Privacy policy

The privacy and security of your personal data is very important to us. This privacy policy sets out the ways in which we collect, use, maintain and disclose your personal data whether as a customer or trader of Gdad’s Collectables Ltd, a user of our websites, social media or other digital platforms or an attendee of events organised by Gdad’s Collectables Ltd. This privacy policy will be updated from time to time.

1. Who are we?

In this policy, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refers to Gdad’s Collectables Ltd.

2. What data do we collect?

a. Enquiries

When you fill out an enquiry form on our website (www.gdads.co.uk), we collect personal information including your name, email address and telephone number, in order to be able to respond to your enquiry.

b. Online store

We collect personal information when you place an order on our website (www.gdads.co.uk). This may include, as appropriate, your name, address, email address, telephone and mobile numbers, and financial information.

c. Social media

We also collect personal information on social media or other digital platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

3. Cookies, non-personal identification information and third-party websites

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or device by websites you visit. They are used to improve your experience as a visitor and make websites function properly or more efficiently.

We may collect non-personal identifying information when you interact with us on websites, social medial and other digital platforms. Our website and other digital medial platforms may, from time to time, contain links to third party websites.

If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that we cannot accept any responsibility or liability for those policies. You should check the privacy policies of these websites before you submit any personal data to them.

4. How we use your personal data

We only use your personal data as permitted under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy of Electronic Communication Regulation 2003 (together, the ‘Data Protection Legislation’).

Personal data collected on our website may be used for the following purposes:

  • To process payments in relation to an order;

  • To run a promotion, contest, survey or other feature;

  • To update you on an order, respond to your query or request and keep you informed about future events or our work.

This will always be in accordance with Data Protection Legislation and with your consent where necessary.

5. Marketing

We would like to use your details to keep in touch about things that may matter to you. Gdad’s Collectables Ltd would like to communicate with you about such matters, including by email or text if you have consented to receive such information in this way.

When you interact with us, we will note anything relevant and store it securely on our systems.

You may opt out of your data being combined and analysed for marketing purposes by contacting us as set out in the ‘Contact’ section below.

6. Third party processors

We may sometimes ask third parties to process personal data on our behalf. This may include the transfer of personal data outside the EEA.

We will always ensure that any such processors treat your data securely, in accordance with our terms and requirements under the GDPR.

We do not sell, trade or rent your personal data to third parties and will only share it with individuals and organisations we work with in line with legal requirements.

We may share aggregated and anonymous demographic information (not linked to any personally identifiable information) with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers.

7. How we retain your personal data

We retain personal data properly and securely to enable us to meet legal requirements, business needs and to evidence agreements or events where required.

We take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data.

8. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have a number of rights regarding your personal data:

  • To withdraw your consent to processing, where processing is based on consent;

  • To object to processing for direct marketing, historical research and statistics and where processing is based on our legitimate interests (we will tell you if that is the case) or to ask us to restrict processing of your personal data;

  • To request rectification or erasure (in certain circumstances) of your personal data;

  • To ask us to tell you about the personal data we hold on you (a ‘Subject Access Request’);

  • The right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

9. Changes to this Privacy policy

We reserve the right to modify and update this policy from time to time, without notice. We recommend you check this policy each time you visit our website, if you are at all concerned about privacy issues.

10. Contact

To notify us of any of the above or to discuss any questions you have about this policy or how we use your personal data, please contact us at hello@gdads.co.uk or write to Gdad’s Collectables Ltd, Unit 6B, Pineham Farm, Haversham, Milton Keynes MK19 7DP.

Last updated 21 June 2022