Privacy Policy

At UK Shopping Place, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from our website, UK Shopping Place.

This policy should be read alongside our Terms & Conditions, Cookie Policy, Refund & Returns Policy and any other policies available on our website.

Who We Are

UK Shopping Place operates the website:

https://www.ukshoppingplace.co.uk

Throughout this Privacy Policy, “we”, “us”, “our” and “UK Shopping Place” refer to the operator of UK Shopping Place.

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us through our website’s contact page.

Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal information:

Information You Provide to Us

When you use our website, create an account, place an order or contact us, you may provide information including:

  • Your name
  • Billing address
  • Delivery address
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Order details
  • Account information
  • Messages or correspondence sent to us
  • Any other information you voluntarily provide

Payment Information

Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers. We do not normally store your full payment card details on our own servers.

Payment providers may collect and process payment information in accordance with their own privacy policies and security procedures.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device information
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Time and date of visits
  • Referral source
  • Website interaction information

This information helps us improve our website, services and customer experience.

How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information to:

  • Process and fulfil your orders
  • Deliver products to you
  • Communicate with you regarding your order
  • Provide customer support
  • Process payments
  • Manage your account
  • Prevent fraud and improve website security
  • Improve our products and services
  • Analyse website performance
  • Respond to enquiries and requests
  • Send important service-related communications
  • Send marketing communications where you have agreed to receive them
  • Comply with legal obligations

We will only use your personal information where we have a lawful basis to do so.

Our Legal Basis

Under UK data protection law, we may process your personal data under one or more of the following legal bases:

Contract

Where processing your information is necessary to fulfil an order, provide a service or perform a contract with you.

Legitimate Interests

Where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided your rights and freedoms are not overridden.

Examples may include:

  • Improving our website
  • Preventing fraud
  • Maintaining website security
  • Analysing website usage
  • Improving customer service

Legal Obligations

Where we are legally required to process or retain certain information.

Consent

Where you have given us permission to process your information, such as subscribing to marketing emails.

You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Sharing Your Information

We may share your personal information with trusted third parties where necessary to operate our business and provide our services.

These may include:

  • Payment service providers
  • Delivery and courier companies
  • Product suppliers
  • Technology and website hosting providers
  • Analytics providers
  • Marketing service providers
  • Customer service platforms
  • Fraud prevention services
  • Professional advisers where legally necessary

We only share information where necessary and take reasonable steps to ensure that third parties handle personal information securely.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

Product Suppliers and Order Fulfilment

UK Shopping Place may work with third-party suppliers and fulfilment partners to provide products to our customers.

Where necessary to fulfil your order, relevant information such as your name, delivery address and order details may be shared with the supplier or fulfilment partner responsible for processing and delivering your order.

These third parties are expected to handle personal information securely and only use it for legitimate order fulfilment purposes.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly and can improve your browsing experience.

We may use cookies for purposes including:

  • Essential website functionality
  • Shopping basket functionality
  • Remembering user preferences
  • Website analytics
  • Understanding visitor behaviour
  • Improving website performance
  • Marketing and advertising where applicable

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

For further information, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Analytics and Advertising

We may use third-party analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with our website.

These services may collect information such as:

  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on pages
  • Device type
  • Browser information
  • Approximate location
  • Website interactions

This information is generally used to help us improve website performance, customer experience and our services.

Where advertising or remarketing technologies are used, these may use cookies or similar technologies subject to applicable consent requirements.

Marketing Communications

With your permission, we may send you marketing communications relating to:

  • Products
  • Offers
  • Promotions
  • New collections
  • News and updates

You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by:

  • Clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails, or
  • Contacting us through our website

Please note that even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still contact you regarding orders, account information or important service-related matters.

Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against:

  • Unauthorised access
  • Accidental loss
  • Misuse
  • Alteration
  • Disclosure
  • Destruction

However, no method of transmitting information over the internet is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and should not share your password with anyone.

Data Retention

We will only retain your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

We may retain information for longer where necessary to:

  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Resolve disputes
  • Enforce agreements
  • Prevent fraud
  • Maintain business and financial records

When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete or anonymise it.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

Access Your Information

Request access to the personal information we hold about you.

Correct Your Information

Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.

Request Deletion

Request that we delete your personal information where there is no valid reason for us to continue processing it.

Restrict Processing

Request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Object to Processing

Object to certain types of processing, including direct marketing.

Data Portability

Request a copy of certain personal information in a structured, commonly used format.

Withdraw Consent

Where we rely on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our website.

Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not intended for children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business practices, legal requirements or website functionality.

Any changes will be published on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be amended accordingly.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us through our website:

UK Shopping Place

Website: https://www.ukshoppingplace.co.uk

We will aim to respond to privacy-related enquiries as soon as reasonably possible.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your personal information, please contact us first so that we have an opportunity to resolve your concerns.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

For more information about your data protection rights, please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website.