We at ShopToGive respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. Our privacy policy informs you how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and about your privacy rights and how the law protects you and your data. We believe it is important that you read this privacy policy so that you are fully aware of how and why we use your data.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

PURPOSE OF PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy provides information on how we at ShopToGive collect and process personal data through your use of our website, including data you may provide through the website when signing up, browsing or making purchases via the website, or interacting with us through emails you receive.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES

We last updated this policy in October 2021. Please regularly check for updates. If your data changes please inform us so we can update.

TERMS USED

CONTROLLER

ShopToGive is the data controller and responsible for your personal data.

We have a dedicated data privacy officer (DPO) who can answer any questions you may have on this policy. They can be contacted through our website on this page, please ensure you ask for your message to be directed to our DPO.

You have the right of complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), (www.ico.org.uk). However, we ask that you allow us to address your concerns before contacting the ICO.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

This website uses links to third-party websites, plugins and various applications. Clicking on those or enabling those connections may allow these third-parties to collect your data or share it.

ShopToGive is not responsible for third-party privacy policies.

AFFILIATE NETWORKS

To provide you with our products and services we work with Affiliate Networks. An Affiliate Network is an intermediary network between our website, the products and services we offer and the retailers who ultimately provide those products and services.

YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Personal data or information means any data or information about an individual that can identify a person.

We may collect, store, use and/or transfer different kinds of personal data which we have grouped as follows:

Identity Data – forename name, surname name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.

Contact Data – billing address, delivery address and email.

Financial Data – bank account and payment card details.

Usage Data – data on how you use our website, products and services.

Transaction Data – details about payments from you to third-party retailers featured on our website, other details of products and services you have purchased from third-party retailers through our website.

Technical Data – IP address, login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and other technology on the devices used to access our website.

Profile Data – username and password, purchases or orders, preferences and feedback including surveys.

Marketing and Communications Data – marketing and communication preferences from ShopToGive and our third-parties.

If you do not provide the minimum amount of data required for ShopToGive to provide products or services to you then we do not have to provide these products or services.

HOW DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA

Data collection methods include:

Interactions. You may give your data by form completion, email and other types of correspondence.

Automated. We may automatically collect Technical Data as you use our website.This is collected using cookies, logs and other technologies. We may also receive this Technical Data if you visit websites using our cookies. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for further information.

As you browse our website, we may collect Profile Data, Usage Data and Marketing and Communications Data as specified by you.

Essential Third-parties. We have a requirement to receive your personal data from various third-parties:

Contact, Identity, Technical and Transactional Data from the following third-parties:

Affiliate Networks operating both inside and outside of the UK.
Retailers featured on the website from time to time.

To help improve our service we may receive your personal data from various third-parties:

Technical Data from analytics providers based outside the UK.
Contact Data and Technical Data if you join our website resultant of our marketing activities involving third-parties.

HOW YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS USED

Personal Data is only used within the confines of the prevailing law. Typically we will use your data as follows:

Where we need to perform a contract with you.

Where necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third-party and your interests and rights are not overridden by those interests.

PURPOSES FOR USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may use some or all of the data types previously mentioned for various business purposes. These are typically performing our core service to you, communicating and corresponding with you and marketing to you through email, our website, social media, third-parties and traditional post.

THIRD-PARTY MARKETING

We will never sell your personal data.

OPTING OUT

You can opt out of marketing or close your account completely by contacting us through the form available here.

COOKIES

Please see our Cookie Policy.

CHANGE OF PURPOSE

We only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it.

However, another reason may arise that we have to use it for. We will only continue to use it if compatible with the original purpose.

We will notify you if we need to use your data for an unrelated purpose.

Under law we may process your personal data without your consent or knowledge.

DATA SECURITY

Appropriate security measures have been put in place to prevent your personal data being accidentally lost, accessed or altered in an unauthorised way.

We also limit access to your personal data on a “need to know” basis to employees, agents, contractors and other third-parties

They are subject to the same laws and a duty of confidentiality.

If in the event of a data breach we will inform you and the applicable regulator.

DATA RETENTION

We only retain your personal data for as long as is deemed necessary for the purposes we collected it for

This includes satisfying legal, accounting and reporting requirements.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data.

LEGAL RIGHTS

You have the right to the following:

Request access to your personal data, receive a copy and check that it is being lawfully processed.

Request the transfer of your personal data to you in machine-readable format.

Request correction of your personal data that we hold.

Request erasing of your personal data.

Object to processing of your personal data.

Request restriction of processing of your personal data.

Withdraw consent to process your personal data.

You can request all of the above through the form available here.

RESPONSE FROM US

As per the law, we will attempt to respond within one month. We will keep you informed of progress within this period.

If you have any further questions on anything in the privacy policy please contact us via the form here.