This is the Privacy policy for Milton Hide and relates to data which is available to us in connection with your use of our services and this website.

12/01/2023

We reserve the right to alter this Privacy Policy at any time and alterations will be posted on the Milton Hide website.

Data collected & purpose of collection

We collect information to process orders, requests for information, improve customers’ online experience, supply information to those who  have expressed an interest and for record keeping. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will only use your information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

When you place an order with us we collect name and address, telephone, and email address which are entered onto the Woocommerce database which is password protected. We store contact details of customers and their order history on our online accounting database, FreeAgent which is password protected.

When you place an order with us we process your shipping address and will take credit card details via WooCommerce to take payment for your order which is processed via a secure server and which retains details of the credit card transaction. You have the option to save your card details to WooCommerce. If you create an account your invoicing address and shipping addresses are retained so you do not have to enter them again and order details are retained so you can access your order history.

When ordering t-shirts from our online shop, full details of the order including your name and address goes to Inkthreadable who fulfil the order. You can find a link to their privacy policy at the bottom of this page.

When ordering digital downloads of music, full details of the order including your name and address goes to Bandcamp who fulfil the order. You can find a link to their privacy policy at the bottom of this page.

You may at any time elect not to receive marketing information from us. All of our marketing emails are sent from a password protected database with Mailchimp.

Data retention

We will retain customer’s data for as long as they are an active customer or for the minimum required length of time to comply with legal obligations.  For enquiries and those who have asked to receive marketing communications from us or have expressed an interest we will retain basic contact data for a reasonable length of time or until we receive a request to remove. You are entitled to ask for a copy of the information held about you at any time by contacting us. We may charge a small fee for this.

  • The Data Controller  for Milton Hide is Josie Tipler – info@miltonhide.com
  • The Data Processor is Jim Tipler – info@miltonhide.com

You consent to us (and our representatives) disclosing information to third parties: (i) if we are under a duty to disclose or share your information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce any contract entered into with us, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our customers, ourselves or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction; and (ii) if we determine that such disclosure is necessary in connection with any investigation or complaint regarding your use of our services or this website.

Security

We do take data security very seriously and will use all reasonable endeavours to protect the integrity of the information you provide.
Access to your account data is password protected. You must keep all relevant passwords confidential and not disclose or share them with anyone. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your passwords. You must notify us in the event you know or suspect someone else knows your passwords. If we have reason to believe there is a breach of security or misuse of your account, we may require you to change your passwords or we may suspend your account without notice. In the event of a data breach we will do our utmost to contact all parties concerned.

Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from other websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check such policies before submitting any information to these websites.

We do not transfer or process your data outside of the EEA but the third-party companies we deal with my do so. Please see the list below which has links to the relevant Privacy Policies.

Cookies

We use cookies to personalise your interface with this website, and to remember you when you return to our site. They are small packets of data stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive to identify yourself to us and help us to keep track of what you have in your basket. Your browser may have a feature to disable cookies or you can delete them if you wish and your interface will not be severely restricted.

Please note that cookies can’t harm your computer. We don’t store personally identifiable information such as credit card details in cookies we create, but we do use encrypted information gathered from them to help improve your experience of this website.

Links to Privacy Policies of third parties

SquareUp  HERE https://www.printing.com/uk/legal/privacy-policy

Mailchimp  HERE https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

FreeAgent  HERE https://www.freeagent.com/website/privacy/

Inkthreadable HERE https://www.inkthreadable.co.uk/privacy-policy

Bandcamp HERE  https://bandcamp.com/privacy