Privacy and Cookie Policy
Contents
Our commitment to privacy
Introduction
Who we are
The information we collect
How we use information
Marketing
Email newsletters and digital marketing
Direct mail
Telephone and text message
Cookie Policy
Consent to share data with third party email and direct mail providers
Data retention
Requesting copies of, or removing data held about you
Our commitment to data security
Our commitment to children’s privacy
How to contact us
Our commitment to privacy
Crafter’s Companion is committed to protecting your privacy. As part of this commitment, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available at the bottom of every standard page on the web site.
Our Privacy Policy does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
Introduction
This Privacy and Cookies Policy relates to our use of any personal information we collect from you via online services and other channels:
- All Crafter’s Companion websites
- Crafter’s Companion social media content
- Other forms of Crafter’s Companion web activity, such as content and newsletter opt-in forms that are not hosted on a Crafter’s Companion website
- Personal information provided at one of our retail stores
- Transactional data provided from third party businesses, when orders are fulfilled by Crafter’s Companion
- Information you provide to us by phone, email, letter, other forms of correspondence and in person
- Mailing data which we rent from a reputable
This Privacy and Cookies Policy explains the following:
- Who We Are
- What Information We May Collect About You
- How Information About You May Be Used
- Information on Data Provided With Consent, Such as Email Newsletters and Digital Marketing, Direct Mail and Data Provided With Consent To Share With Third Parties
- The Storage, Deletion and Availability of Your Personal Data to You
- Information On The Use of Web Browser Cookies
- Information on Changes To This Policy
Who we are
The data controller is Crafter’s Companion Limited (referred to in this policy as “we” or “us).
We are a British based craft retailer and wholesaler based in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, UK. Our company registration number is 05734881. We live and love crafting and pride ourselves in developing and selling a range of high quality, innovative craft products.
We ship our products all over the world, and in addition to our UK head office we also have an office in the United States of America.
Our registered addresses are as follows:
UK Office : Horndale Avenue, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6DR
US Office : 3959 Temescal Canyon Road, Corona, CA 92883 +1(800) 399-5035
You can learn more on our About Us Page
The information we collect
When you purchase from Crafter’s Companion, purchase Crafter’s Companion product through third parties who ship items from our warehouses, or provide information to Crafter’s Companion directly we may receive personal information about you. The types of personal information collected may include:
- Name
- Address
- Email address
- Telephone number(s)
- Date of Birth
- Gender
- Your account login details, including the password you have chosen
Crafter’s Companion also collects information about you, your purchasing behaviour (such as what you have bought, when and where you bought it and how much you paid for it) and your use of Crafter’s Companion websites and other digital channels, such as our social media properties and digital media adverts. This includes collecting unique online identifiers such as IP addresses, which are numbers that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet, and cookies, which are text files downloaded to your web browser containing a unique user ID and selected information to enhance your online shopping experience. For more information, please see the “Cookie Policy” section of this policy, on the use of cookies and similar technologies.
When you browse our websites, we may collect information about your online browsing behaviour and information about when you click on one of our adverts (including those shown on other organisations’ websites). We may also collect information about the device you have used to access our services, such as the device type, operating system and browser type.
We may also obtain data from third parties to enrich our understanding of our customers. This information is used to understand who shops with us and allows us to create customer segments with defined characteristics. Creating segments of customers may then help us to target similar groups of people with content and advertising.
If you are a member of our email and digital marketing list, we may collect information on the communications which you open, including any links that you click.
On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient’s address. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are:
- Name
- Address
- Phone Number
We DO NOT collect Credit/Debit Card Information – all website payment details are taken and by a specialist third party payment processor (Sage Pay). Telephone orders are submitted via payment terminals provided by Barclaycard.
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.
All information will be collected lawfully and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations 2018 and The Data Protection Act 1998.
