Privacy Statement

This is the Bossy Boots Promotions Privacy Policy and explains how this website obtains, uses and keeps your information safe. Your personal data is data which by itself, or when combined with additional data, can be used to identify you. If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, you can contact us by emailing shoes@bossyboots.net and heading up your enquiry “GDPR”.

Bossy Boots Promotions is committed to keeping your personal data safe and confidential.

 

What types of personal data do we collect and use about you?

Bossy Boots Promotions only capture the following data about you:

- Name

- Email Address

- Contact phone numbers

We will tell you if providing any of your personal data is optional and will ask for your consent to process your data where this is necessary to do so but in all other cases, we will use the data to only make contact with you, as part of the day to day running of the service that you have agreedBossy Boots Promotions to provide to you.

We will process your personal data in the following circumstances:

1. As deemed necessary to perform the contract with you
   1. Prior to you entering into the contract
   2. To manage and perform the contract
   3. To keep your records up to date
2. As may be deemed necessary for our own legitimate interests or those of other persons or organisations e.g:
   1. For good governance or audit purposes
   2. For accounting reasons
   3. For monitoring activity such as emails and phone calls
   4. For developing statistical analysis
   5. For sending you marketing communications
3. To ensure we comply with a legal obligation e.g:
   1. When you exercise your rights under Data Protection law
   2. Disclosure for legal or regulatory requirements
   3. Establishment and defence of legal rights
   4. Prevention, detection or investigation of crime
4. Consent
   1. We may ask you for your consent to process some or all of your data
   2. Where you’ve refused consent for us to send marketing communications to you

 

Retention Periods

We will retain your data for a period of 24 months from the time you decide to no longer do business withBossy Boots Promotions.

We may hold your data for several reasons:

1. In case of queries you may make
2. In case of queries that a recipient may make if they cannot successfully access your messages for any reason.

There may be times when your data is kept for longer than our retention period, including:

1. In case of legal or regulatory challenges
2. In case of criminal proceedings
3. In case of a claim you may make

What rights do you have regarding the data we hold about you:

1. At any time you have the right to know what personal data we hold on you. This is known as ‘Right of Access’
2. You have the right to know how we process your data across the business and if, for any reason, we share your data with another company
3. You have the right to ask us to erase any data we hold on you. This would be reviewed against our retention policy prior to a decision being made and communicated to you
4. You have the right to object about using your data for processing reasons
5. You have the right to ask us to restrict how or when we use your data
6. You have the right to ask us to port your personal data. We will achieve this by sending what we hold on you and allowing you to share it as you wish. We will not send personal data to another company

 

Additionally, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office: https://ico.org.uk/.

All requests need to be made in writing to the shoes@bossyboots.net and they will be replied to or where possible actioned within 28 days.

If you have any reason to complain about our processes or procedures regarding your personal data you are welcome to write to us at shoes@bossyboots.net.

 

Data anonymization and aggregation:

On occasions, we may take your data and convert it into statistical analysis. When this happens, you won’t be identifiable as an individual data subject but the aggregated data may be shared and used in the ways described earlier in this Data Protection Statement.

 

Legal statement about this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Statement is not intended to form a legally binding contract betweenBossy Boots Promotions and the users of our website or online services but is intended to serve as a guide to the standards we provide to protect you and your data.

 

Queries regarding this Privacy Statement

If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, you can contact us by emailing shoes@bossyboots.net and heading up your enquiry “GDPR”.

 

Customer responsibility

It is your responsibility to ensure that you keep your computer and digital assets up to date with the very latest anti-virus software protection.

Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by websites that you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows us to recognise you and make your experience of using the site, easier and more convenient for you.

Why are cookies essential?

Most websites use cookies. Cookies enable users to navigate sites and where appropriate, allow us to tailor the content to fit with the needs of our users. If we didn’t have cookies in place, we wouldn’t be able to guarantee that your experience is as we intend it to be.

None of the cookies we use are used to collect your personal information.

What types of cookies are there?

The length of time a cookie remains on your device very much depends on the type of cookie that has been used. We use 5 cookies on our site:

 

Cookie name	Why is the cookie needed?	What will happen if I disable these cookies?	Type	Persistent / Session?
PHPSESSID	This cookie helps make your website experience as seamless as possible by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.	You won’t be able to preserve your user session state across page requests.	HTTP	Session
_ga	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	Bossy Boots will not include your session within its statistical analysis so any improvements we make to the website in the future will only be based on the statistics gathered by those customers willing to let us register their unique ID	HTTP	Persistent
_gat	Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate	Prevents accurate google analytics from being captured on the website	HTTP	Session
_gid	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	Bossy Boots will not include your session within its statistical analysis so any improvements we make to the website in the future will only be based on the statistics gathered by those customers willing to let us register their unique ID	HTTP	Session
collect	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	Prevents accurate google analytics from being captured on the website	Pixel	Session

 

How to delete cookies?

If you wish to restrict or block cookies, you can do this through your browser settings. You may also visit www.aboutcookies.org to learn more about managing your cookies.