Privacy

PRIVACY POLICY

The privacy policy sets out how www.shimmer-hut.co.uk uses and protects any information that you give us when using our website.

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.

Should we ask you to provide your information by which you can be identified when using the website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with the privacy statement.


INFORMATION WE WILL COLLECT

  • NAME
  • CONTACT INFORMATION INC EMAIL ADDRESS
  • OTHER INFORMATION THAT WILL BE RELEVANT TO PROMOTIONS AND FLASH SALES.

We may use your email address to add you to our mailing list, to send you information, regarding flash sales, promotions, discount codes and any information we feel is suitable to you, however you can opt out of this by unsubscribing to newsletters/offers at checkout.

Here at Shimmer Hut we are dedicated to protecting the privacy of each and every one of our customers. We will not disclose any information regarding our customers or visitors to the site to any third parties, apart from where it is part of providing a service to you-this includes;arranging for a product to be sent to you, carrying out credit and other security checks and for the purpose of customer research or when you have given the permission to do so.


SECURE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on our website, look for the box you can tick to indicate that you do not want your information to be used for direct marketing.(Example subscribing to our newsletter and offers).
  • If you have previously agreed to share your information with us, but would like to opt out on receiving emails for marketing purposes, you  may change your mind at any time, by emailing us at shimmerhut@aol.co.uk
  • We will not pass any of your information onto any third parties.

If you believe that any information we hold for you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us and we will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

CONSENT

Shimmer Hut will not provide or sell any of your personal details or any credit card information to to third parties (excluding partners to whom you may have linked to our site) without your permission.

PROTECTING YOUR SECURITY

We may be use personal information provided by you in order to conduct appropriate anti-trade checks. Personal information that you provide may be disclosed to a credit reference or fraud prevention agency, which may keep a record of that information. This is done only to confirm your identity -a credit check is not performed and your credit rating is unaffected.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. We will do our best to protect your personal data, but cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our site; 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. 


PAYMENT SECURITY

Our payment gateway is through PAYPAL... payments can either be taken through an existing PayPal account you have in place or with an option to pay through paypal as a guest using a credit card.  Please see PayPal's T&C's and privacy policy for more information.


COOKIES

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computers hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or let's 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.


LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.