Privacy Policy

Simply Feet treats the privacy of its customers and website users very seriously and we take appropriate security measures to safeguard your privacy, This Policy explains how we protect and manage any personal data* you share with us and that we hold about you, including how we collect, process, protect and share that data.

*Personal data means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address and an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home.

We only obtain information from third parties if this is permitted by law. We may also use legal public sources to obtain information about you, for example, to verify your identity.

This information (including your name, address, email address, telephone number etc.), as relevant to us, will only be obtained from reputable third-party companies that operate in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You will already have submitted your personal data to these companies and specifically given permission to allow them to pass this information to other companies that provide similar or complementary products and services to those we offer

We use your personal data to manage and administer your account as a controller and processor. We undertake at all times to protect your personal data, including any health and financial details, in a manner which is consistent with the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (where payments are taken by credit/debit card) concerning data protection. We will also take reasonable security measures to protect your personal data in storage.

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.   We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.   Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

We will keep information about you confidential. We will only disclose your information with other third parties with your express consent with the exception of the following third parties.

• insurance companies, loss assessors, regulatory authorities and other fraud prevention agencies for the purposes of fraud prevention and to comply with any legal and regulatory issues and disclosures;
• any mailing or printing agents, contractors and advisors that provide a service to us or act as our agents on the understanding that they keep the information confidential;
• anyone to whom we may transfer our rights and duties under any agreement we have with you;
• any legal or crime prevention agencies and/or to satisfy any regulatory request (including recognised practitioner bodies) if we have a duty to do so or if the law allows us to do so.
• Epsilon Abacus (registered as Epsilon International UK Ltd) a company that manages the Abacus Alliance on behalf of UK retailers and charities. Participating retailers are active in the clothing, collectables, food & wine, gardening, gadgets & entertainment, health & beauty, household goods, home interiors and travel categories. Epsilon Abacus processes this information as a processor on behalf of these companies to help them understand individuals’ behaviour and preferences. Epsilon combines information provided by participating retailers and charities with third party data. From this combined information, these companies can tailor their communications, sending individuals suitable offers and appeals that should be of interest to them. You can learn more about how Epsilon Abacus processes your personal information in their Privacy Policy, which is available here: https://www.epsilon.com/abacus/services-privacy-policy.

• We do not transfer your personal data outside the EEA however Epsilon Abacus may transfer data outside the EEA. If we or any authorised third party acting as a Data Processor on our behalf transfers your personal data outside of the EEA, in accordance with the terms of this Policy, we will make sure that the transfer will take place only in the presence of appropriate safeguards, including standard data protection clauses adopted by the EU Commission..

  If you require further information regarding such transfers, please write to the Managing Director at Simply Feet, Warwick House, St James Road, Brackley, NN13 7XY or email [email protected]

We keep information for a period of seven years, however we will automatically stop using your information three years from the time of your last transaction (purchase) with us. These retention periods are in line with the length of time we need to keep your personal information in order to manage and administer your account. They also take into account our need to meet any legal, statutory and regulatory obligations. These reasons can vary from one piece of information to the next. In all cases our need to use your personal information will be reassessed on a regular basis and information which is no longer required will be securely disposed of.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants you (hereinafter referred to as the "data subject") the right to access particular personal data that we hold about you. This is referred to as a subject access request. We shall respond promptly, and certainly within one calendar month from the point of receiving the request and all necessary information from you. Our formal response shall include details of the personal data we hold about you, including the following

• sources from which we acquired the information;
• the purposes for processing the information; and
• persons or entities with whom we are sharing the information.

You, the data subject, shall have the right to obtain from us, without undue delay, the rectification of inaccurate personal data we hold concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you, the data subject, shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

You, the data subject, shall have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay.

Subject to exemptions, you, the data subject, shall have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

1. the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, the data subject, and is restricted until the accuracy of the data has been verified;
2. the processing is unlawful and you, the data subject, oppose the erasure of the personal data and instead request the restriction in its use;
3. we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but it is required by you, the data subject, for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
4. you, the data subject, have objected to processing of your personal data pending the verification of whether there are legitimate grounds for us to override these objections.

We shall communicate any rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing as described above to each recipient to whom the personal data has been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. We shall provide you, the data subject, with information about those recipients if you request it.

You, the data subject, shall have the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit this data to another controller, without hindrance from us.

You, the data subject, shall have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, including any personal profiling; unless this relates to processing that is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or an exercise of official authority vested in us. We shall no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, which override the interests, rights and freedoms of you, the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

We do not carry out any automated processing, which may lead to an automated decision based on your personal data.

If you would like to invoke any of the above data subject rights with us, please write to the Managing Director at Simply Feet, Warwick House, St James Road, Brackley, NN13 7XY or email [email protected]

In order to provide the highest level of customer service possible, we need to keep accurate personal data about you. We take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of any personal data or sensitive information we obtain. We ensure that the source of any personal data or sensitive information is clear and we carefully consider any challenges to the accuracy of the information. We also consider when it is necessary to update the information, such as name or address changes and you can help us by informing us of these changes when they occur.

If you have any questions or queries which are not answered by this Privacy Policy, or have any potential concerns about how we may use the personal data we hold, please write to the Managing Director at Simply Feet, Warwick House, St James Road, Brackley, NN13 7XY or email [email protected]

This Privacy Policy is regularly reviewed. This is to make sure that we continue to meet the highest standards and to protect your privacy. We reserve the right, at all times, to update, modify or amend this Policy. We suggest that you review this Privacy Policy from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes we may have made, however, we will not significantly change how we use information you have already given to us without your prior agreement. The latest version of this policy can be found at https://www.simplyfeet.co.uk/index.php/privacy-policy/.