PRIVACY & Cookies POLICies

INFORMATION 

 

This Privacy Policy (this "Policy") describes how your personal information is collected and processed when you visit our website. It sets out our commitment to protecting the privacy of your details that we collect through this website or directly from you. 

 

When you browse our store, we automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. 

 

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. 

 

 CONSENT 

 

By providing us with your personal information, you consent to the terms in this Policy. If you do not wish to provide personal information to us, then you do not have to do so. However, it may affect your use of this site or any products and services offered on it. 

 

You can withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us. 

 

DISCLOSURE 

 

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms and Conditions. 

 

Where we disclose your personal information to third parties, we will request that the third party follow this Policy regarding handling of your personal information. 

 

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES 

 

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform their services. 

 

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. 

 

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers. 

 

SECURITY 

 

We are committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. Our policy complies with UK law accordingly implemented, including that required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 

 

The law requires us to inform you of your rights and our obligations to you in regard to the processing and control of your personal data. We do this by requesting that you read the information provided at: http://www.knowyourprivacyrights.org 

 

Please note that although we take measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information no information transmitted over the internet is guaranteed to be secure. 

 

COOKIES 

 

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer’s browser when you visit a website. They store your preferences enabling a website to provide you with a personalised experience and the website owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved. 

 

We use Cookies within our website to keep track of your current shopping session, to personalise your experience and so that you may retrieve your shopping basket at any time. In most cases, we will need your consent to use cookies on our site. Cookies cannot be used to disseminate viruses or retrieve a user’s personal information. They only contain and transfer to the website as much information as the users have disclosed. 

 

At Kate Curtis Decorative Antiques, we use social media platforms and have no control over their use of cookies. We are not responsible in any way for the material or the use of cookies on any other website or platform that you enter. 

 

AMENDMENTS TO THIS POLICY 

 

This privacy policy may be amended at any time at our sole discretion. Your continued use of our site following any modifications indicates that you accept the amendments. We therefore recommend that you check this Policy regularly, prior to providing personal information, to ensure you are aware of any changes. 

 

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION 

 

If you have any questions regarding this Policy, or we can be of assistance in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us at kate@katecurtisantiques.com. 

COOKIE POLICY 

 

This Cookie Policy was last updated on 7 October 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom. 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Our website, https://katecurtisantiques.com (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website. 

 

WHAT ARE COOKIES? 

 

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit. 

 

WHAT ARE SCRIPTS?

 

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device. 

 

WHAT IS A WEB BEACON? 

 

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons. 

 

COOKIES 

 

TECHNICAL OR FUNCTIONAL COOKIES

 

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent. 

 

MARKETING/TRACKING COOKIES

 

Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. 

 

PLACED COOKIES

 

  • Squarespace - Functional 

  • Automatic - Statistics 

  • Google Fonts – Marketing/Tracking 

  • Google reCAPTCHA - Marketing/Tracking 

  • Miscellaneous - Purpose pending investigation 

 

CONSENT

 

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Save preferences", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly. 

 

MANAGE YOUR CONSENT SETTINGS

  • Functional - The technical storage or access to is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. This is always active. 

  • Marketing - The technical storage or access to is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. 

 

ENABLING/DISABLING AND DELETING COOKIES

 

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser. 

 

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again. 

 

YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO PERSONAL DATA

 

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data: 

 

  • You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for. 

  • Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us. 

  • Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish. 

  • If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted. 

  • Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller. 

  • Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing. 

 

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)). 

 

CONTACT DETAILS

 

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details: 

 

Kate Curtis 

Mobile 07962974400 

Website: katecurtisantiques.com 

Email: kate@katecurtisantiques.com