Privacy Policy
About this Privacy Policy
We at House of Hobbies are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy when you shop with us. This privacy policy refers to how House of Hobbies protects and uses any information that you give us when you are using our website.
For all our services, the data controller is House of Hobbies.
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using our website, then rest assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement and we will only ask for it out of absolute necessity.
House of Hobbies may change the policy from time-to-time by updating this page. You should check this page from time-to-time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 4th April 2022.
How we will use your data and what data we need
We only collect and use your personal information to complete tasks on your behalf.
With this data we:
- Provide you with products or services you have requested.
- Personalise and customise your experience on the House of Hobbies website, such as saving shopping cart information.
- Communicate with you.
- Internal record keeping.
- Purchase history – provide customer service and support, it’s also good reference for you to know what you have purchased from us if you ever need to check.
- Give you the opportunity from time-to-time to receive email and e-newsletters from House of Hobbies - but only if you sign up!
· In most cases where House of Hobbies ask you to provide information about yourself, if you do not provide us with that information, we may not be able to process your order. For example, a courier company may need your phone number to provide delivery updates, and in some cases they will not process the order fully without this information.
· Information about the device you use – your IP address (which can be used for fraud detection and prevention) and what device you have used to visit our website (so we can keep improving and optimising the website for you).
The information we collect:
- Your name, delivery and billing addresses – to deliver your purchase to you!
- Contact telephone number – service messages via text (such as the courier delivery time slot) and customer service.
- Email address – to send you order updates. If you create an account, your email address can become your username, along with a password which we cannot access (as it is encrypted).
- Date of birth – to confirm you are over the age of 13 and we can lawfully process your data without parental consent. If you make a payment with PayPal, Apple Pay, or Amazon Pay, as those services already require you to be 18 and over, we will not need your birthday.
- Payment details – to take payment for any order you place and provide refunds where necessary. We will also use these details for fraud prevention and detection, protecting both you and us.
We would like to send you e-newsletters about the products we sell, services and sales but we will only do this if you are happy to receive these emails. You can let us know that you would like to receive emails from us in your account when you log onto the website, and you can opt out of receiving them at any time.
If you wish to return an order, the minimal details we require will be your name and order number. Why you are returning your order is always useful, but you do not have to disclose this information.
All the information you give to us is confidential and we will only use your information in the way we tell you in this policy. Only the relevant staff members will have access to certain details. For example, our warehouse team will not have access to your payment details, but customer service will have access so they can provide refunds. We do not store credit card/debit card information, so while refunds can be processed, we cannot take additional payment.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We never have access to your full credit/debit card details and and they are not held in clear text.
Sometimes we need to investigate orders that do not automatically pass our payment providers fraud detection. This may mean your order will take additional time to complete as we will need to complete manual checks using the data you have provided for this and previous orders with us. For example, if your billing address is in the UK and your order is to be delivered to USA and our payment provider is not sure if you placed this order, we may need to get in contact with you or the payment provider may need more time to double check the legitimacy of the order. This is just to make sure that both you and we are protected from fraudulent orders on our platform.
Customer Experience
Having an account with us enables you to purchase products from House of Hobbies without having to fill in your personal information every time you shop online with us. If your account has been inactive for a long period of time, we reserve our right to deactivate your account.
We may contact you about the experience you have had whilst shopping with House of Hobbies so that we can find out about what we are doing well and what we can do to improve.
We may respond to any experiences you have had when shopping with us. For instance, you may have asked us questions on our social networking sites or review websites and we may reply to you.
To improve the House of Hobbies website and to ensure that the content is secure, presented in the best manner for you and your computer, tablet or mobile device.
Third Parties
We will never sell or disclose your personal information to a third party, it will only be used for the purposes described in this policy.
To prevent fraud or other criminal activity and to make sure your information is correct and accurate, we may pass on the information we have about you to other companies specialising in the prevention of fraud and crime. We are sometimes obligated to disclose the information we have about customers to law enforcement agencies where an allegation has been made of suspected criminal activity.
We will make sure that your personal information is protected when it is sent outside of House of Hobbies. We make sure our trusted service partners keep your personal information safe.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to and from third party websites. These websites have their own privacy policies. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please make sure that you read their privacy policies before you submit any information to these websites. We do not accept any responsibility for their policies.
Need to update your data?
If you find that the personal information we have about you is inaccurate or needs updating (for instance, you may have changed your name, address etc.) then please contact us so that we can correct it. House of Hobbies is under a legal obligation to ensure that all the information we have about our customers is factually correct and kept up to date. To do this, please email, telephone or write to us. If you have a customer account on the House of Hobbies website, you can change the details stored about you by logging into your account.
Access to your information
If you want to know what information House of Hobbies holds about you, we will provide you with that information which may be subject to an admin fee. To obtain this information please email, telephone or write to us.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
House of Hobbies may, from time to time, review and update this privacy policy to take account of new laws and technology and changes to House of Hobbies' operations. Please visit this page periodically, to check for updates.