PRIVACY & COOKIES
PRIVACY POLICY
Your submission of personal information through the store is governed by our Privacy Policy and GDPR legislation.
When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. We do not share your personal information with any third parties. When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates. When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
We use Mailerlite to manage and collate our marketing mailing lists. If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will ask you directly for your expressed consent. If, after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at hello@cssj.co.uk or by mailing us at: Central Scotland School of Jewellery, Craft Central, High Street, FK15 0EE. We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service. For more insight, you may also want to read Mailerlite’s Terms of Service and Privacy Statement at https://www.mailerlite.com/legal.
We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 28 July 2023.
WORDPRESS PRIVACY
Our store is hosted on WordPress. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through WordPress’ data storage, databases and the general WordPress application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall and adhere to GDPR legislation. For more insight, you may also want to read WordPress’ Terms of Service and Privacy Statement at wordpress.org/about/privacy
PAYMENT
When you use a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, WordPress stores your credit card data. Payments on our site are processed using Stripe a secure and trusted online payment gateway. Stripe has been audited by a PCI-certified auditor, and is certified to PCI Service Provider Level 1. This is the most stringent level of certification available. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted. All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers. For more insight, you may also want to read Stripe’s Terms of Service and Privacy Statement.
SECURITY
We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal details.
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any data you disclose on-line. You accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing on-line over the Internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default.
COOKIES
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
COPYRIGHT
This site and our work and products within it are copyright of the Central Scotland School of Jewellery. No part of the site or its content may be reproduced or distributed without our written permission.
CONTACT US
Questions about our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy should be sent to us at hello@cssj.co.uk or by mailing us at: Central Scotland School of Jewellery, Craft Central, High Street, Dunblane, FK15 0EE. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at hello@cssj.co.uk. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.