Last Updated 3rd February 2025.
Privacy Policy for the supply of goods through GF Jewellery online shop (gfjewellery.shop). This Privacy Policy shall apply to all contracts entered into by GF Jewellery (“Geraldine Fay Jewellery”, “we”, “our”, or “us”).
We understand that your privacy is very important to you and we are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of all users of our websites, apps and any other services we provide our (“Service”).
By visiting our website and/or purchasing something from us, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the following terms of our Privacy Policy, including any and all additional policies and/or “Service” referred to herein and/or available by hyperlink and/or on our website. This Privacy Policy applies to all users of the website, including without limitation users who are browsers, visitors, customers, vendors, merchants, and/or contributors of content.
By placing your order with us you are accepting the terms of this Privacy policy. Where you do not accept this Privacy Policy in full, you do not have permission to access the contents of this website and should cease using it with immediate effect.
Our Privacy Policy, which is set out below, explains what information and personal data we may collect from you, as well as how we may use or share any information that we have collected or information that you have provided to us.
When you use and/or provide information to us via our Service, you are accepting and consenting to our processing of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Cookies Policy.
Registering an account with us
When registering an account, or using our website, or any and all other apps and services, you are agreeing to the practices as described below. For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018, the data controller is GF Jewellery. If you do not understand any part of our Privacy Policy or if you have any questions, please contact us or email us at gfjewellery@mail.com.
What information may we collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Information that you provide to us for the use of our service, such as name, address, email address and contact number. This information is collected in accordance with all policies and terms and conditions of our service.
You may also choose to offer further information voluntarily when you;
- Create an account on our website
- Complete one of our online forms
- Sign up to our newsletter
- Make an enquiry via telephone or on our website
- Complete a voluntary survey or questionaire
- Leave a testimonial/review on our website or social media
- Respond to a communication from us
- Participate in our marketing surveys
- Interact with any service on our website or social media
- Communicate with us in any form and by any means.
Our commitment to your privacy
We adopt the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) to ensure that we are fully compliant with the principles of national and EU data protection laws with the the following data protection principles;
- We treat all your information as confidential and will be kept secure by taking all suitable measures to prevent unauthorised data usage,
- We will endeavor to keep all your information correct and up to date by means of the data that you provide to us,
- Your data will be collected and processed in a fair, legal and transparent manner,
- We will only collect the minimum of data required to provide you with the service you request and all data will be used for this legitimate purpose only.
How we may use your information
We may use the information that you provide to us to;
- Provide you with the service that you have requested
- Process and complete orders that you place with us
- Administer to the account that you may open with us
- Respond to any queries you may have
- Provide you with offers, discounts or other offers regarding our service, that you may be interested in
- Carry out the obligations of any contracts between us
- Process and complete any and all requests regarding your order, our products or other service
- Communicate to you any information that you request regarding our products or service
- Request feedback regarding your use of our service.
Cookies
In order to improve your user experience and help us improve our website, we use cookies. Please read below for an explanation of what cookies are and how we use cookies on our website.
What are cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information, stored in text files, that are placed on your computer browser whenever you visit any website. Some cookies can be read by the website on any of your subsequent visit and the information stored in these cookies generally relates to your browsing habits on this website. Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser and, as such, only relate to the working of the website when you are actively on the website. Each cookie can only be accessed by the website which has created it.
What cookies do we use
This site uses the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies | These type of cookies are necessary for this website to function as you expect and will provide you with necessary functionalities to enable to to peruse this website.
- Session cookies | These cookies do not store your personal information. They are necessary to allow to to progress through this website without interruption.
- Analytics cookies | We use external third party analytics (Google Analytics) to provide us with information regarding visitor use on this website. We do not collect personal user information including IP addresses. This information allows us to better understand where visitors come from, what products they are interested and what parts of our website they prefer, in order to provide our users with a better website experience.
All browsers allow you to turn off cookies if you wish. All browsers allow you to customise your preferred settings for cookies. Should you wish to change those settings please feel free to do on your own browser. Please be aware that if you turn off cookies or change your cookie settings, you may find that some features or functionalities on this website may not work correctly or as expected.
Security of your information
We do our best to keep your personal data safe and secure by the use of safe communication protocols and secure data transfer procedures. We monitor our systems regularly for possible vulnerabilities and attacks and have in place all correct and proper security software.
Even though we always do our best, we cannot absolutely guarantee the security of information but we will notify suitable authorities of any data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or data. Please note that we do not store any payment information on this website including debit and credit card details or payment gateway (Paypal) login information, unless you have specifically requested that we hold such information.
We advise that you always keep your account username and password secret.
Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes.
The General Data Protection Regulation grants you the right to
- ask us about and to access the information we hold about you
- request changes to your personal information if it is in error or misrepresents you in any way,
- request a copy of your personal data
- ask that we restrict the processing of your personal data,
- have us completely erase your personal data.
It is your right to limit the amount of personal information you share with us. The only way we can collect your personal information is when you provide it to us voluntarily. You can choose to browse our website or use parts of our service without creating an account and, as such, we will not have any access to or hold any personal information.
Any personal information that you choose to voluntarily provide to us will be retained for as long as your account is active or for as long as it is necessary to provide a service to you or to operate our business, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
If you have more questions regarding this policy or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us or email us at gfjewellery@mail.com. We will review your request and get back to you within 30 days.
Links to third party websites
From time to time our websites or social media may contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for third party policies. Please check all third party policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
By submitting your information to us, you consent to the use of that information as set out in this Privacy Policy. If there are any changes to our Privacy Policy, we will post the updated policy information on this page. We may also place policy update notices elsewhere on our websites or social media for a reasonable period of time, to make you aware of such changes. We will also update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy and it is your responsibility to check for such updates, to read the updates and to ensure that you are happy with any changes we make. Your continued use of the Service following any Policy changes means that you accept any and all Policy changes.
If you have any queries, concerns or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us or email us at gfjewellery@mail.com.