PRIVACY NOTICE

Amore Balloonz is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

PERSONAL DATA
In the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Personal Data is defined as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier; such as a name or identification number, plus location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person.”

THE PURPOSES OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The following privacy policy will outline how Amore Balloonz will collect and use your data. This is done so that we can:
a. Process your information to fulfil ordersa and create invoices
b. To dispatch goods to you
c. Communicate with you in future regarding any new products of services that we have to offer
d. To maintain our own records

THE CATERGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED
With reference to the categories of personal data described in the definitions section, we process the following categories of your data:

Personal data: addresses, contact names, email addresses and phone numbers

We have obtained your personal data from our existing customer records, or your own submssion via our website or a third party marketplace.

WHY WE NEED TO COLLECT AND STORE PERSONAL DATA
In order for us to do any of the above, we must collect and store your data for us to carry out our business activities. We will ensure that the information collected will only be used for its intended purpose and does not constitute an invasion of your privacy.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may need to pass your details onto third parties who are contracted by Amore Balloonz. Any third parties who we do pass your details onto are obliged to store your details securely and only process them if responding to requests on our behalf. When the time comes that they no longer require your personal data, they will dispose of this accordingly and in line with company policy. If we wish to pass your personal data to a third party, we will only do so with your explicit consent, unless we are legally obliged to do so otherwise.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We keep your personal data for no longer than reasonably necessary. We only retain your data for possible future product or service maintenance and/or sales, and to administer credit control. Also, in the event of any legal claims/complaints.

HOW WE WILL USE THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU
Processing data constitutes as collecting, storing and using. We will process this data in accordance with the GDPR. We will do our utmost to keep your information accurate and up to date and not keep it longer than is necessary. Amore Balloonz may issue occasional reminders to all customers to keep their contact details up to date and will update them accordingly.
Please be advised that there is information that we are required to keep in accordance with the law, such as information needed for tax and audit purposes. Personal data may be held for longer than these periods, however this will depend on the individual needs of the company.

YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

The right to request a copy of the personal data which we hold about you;
The right to request that we correct any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary to retain such data;
The right to request that we provide you with your personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), (where applicable i.e. where the processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject and where the data controller processes the data by automated means);
The right where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
The right to object to the processing of personal data, (where applicable i.e. where processing is based on legitimate interests (or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority); direct marketing and processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics).

If you want to see what personal data we hold on you and how it is processed, you may contact us to request this. This is known as a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) and you must request this in writing (either by post or email), providing the necessary identification before any information is released. If Amore Balloonz do store any of your personal data, you may request information on the following:

The contact details of the person or organisation that has determined how and why to process your data. In some cases, this will be a representative in the EU.
Contact details of the GDPR Controller, where applicable.
The purpose of the processing as well as the legal basis for processing.
If the processing is based on the legitimate interests of Amore Balloonz or a third party, information about those interests.
The categories of personal data collected, stored and processed.
Recipient(s) or categories of recipients that the data is/will be disclosed to.
If we intend to transfer the personal data to another country or international organisation, information about how we ensure this is done securely. The EU has approved sending personal data to some countries because they meet a minimum standard of data protection. In other cases, we will ensure there are specific measures in place to secure your information.
How long the data will be stored.
Information about your right to withdraw consent at any time.
How to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.
Whether the provision of personal data is a statutory or a contractual requirement, as well as whether you are obliged to provide the personal data and the possible consequences of failing to provide such data.
The source of personal data if it wasn’t collected directly from you.
Any details and information of automated decision making, such as profiling, and any meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and expected consequences of such processing.

DATA REQUEST CONDITIONS
Amore Balloonz will accept the following forms of ID when information on your personal data is requested:
A Certified copy of a Passport, Photo Driving Licence, Utility Bill or Council Tax Bill (from the last three months), or Notarised ID Document.
If you wish to submit a DSAR, or have any questions regarding this privacy statement, you can contact us by emailing hello@amoreballoonz.co.uk

USE OF COOKIES
To make the Amore Balloonz website simpler to use, small data files are placed on your computer. These are known as cookies. Most big websites do this too.
They improve things by:

Remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page;
Remembering information you’ve given (e.g. your postcode) so you don’t need to keep entering it;
Measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs.

Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish. You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies for all sites. To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org.

1) First Party Cookies
These are cookies that are set by this website directly.
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not use cookies to collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

2) Third Party Cookies
These are cookies set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. Cookies of this type are the sharing buttons across the site allow visitors to share content onto social networks. Cookies are currently set by Twitter, Facebook and Google+. If you want to prevent sites setting third party cookies, instructions to do so are here.

3) Log Files
Log files allow us to record visitors’ use of the site. These logs are automatically generated from all our visitors, which we use to make improvements to the layout of the site and to the information in it, based on the way that visitors move around it. Log files do not contain any personal information about you.

FURTHER PROCESSING
If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Privacy Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

HOW TO MAKE A COMPLAINT
To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints please email us hello@amoreballoonz.co.uk or if you are in any way dissatisfied about how we process your personal information, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. This can be done at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/