How we use information
We never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent and the information we have will be as accurate and up to date as possible. You may contact us to find what information is held about you. If you find any inaccuracies please let us know and we will delete or correct it for you. You may also request that we delete all data we hold about your from our systems.
Crafter’s Companion will use your personal information for a number of purposes, including the following:
- To allow you to use our e-commerce site
- To process your orders and refunds
- To process trade applications or any other applications made online
- To deal with any enquiries you may have about our services
- To send you materials when requested
- To contact you about our services, for example by phone, email or post or by replying to social media posts or messages which you have directed at as.
- Manage promotions and competitions that you take part in
- To provide digital experiences that are optimised to your profile
- To generate understanding of our customers and to create customer segments for marketing purposes
- To provide you with relevant advertising, via digital and non-digital mediums
- To monitor and understand online behaviour and the use of Crafter’s Companion websites.
- To aggregate information for marketing and strategic development purposes, after removing personally identifiable information
- To enrich with additional data to assist in further understanding of our customers, for the purposes outlined above
- To enable you to access specific materials and sections within the site
- To make you aware of new and existing products, promotions and to provide you with information that we believe is relevant to our contacts
- To carry out market research and internal research and development, and to improve our systems,product range, service and stores. This allows us to better serve you as a customer.
- To monitor how our services are used to detect and prevent fraud, other crimes and misuse. This helps us to make sure that you can safely use our services.
Why do we process your data in these ways?
We use the information you provide about yourself when placing an order to complete that order and for the uses outlined above. Processing your data in these ways allow us to manage your customer account, provide you with the goods and services you wish to buy and assist with any order queries you have. It also enables us to personalise our offers and services for you, helping us to meet your needs as a customer and to improve your customer experience.
We will only share this information for use by third parties to market their own products to you when you have given your explicit, opted-in consent. If you have previously given consent and no longer wish for your details to be shared, or if you no longer wish to receive mailings from Crafter’s Companion, please contact us. We will remove your details within 30 days of receipt of your request.
We use the information you provide about someone else when placing an order only to ship the product and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We offer gift-cards by which you can personalize a product you order for another person. Information you provide to us to create a gift-card is only used for that purpose, and it is only disclosed to the person receiving the gift.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without your prior explicit consent.
Marketing
Crafter’s Companion will send you relevant offers and news about our products in a number of ways, including by email and digital marketing channels, but only if you have previously agreed to receive them.
Our communications are designed to tell you about the benefits we can offer, so that you have exclusive access to our best deals. We use the information we have about you to tailor the content and try to ensure that the offers are as relevant to you as possible.
Email newsletters and digital marketing
We send email newsletters and undertake digital marketing activities as a legitimate interest of the company. Undertaking these activities is an essential part of distributing awareness of our products and services to our customer base.
In order to ensure that you agree to receive email newsletters and digital marketing activity targeted via your data we offer the option to OPT-IN or OPT-OUT on your first purchase online, when you have previously opted-out and when you make a purchase by phone or in store and shop using a Club Inspire account or register for email and digital marketing.
You can contact us at any time to opt-out of receiving these forms of marketing. We will then remove your details from these activities in a reasonable time-frame, no longer than 30 days. If you wish to opt-out of email newsletters and digital marketing activity please contact us.
Should you choose not to receive such communications you will still be able to make use of offers and purchase new products that are included in such marketing activity, but in practice we are unlikely to be able to make you aware of them.
Crafter’s Companion are unable to process the data of customers if they are under the age of 16 without seeking parent/guardian approval. If you wish to receive marketing communications from us and are under the age of 16, please ask your parent/guardian to contact us.
Direct mail
Crafter’s Companion also send direct mail as a legitimate interest of the company if you have made a purchase from us. Undertaking these activities is an essential part of distributing awareness of our products and services to our customer base.
In order to ensure that you agree to receive direct mail activity targeted via your data when you have not made a purchase from us we offer an OPT-IN option at the point where you submit your data to us.
