Data Protection

Rainbow Cookies Data Processing and Privacy Statement

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The purpose of this statement is to set out how we may use your personal information. By using the Rainbow Cookies website you agree to this privacy and security policy.

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1. Collecting personal information
1.1 Rainbow Cookies is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. When you purchase goods from us, you will be asked to provide certain personal information, for example your name, address, or email address. Rainbow Cookies or its agents will store this data and hold it on computers or otherwise, and use it for the purposes outlined below. Rainbow Cookies does not store or retail any cardholder data or information.

                   2. Use of personal information
                   2.1 Rainbow Cookies collects personal data for the purposes of:
                    Processing orders for goods, including delivery
                    payment validations, including taking and processing payments
                    market research and statistical analysis
          2.2 Rainbow Cookies only uses personal information within the context of the purposes outlined above and it will only keep the information as long as is necessary to support these purposes. Rainbow Cookies abides by the eight Data Protection Act principles and it requires all those who supply or use this data to abide by those principles.
          2.3 Currently Rainbow Cookies do not participate in direct marketing (email campaigns). Should this policy change, you will be given the opportunity to opt out of such mailings before they begin.
          2.4 Rainbow Cookies will not pass on your details to any third party unless you give Rainbow Cookies permission to do so or Rainbow Cookies is required to do so by law.

          3. Controlling access to personal information
          3.1 Rainbow Cookies does not sell or rent any personal information to other parties. Rainbow Cookies will not share your information with any other parties other than:
                   employees working on Rainbow Cookies processes
                   controlled agents who perform services on behalf of Rainbow Cookies
                   for a purpose as required by law or court order
                   in connection with an amalgamation, merger or other business reorganisation involving Rainbow Cookies
           3.2 Whilst Rainbow Cookies accepts its obligation to preserve the confidentiality of all personal data that you, as a data subject, have disclosed, it cannot fully guarantee the security of the conduit that has been used to transmit the data to Rainbow Cookies. Accordingly, you accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing on-line over the Internet and will not hold Rainbow Cookies responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to Rainbow Cookies sole negligence or wilful default.
            3.3. The Rainbow Cookies website, like most other websites, stores basic information about its visitors in log files. We use this information to see which are the most popular parts of the Rainbow Cookies website and to help us improve the navigation and content on the site.
          3.4 Part of Rainbow Cookies online systems and payment systems are hosted and/or operated by a third party. This means that your data may be held temporarily by a third party but this will be held solely on behalf of and under the control of Rainbow Cookies. Rainbow Cookies does not store financial details.

          4. Cookies
          4.1 A cookie is a small text file sent from a website and stored on your computer's hard drive. When you revisit the website, it uses the information in the cookie to, for example, fill in a form or set a personal preference such as a language option.
          4.2 Rainbow Cookies uses cookies to facilitate your use of certain Rainbow Cookies features, particularly in relation to purchases.
          4.3 The cookie is able to remember the information that you have typed into a form and this information is stored on your own machine and isn't sent to us until you submit the form.