top of page

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

This privacy notice provides you with details of how I collect and process any personal data through your use of this website www.bron6855.wixsite.com/brownswatches.com, including any information you may provide through my site when you sign up or purchase any product or service.

We will be the data controller and will be responsible for all your personal data.

 

My full contact details are:

Full name of legal entity: Browns Watches

Email address: bron6855@gmail.com

Postal address: on request

Telephone number: on request

If you have any concerns on how we collect and use your data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).  This is the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). However, I would be grateful if you would contact me in the first instance in the hope that I can try to resolve it for you.

WHAT DATA WE MAY COLLECT

Personal data means any information capable of identifying an individual.

I may process certain types of personal data about you, typically as follows: -

  • Identity Data - may include your first name, surname, username, title, and gender.

  • Profile Data - may include your username and any site password, purchases,  and feedback comments

  • Contact Data - may include your postal address, email address and contact numbers.

  • Financial Data - may include your bank account and payment card details.

  • Technical Data -may include login data, internet protocol addresses, browser type/version, time zone, location, operating system and details on the devices you may use to access my site.

  • Transaction Data - may include details about payments between us and other details of purchases made by you.

  • Marketing and Communications Data - may include your preferences in receiving marketing communications from me or my associated third parties and communication preferences.

  • Data Usage - may include information about how you use this website.

 

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA 

We may collect data about you through a variety of different methods including:

  • Direct interactions: You may provide data by completing forms on or by communicating with us by phone, email or social media, including when you:

    • order watch related services (or any related products)

    • Subscribe to any blog;

    • Request resources or marketing information.​

  • Automated technologies or web page interactions: Collect data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns of use. We collect this data by using cookies and other technologies.

  • Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below

    • analytics providers such as Google.

    • advertising networks such as Facebook or Instagram.

 

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when legally permitted. The most common uses of your personal data are:

  • Where we need to perform the contract between us.

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of third-party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

  • Where we need to comply with any regulatory or legal requirements.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal ground for using your personal data, other than in relation to sending marketing communications to you via email or other message systems. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time by emailing me at

bron6855@gmail.com

Purposes for processing your personal data

Set out below is a description of the ways we may use personal data and the legal grounds on which we will process such data. we have also explained what our legitimate interests may be where appropriate.

We may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground, depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please email me at bron6855@gmail.com if you need additional details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process personal data.

Purpose/Activity

Type of data

Lawful basis for processing 

To register you as a customer or as a contact expressing interest in our services

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

Performance of a contract with you to provide you with a service including:

(a) Manage payments, and charges

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Financial

(d) Marketing and Communications

(a) Providing you with a watch repair or supply service.

To manage our relationship with you which will include:

(a) Notifying you about any changes to our terms or privacy policy

(b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Profile

(d) Marketing and Communications

(a) Performance of a contract with you

(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation

(c) Necessary to keep my records updated and to study how my customers use my services and any products

To administer and protect my business and my site (including, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data):

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Technical

(a) Necessary for running my business,

(b) Necessary to comply with my legal obligations

To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure and understand the effectiveness of our advertising 

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Profile

(d) Usage

(e) Marketing and Communications

(f) Technical

Necessary to understand how customers use my services or products.

To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences:

(a) Technical

(b) Usage

Necessary for our legitimate interests to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our site updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy.

To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you:

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Technical

(d) Usage

(e) Profile

Necessary for our legitimate interests to develop our products/services and grow our business

Marketing communications 

You will receive marketing communications from me if you have:

  1. requested information from me or paid for services or products from me. 

  2. if you provided me with your details for me to send you marketing communications; and

  3. you have not opted out of receiving those marketing communications.

 

At any time, you can request that we or third parties stop sending you marketing messages sending me communications.

Where you opt-out of receiving any of any marketing communications, this will not apply to personal data provided to us because of the services we provide.

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it unless we can reasonably consider that we need to use it for other reasons compatible with the original purpose.

We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent where this is required or permitted by law.

DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above:

  • Service providers who provide IT and system administration services.

  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.

  • HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities based in the United Kingdom and other relevant jurisdictions who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

  • Third parties to whom we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. 

We require all third parties to whom we transfer your data to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We only allow such third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

 

DATA SECURITY

I will take all necessary security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in any unauthorised way. In addition, I will limit access to your personal data to restricted personnel who have legitimate access need in the operation of my business activities.

 

DATA RECORDS

We will only retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the reasons that we collected it for, including for the purposes of meeting legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To meet legal requirements, we will keep information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for at least six years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.

  • Request correction of your personal data.

  • Request erasure of your personal data.

  • Object to processing of your personal data.

  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.

  • Request transfer of your personal data.

  • Right to withdraw consent.

  • You can see more about these rights at: 

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/

 

COOKIES

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of my website may become inaccessible or cease to function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see our cookie policy.

Please note that this website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications and by clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We have no/limited control of these third-party websites and are not responsible for their specific privacy statements. When you exit our website, we would encourage you to read the privacy notice of any linked website you may visit.

Browns Watches

bottom of page