You can also contact us at any time to opt-out of receiving marketing communications via post. We will then remove your details from these activities in a reasonable time-frame. If you wish to opt-out of direct mail marketing activity please contact us.
Please note that we will not share your data with third party direct mail providers unless you specifically opt-in for this form of advertising (See below)t
Telephone and text message
Crafter’s Companion may contact you by telephone as a legitimate interest of the company if you have made a purchase from us.
In order to ensure that you agree to be contacted by telephone or text message targeted via your data when you have not made a purchase from us we offer OPT-IN options at the point where you submit your data to us.
You can also contact us at any time to opt-out of receiving marketing communications via telephone or text message. We will then remove your details from these activities in a reasonable time-frame. If you wish to opt-out of telephone or text message marketing activity please contact us.
Please note that we will not share your data with third party direct mail providers unless you specifically opt-in for this form of advertising (See below)
Cookies and similar technologies
A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit certain websites. We use a number of different cookies on our website, including strictly necessary, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor. Read more about how we may use this and other data in the ‘How we use information’ section.
Here are the main types of cookie that we use:
Some cookies are necessary to allow you to browse our website, use its features, and access secure areas. The use of these cookies is essential for the website to work. For example, we use user-input cookies for the duration of a session to keep track of a user’s input when filling in forms that span several pages.
We also use functional cookies to remember choices you’ve made or information you’ve provided, such as your username, language, or the region you are in. This allows us to tailor your website experience specifically to your preferences. For example, authentication cookies are functional cookies that are used for the duration of a session (or persistent, if you agree to the “remember me” function) to allow users to authenticate themselves on subsequent visits or to gain access to authorized content across pages. The functional cookies we use include:
-User-centric security cookies to detect authentication abuses for a limited persistent duration, like repeated failed login attempts. These cookies are set for the specific task of increasing the security of the service.
-Multimedia content player session cookies (flash cookies) are used for the duration of a session to store technical data needed to play back video or audio content (e.g. image quality, network link speed, and buffering parameters).
-Load balancing session cookies are used for the duration of the session to identify the same server in the pool in order for the load balancer to redirect user requests appropriately.
-User interface customization persistent cookies are used to store a user’s preference regarding a service across web pages.
We at Crafter’s Companion are dedicated to user experience and we use many tools to help us improve our website and our commerce platform. To this end, we use reporting and analytics cookies to collect information about how you use our website and how often. These cookies only gather information for statistical purposes and only use pseudonymous cookie identifiers that do not directly identify you. The performance cookies we use include:
First party analytics cookies - We use these cookies to estimate the number of unique visitors, to improve our websites and to detect the most searched for words in search engines that lead to a webpage. These cookies are not used to target you with online marketing. We use these cookies to learn how our websites are performing and make relevant improvements to improve your browsing experience.
Third party analytics cookies - We also use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics providers to help measure how users interact with our website content. These cookies “remember” what our users have done on previous pages and how they’ve interacted with the website. For more information on Google Analytics, visit Google’s information page. For instructions on how to opt out of Google Analytics, see below.
Advertising cookies are used on our website to tailor marketing to you and your interests and provide you with a more personalized service in the future. These cookies remember that you visited our website and we may share this information with third-parties, such as advertisers. Although these cookies can track your device’s visits to our website and other sites, they typically cannot personally identify you. Without these cookies, the advertisements that you see may be less relevant and interesting to you.
Finally, Social and Content cookies are placed by many social media plugins (for example the Facebook ’like’ button), and other tools meant to provide or improve the content on a website (for example services that allow the playing of video files, or that create comments sections). We integrate these modules into our platform to improve the experience of browsing and interacting with our websites. Please note that some of these third party services place cookies that are also used for things like behavioural advertising, analytics, and/or market research.
