Claire Howieson ("I") am committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with my terms and conditions and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data I collect from you, or that you provide to me, will be processed by me.  Please read the following carefully to understand my views and practices regarding your personal data and how I will treat it.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Claire Howieson of 11 Longstanton Road, Oakignton CB24 3BB.

Information I may collect from you

I may collect and process the following data about you:

IP addresses and cookies

I may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type and for system administration. This is statistical data about my users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, I may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help me to improve my site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable me:

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of my site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, my system will issue cookies when you log on to my site.

Where I store your personal data

The data that I collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by one of my suppliers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. I will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although I will do my best to protect your personal data, I cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to my site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once I have received your information, I will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Uses made of the information

I use information held about you in the following ways:

I may also use your data to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and I may contact you about these by post or email.

If you are an existing customer, I will only contact you by electronic means with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.

If you are a new customer, I will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.

If you do not want me to use your data in this way, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which I collect your data (the order form).

Disclosure of your information

I may disclose your personal information to third parties:

Your rights

You have the right to ask me not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. I will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if I intend to use your data for such purposes or if I intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms I use to collect your data.  You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting me at enquiries@clairehowieson.com.

My site 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 that I do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet my costs in providing you with details of the information I hold about you.

Changes to my privacy policy

Any changes I may make to my privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to enquiries@clairehowieson.com.