Store Policies & Procedures

Introduction At The Every Bargains UK respects your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains in detail the types of personal information we may collect about you when you interact with us. It also explains how we will store and handle that personal information, how we keep it safe, how you can exercise your privacy rights and how we combine data across The Every Bargains UK which enables us to understand you and your pet better to ultimately improve your experience with The Every Bargains UK. If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, then please contact us using the contact details provided in the section of this Privacy Policy headed “How to contact us” below. What is the The Every Bargains UK? The Every Bargains UK is the UK's leading Discount Supply specialist, providing pet owners and family homes with all their needs; food, accessories, Toys and Games, Household and homeware goods, DIY and much much more. The Every Bargains UK is comprised of our retail stores, retail website (https://theeverythingbargainsuk.com) (the “Website”) References to the “The Every Bargains UK" "Also known as allatbargainsuk“ means the allatbargainsuk group companies and affiliated joint venture entities. The terms “we“, “us“ or “our“ in this Privacy Policy refer to whichever allatbargainsuk entity you are dealing with, and as such could be The Every Bargains UK (including where you are a member of our Team) Quick Links We recommend that you read this Privacy Policy in full to ensure you are fully informed. When do we collect personal information? What personal information do we collect and why? Who do we share your personal information with? Legal Basis for processing personal information Cookies and similar tracking technology How do we keep your personal information secure? International Data Transfer Data Retention Your data protection rights Contacting the regulator Updates to this Privacy Policy How to contact us When do we collect personal information? We collect your personal information in a number of instances, including when you: Make an online purchase and check out as a guest (in which case we collect transaction-based data); Purchase a product or service in store or by phone but don't have (or don't use) an account; Engage with us on social media; Engage with one of our ads on social media or while browsing online; Contact us by any means; Ask one of our colleagues to email you information about a product or service; Comment on or review our products and services. Any individual may access personal information related to them, including opinions. So if your comment or review includes information about the colleague who provided that service, it may be passed on to them if requested; Phone us or we phone you, we may record phone conversations for record or training purposes; and/or We also collect your personal information when our suppliers and partners – e.g. Rosewood Limited. What personal information do we collect and why? The personal information that we collect about you broadly falls into the following categories: (a) Information that you provide voluntarily When you make a purchase in store or online. you may be asked for some essential information including your title, first name, surname, postal address, email address, telephone. These are collected to help us: Process your online orders including sending order confirmation and delivery information via email or text message, or process payments due to us; Process your online orders including sending order confirmation and delivery information via email or text message, or process payments due to us. Contact you about your order, account or credit status where required; Deliver safe and secure shopping by helping to prevent and detect fraud – to do this, we may need to disclose information to assist legal or debt recovery processes; Understand your needs and listen to your feedback via market research/shopping analysis, customer polls and surveys; Enhance "The Every Bargains UK" & "allatbargainsuk" experience by delivering personally tailored retail offers; Send you marketing and promotional offers from the allatbargainsuk and to manage your marketing preferences with your agreement; Speed up your form filling processes if you've registered online; Provide you with information about the fundraising activities of our affiliated charity, the allatbargainsuk cost of living; Respond to any issues or queries via the customer service adviser teams; Conduct analytics to understand how our products and services (and the products and services of our allatbargainsuk members) are used and to improve your customer experience; and/or Notify you about changes to our service. When you use our Website as an account holder or guest user, we also collect your email address and may contact you to let you know if you abandon a purchase part way through the process and have unpurchased items in your basket. Where you have made a donation to our affiliated charity, alllatbargainsuk, via the Just Giving, Virgin Money website and so on or via Paypal and agree with Just Giving, Virgin Money or Paypal that they can pass your information to us (to use to send you thank you emails and news about our fundraising activities). Specifically, the information we collect automatically may include information like your IP address, device type, operating system, unique device identification numbers, browser-type, broad geographic location (e.g. country or city-level location) and other technical information. We may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our Website, including the pages accessed and links clicked. Collecting this information enables us to better understand the visitors who come to and use our Website, App and in-store WIFI. We may look at where they come from, what content is of interest to them, what they have viewed or looked at and in some instances what they have purchased. We use this information for internal analytics purposes, to improve the quality and relevance of our Website, App and in-store WIFI to our visitors and users and to deliver personally tailored retail offers (both on the website and through triggered email, SMS and direct mail (but only where you have agreed to these channels)). Some of this information may be collected using cookies, tracking pixels and similar tracking technology, as explained further under the heading “Cookies and similar tracking technology” below. (c) Information that we obtain from third party sources From time to time, we may receive personal information about you from third party sources, but only where we have checked that these third parties either have your consent or are otherwise legally permitted or required to disclose your personal information to us. If you decide you wish to save your payment card details for future use, you will be able to do so provided you tick the ‘save card for future use’ box when you input your details during a transaction on the Website or App. Please note if your saved payment card expires, or is lost, stolen or damaged, your bank will update us with your new card details, and we will update your saved payment card in your account. You can remove your saved payment card in My Account by managing your payment methods under the My Details section at any time. If you have any questions about the third parties we obtain personal information from, please contact us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” heading below. Enhancing our data Where we have obtained your personal information from various sources (including personal information we have lawfully obtained from third parties or from other members of the Pets at Home Family) we will combine this information in order to enhance our understanding of your requirements and preferences in relation to our products and services, and the products, services and charity activities of allatbargainsuk members. This is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests to understand our customers better, to personalise your allatbargainsuk experience, and where you have agreed to receive marketing to ensure that we provide you the most appropriate offers from us and about our allatbargainsuk Family products, services and charity activities. (e) Conducting analytics We will use the personal information we hold about you (as well as pseudonymised