Here is a list of cookies we use and a short description of how they help enhance our website’s visitors:
Cookies Necessary to service our customers for (orders, payments, discounts, signing in etc):
Name | Function | Duration |
---|---|---|
_ab | Used in connection with access to admin. | 2y |
_customer_account_shop_sessions | Used in combination with the _secure_account_session_id cookie to track a user's session for new customer accounts | 30d |
_secure_account_session_id | Used to track a user's session for new customer accounts | 30d |
_secure_session_id | Used to track a user's session through the multi-step checkout process and keep their order, payment and shipping details connected. | 24h |
_shopify_country | For shops where pricing currency/country set from GeoIP, that cookie stores the country we've detected. This cookie helps avoid doing GeoIP lookups after the first request. | session |
_shopify_m | Used for managing customer privacy settings. | 1y |
_shopify_tm | Used for managing customer privacy settings. | 30min |
_shopify_tw | Used for managing customer privacy settings. | 2w |
_storefront_u | Used to facilitate updating customer account information. | 1min |
_tracking_consent | Used to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region. | 1y |
_cmp_a | Used for managing customer privacy settings. | 1d |
c | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
cart | Used in connection with shopping cart. | 2w |
cart_currency | Set after a checkout is completed to ensure that new carts are in the same currency as the last checkout. | 2w |
cart_sig | A hash of the contents of a cart. This is used to verify the integrity of the cart and to ensure performance of some cart operations. | 2w |
cart_ts | Used in connection with checkout. | 2w |
cart_ver | Used in connection with shopping cart. | 2w |
checkout | Used in connection with checkout. | 4w |
checkout_token | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
customer_account_locale | Used in connection with new customer accounts | 1y |
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart | Used in connection with checkout. | 30min |
hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout | Used in connection with checkout. | session |
keep_alive | Used in connection with buyer localization. | 2w |
master_device_id | Used in connection with merchant login. | 2y |
previous_step | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
discount_code | Used in connection with checkout. | session |
remember_me | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
secure_customer_sig | Used to identify a user after they sign into a shop as a customer so they do not need to log in again. | 1y |
shopify_pay | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
shopify_pay_redirect | Used in connection with checkout. | 1 hour, 3w or 1y depending on value |
shop_pay_accelerated | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
source_name | Used in combination with mobile apps to provide custom checkout behavior, when viewing a store from within a compatible mobile app. | session |
storefront_digest | Stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview their storefront while it's password protected. | 2y |
tracked_start_checkout | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
checkout_session_lookup | Used in connection with checkout. | 3w |
checkout_prefill | Used in connection with checkout. | 5m |
checkout_queue_token | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
checkout_queue_checkout_token | Used in connection with checkout. | 1y |
checkout_worker_session | Used in connection with checkout. | 3d |
checkout_session_token | Used in connection with checkout. | 3w |
checkout_session_token_<<token>> | Used in connection with checkout. | 3w |
cookietest | Used to ensure our systems are working correctly | 1m |
order | Used in connection with order status page. | 3w |
identity-state | Used in connection with customer authentication | 24h |
identity-state-<<token>> | Used in connection with customer authentication | 24h |
identity_customer_account_number | Used in connection with customer authentication | 12w |
card_update_verification_id | Used in connection with checkout. | 20m |
customer_account_new_login | Used in connection with customer authentication | 20m |
customer_account_preview | Used in connection with customer authentication | 7d |
customer_payment_method | Used in connection with checkout. | 1h |
customer_shop_pay_agreement | Used in connection with checkout. | 20m |
pay_update_intent_id | Used in connection with checkout. | 20m |
localization | Used in connection with checkout. | 2w |
profile_preview_token | Used in connection with checkout. | 5m |
login_with_shop_finalize | Used in connection with customer authentication | 5m |
preview_theme | Used in connection with the theme editor | session |
shopify-editor-unconfirmed-settings | Used in connection with the theme editor | 16h |
wpm-test-cookie | Used to ensure our systems are working correctly. | session |
Reporting and Analytics
Name | Function | Duration |
---|---|---|
_landing_page | Track landing pages. | 2w |
_orig_referrer | Track landing pages. | 2w |
_s | Shopify analytics. | 30min |
_shopify_d | Shopify analytics. | session |
_shopify_fs | Shopify analytics. | 30min |
_shopify_s | Shopify analytics. | 30min |
_shopify_sa_p | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. | 30min |
_shopify_sa_t | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. | 30min |
_shopify_y | Shopify analytics. | 1y |
_y | Shopify analytics. | 1y |
_shopify_ga | Shopify and Google Analytics. | session |
customer_auth_provider | Shopify analytics. | session |
customer_auth_session_created_at | Shopify analytics. | session |
unique_interaction_id | Shopify analytics. | 10min |
Other third party cookies:
This website uses Mouseflow (https://mouseflow.com), a third-party analytics tool, to track page content and click/touch, movement, scroll, and keystroke activity. You can opt-out at: https://mouseflow.com/opt-
How long will cookies remain on my computer or mobile device?
