Privacy

Any personal data collected in the cart or by signing up to the mailing list is used purely to process your order and communicate with you about it.  I treat your personal information with great care and discretion and it is not divulged to any other party.  It is not passed to advertisers or organisations that track your web browsing.

If you sign up to the mailing list, your e-mail address will be used to periodically advise you of special offers, holiday closures or significant changes to the site or my terms.  Your details are held securely and will not be divulged to third parties, including other recipients on the mailing list.

Cookies:

The site uses cookies - which are a little text file in your temporary internet cache (on your own hard drive, alongside images and other files that comprise the site) - that hold a modest amount of information/data about your visit to the site.  This is a necessary function of the site in order to track that you've logged in, what you've placed in your basket etc.- any detail that is related to your movement around the site.  

Without cookies you would not be able to use the site as intended.  I do not have access to these files or the information they contain and they are not used in any way beyond the function of the site for its intended purpose and the duration of your visit here - they naturally expire in a few days.  They are a point of communication between your computer and the server housing my web site and only contain information about your movement about the site and to identify you as a customer as you can log in etc.

I do not sell visitor information to advertisers or any organisations that track your web browsing.  I am however legally obliged to tell you that the site uses cookies, to give you the option to leave the site if you prefer not to authorise their use here, hence you'll have to click to agree to the site using cookies with the pop up at the bottom of the page on your first visit.

Site Security:

Please note that this site is housed on a secure server and protected with a security certificate, ensuring that all data entered here is transmitted securely - you can see that the page URLs start with https:// to indicate that this is a secure site. You can check on the validy of the security certificate by clicking on the AlphaSSL logo at the bottom left hand corner of any page. The certificate lasts for 1 year and is renewed anually.