or anonymised information generated from your personal information) to carry out analysis and research. We carry out all such analysis and research on the basis that it is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests in understanding our customers and ensuring that our products and services meet the needs of our customers. We undertake data analytics, whereby together with the Pets at Home Family, we combine information we hold on a large scale, in order to: Who do we share your personal information with? We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients: to other members of the allatbargainsuk, our third party service providers and business partners who provide data processing services to us, or who otherwise process personal information for purposes that are described in this Privacy Policy or notified to you when we collect your personal information. Examples of the kind of third parties we work with are: IT companies who support our Website, App and other business systems; Operational companies such as delivery couriers; Direct marketing, loyalty reward companies or other third parties who help us manage electronic communications with you; Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and similar platforms and partners to show you products and services that might interest you while you're browsing the internet; This is based on either your marketing consent or your acceptance of cookies, tracking pixels or similar tracking technology whilst browsing online, as explained further under the heading “Cookies and similar tracking technology” below Data insight and data analysis companies (to provide us with tools to analyse the data which we hold); Promotional partners (such as cashback or voucher sites); Customer review companies (so you can leave feedback and we can improve our service to you); Competition or prize-draw partners and promoters; to any competent law enforcement body, regulatory, government agency, court or other third party where we believe disclosure is necessary (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights or apply our Terms and Conditions, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person; to a potential buyer (and its agents and advisers) in connection with any proposed purchase, merger or acquisition of any part of our business, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy; and/or to any other person with your consent to the disclosure. Where we share your personal information with third party service providers and partners we apply a policy to ensure your personal information is safe and in order to protect your privacy. Our policy requires: We provide only the information they need to perform their specific services. They may only use your data for the purposes we specify in our contract with them. We work closely with them to ensure that your privacy is respected and protected at all times. If we stop using their services, any of your personal information held by them will either be deleted or rendered anonymous (subject to applicable law). With your agreement, third parties (such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat, Tumblr) may serve targeting cookies on your computer or mobile device while browsing our Websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other personally identifying details unless you choose to provide these (based on your marketing consent or acceptance of cookies). Please see “Cookies and similar tracking technology” below for more information. Legal basis for processing personal information Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you only: where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms, or where we have your consent to do so. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you or may otherwise need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person. If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). Similarly, if we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are. Cookies and similar tracking technology We use cookies and similar tracking technology (collectively, “Cookies”) to collect and use personal information about you, including serving interest-based advertising. For further information about the types of Cookies we use, why, and how you can control Cookies, please see our Cookie Notice here. How do we keep your personal information secure We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information that we collect and process about you. The measures we use are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information. Specific measures we use include: Encrypting your personal information. When you place an order or access your account information, your information will be sent through to us. A secure server encrypts all of the information you input before it is sent to us. This protects your confidential data, particularly your payment card details from unauthorized use; Keeping your information up-to-date and accurate. Please note that, to do this, we require you to tell us if any of your details, such as your name or address, change; and Having in place strict security procedures for the storage and disclosure of your information to prevent unauthorized access. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to and/or through our Website and App; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. To ensure that your credit, debit or charge card is not being used without your consent, we will validate name, address and other personal information supplied by you during the order process against appropriate third party databases. By accepting our Terms and Conditions you agree to these checks being made. In performing these checks personal information provided by you may be disclosed to a registered Credit Reference Agency which may keep a record of that information. You can rest assured that this is done only to confirm your identity, that a credit check is not performed and that your credit rating will be unaffected. All information provided by you will be treated securely and strictly in accordance with this Privacy Policy. International data transfers Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different to the laws of the UK. Our Website servers and group companies are located in the UK. If we do this, we have procedures in place to ensure your personal information receives the same protection as if it were being processed inside the UK. For example, our contracts with third parties stipulate the standards they must follow at all times. If you wish for more information about these contracts please contact us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” heading below . Any transfer of your personal data will be compliant with UK data protection law and all personal data will be secure. Data retention We retain personal information we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so (for example, to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. For more information about the specific periods for which we retain your data, please contact us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” heading below Your data protection rights You have the following data protection rights: If you wish to access, correct, update or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” heading below. In addition, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” heading below. You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing e-mails we send you or if you manage your preferences in the marketing preference centre in My Account. Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, for example consent to receive marketing from us or the Pets at Home Family, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, see the section headed “Contacting the regulator” below. We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Contacting the regulator If you feel that your personal information has not been handled correctly, or you are unhappy with our response to any requests you have made to us regarding the use of your personal information, you have the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office for UK residents, the Office of the Data Protection Authority for Guernsey residents, and Isle of Man Information Commissioner for Isle of Man residents. Updates to this Privacy Policy We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make.