The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device. See the section below on how to control cookies for more information on removing them before they expire.
How to control cookies?
You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.
Many of the third party advertising and other tracking services listed above offer you the opportunity to opt out of their tracking systems. You can read more about the information they collect and how to opt out through the privacy policy links listed above.
Consent to share data with third party email and direct mail providers
We understand that receiving unsolicited direct mail can be an annoyance for some people. We will only share your data with third party direct mail providers if you specifically OPT-IN when you provide us with your personal data and / or make a purchase from us.
You can also contact us at any time to opt-out of receiving these forms of marketing. We will then remove your details from these activities in a reasonable time-frame. If you wish to opt-out of receiving marketing communications by post and email from relevant third parties please contact us.
We work with Epsilon Abacus (registered as Epsilon International UK Ltd), a company that manages the Abacus Alliance on behalf of UK retailers. The participating retailers are active in the clothing, collectables, food & wine, gardening, gadgets & entertainment, health & beauty, household goods, and home interiors categories. They share information on what their customers buy. Epsilon Abacus analyses this pooled information to help the retailers understand consumers’ wider buying patterns. From this information, retailers can tailor their communications, sending people suitable offers that should be of interest to them, based on what they like to buy.
Epsilon Abacus may transfer data outside the EEA. The transfer will take place in the presence of appropriate safeguards, including standard data protection clauses adopted by the EU Commission.
Data retention
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity. If you request the deletion of your Crafter’s Companion account your personal information will be removed as soon as we can reasonably achieve (no longer than 30 days). It is necessary to retain some data for statutory legal purposes and the remaining information is anonymised for analytical purposes. For further information about deleting your account please see the section below.
Requesting copies of, or removing data held about you
Under the GDPR you have the right to request a copy of the personal information Crafter’s Companion holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. We have a legal duty to supply, correct or delete personal information about you on our files.
You can delete your account and request the removal of your personal information at any time. This will erase your records from our systems and will prevent us from being able to assist you with any previous purchases.
Please send requests and questions about this or any other question about this Privacy and Cookies Policy via our contact us page.
We will need two copies of forms of identification, which can be:
Passport
Driving licence
Birth certificate
Utility bill (from last 3 months)
Current vehicle registration document
Bank statement (from last 3 months)
Rent book (from last 3 months).
Our commitment to data security
We know how important it is to keep your data secure. In this section, we set out some of the measure we have in place to protect it:
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
We use technical safeguards, such as firewalls and data encryption, and access to your data is only given to employees who need it to carry out their job responsibilities.
We enforce safeguards in connection with the collection, store and disclosure of personal data. If you request your personal data, we may ask for proof of identity before supplying it to you.
The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the EU. It may also be processed by companies operating outside this area in their role a data processor. We have put appropriate checks and protection in place to ensure that your data is protected in line with this policy.
Our commitment to children’s privacy
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 16, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 16.
How to contact us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please contact us.
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