly                             controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.
         12.2    We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.
         12.3    In the above instances, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.


13    GENERAL
         13.1    You may not transfer any other your rights under this privacy policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your                            rights will not be affected.
         13.2    If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will,                          to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this privacy policy will not be affected.
         13.3    Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
         13.4    This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive                                      jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.


14    CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
        Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be                          immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations.

 

You may contact Windowcharm Blinds & Curtains by email at rs@windowcharm.co.uk

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01246 586 056 (Chesterfield)
0113 426 4320 (Leeds)
01709 379 092 (Rotherham)

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