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PRIVACY POLICY

1. Introduction

Welcome to Erotic Edges' privacy notice. Erotic Edges respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

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2. Purpose of this Privacy Notice and Changes to this Privacy Notice

This privacy notice aims to give you information on how Erotic Edges collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you fill in forms on our website, register for an account on our website, sign up for a loyalty card and place an order on our website.

This version was last updated on 02/21/22. The data protection law in the UK changed on 25 May 2018.

It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.

This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

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3. Who We Are and the Personal Information that We Collect From You

We are Erotic Edges Art Community (“we”, “our” and “us”). We are data controller of any personal data that you provide us.

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer the following kinds of personal data about you:
 

  • Identity Data: includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.

  • Contact Data: includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.

  • Financial Data: includes bank account and payment card details.

  • Loyalty Card Data: includes your loyalty card account details, number of stamps and stamps usage.

  • Transaction Data: includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.

  • Marketing and Communications Data: includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
     

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

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4. How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

- Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

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  •  apply for our products or services

  •  create an account on our website

  •  sign up for a loyalty card

  •  subscribe to our service or publications

  •  request marketing to be sent to you

  •  enter a competition, promotion or survey

  •  give us some feedback, or

  •  engage with us on social media

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To ensure that your credit, debit or charge card is not being used without your consent, we will validate name, address and other personal information supplied by you during the order process against appropriate third party databases, public or otherwise. By accepting these terms and conditions you acknowledge that such checks will be made. In performing these checks, personal information provided by you may be disclosed to a registered Credit Reference Agency that may keep a record of that information. A record of the decision made is available for us to retrieve for auditory purposes. These checks are performed only to confirm your identity and will leave a specific non-credit footprint. A credit check is not performed and your credit rating will be unaffected by these checks. All information provided by you will be treated securely and strictly in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. The following is the platform used to make payment on our website: https://stripe.com/en-GB/

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5. Providing Us with Information about Someone Else

If you provide us with information about another person, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent to the processing of their personal data and that you have informed them of our identity and the purposes (as set out above) for which their personal data will be processed. We may ask you to provide proof of your identity and evidence that you have gained consent from the person that allows you to act on their behalf.

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6. How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

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  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into  with you

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests; and

  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

  • We usually do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

  • Generally, we need your information and use the information we collect about you:

  • to enable us to supply you with products and services that you have requested;

  • to help us with understanding more about how our website is used;

  • to be able to send you communications that may be of interest to you, either electronically or otherwise; and