Privacy Policy
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- Save information you have voluntarily input into forms or data input areas
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Privacy Policy Statement
This document sets out the privacy policy of Franline Limited (trading as Formulae Prescott) and explains how we collect and use your personal information in connection with your relationship with us as a customer or potential customer through your use of www.formulaeprescott.com and any country top level domain name (the "Site").
This policy also applies to information held about suppliers and possible future suppliers, contacts and all other people we hold information about.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it.
The Site is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
Who are We?
Franline Limited (trading as Formulae Prescott) is the controller and responsible for this Site. We are a company registered in the United Kingdom under registration number 08475183 and our registered address is 82 Wandsworth Bridge Road London SW6 2TF.
Information We Collect
By ‘information,’ we mean personal information about you that we collect, use, share, store and transfer in physical and electronic form. This information can be grouped together in the following categories:
- Identity Information includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
- Contact Information includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
- Financial Information includes bank account and payment card details.
- Transaction Information includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
- Technical Information includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, language, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access the Site.
- Profile Information includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, feedback and survey responses and any information that you choose to share on your profile builder.
- Usage Information includes information about how you use the Site and our services.
- Marketing and Communications Information includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.
How We Collect Information About You
You may give us your information by filling in forms on the Site or in-stores or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, on social media or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you:
- register for an account with us;
- place an order;
- sign up to our newsletters;
- register for any loyalty scheme that we offer from time to time;
- request marketing to be sent to you;
- liter a competition, promotion or survey; or
- give us some feedback.
As you interact with the Site we may automatically collect Technical Information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this information by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. Please see our cookies policy for further information.
We may also receive information about you from various third parties:
- analytics providers [such as Google based outside the EU];
- advertising networks;
- search information providers; and
- [include any other third party sources e.g. payment providers, data brokers.]
How We Use Your Information
We use your information in the following ways:
Identity & Contact Information
- to deliver your purchases to you
- to send you service messages by text or e-mail such as order updates
- to create and manage your account
- to provide customer service and support, and handle returns
- for security and to check your identity
- to provide you with marketing (where we have the right to do so – see marketing section below)
- to show you Formulae Prescott adverts for products as your browse the web
- to direct you to the right part of the website
- to communicate with you
Financial Information
- to take payment, and give refunds
- for fraud prevention and detection
Transaction Information
- to provide the products that you order to you;
- to provide customer service and support, and handle returns
- to find out what you, and other customers, like
Technical & Usage Information
- to improve our Site and set default options for you (such as language and currency)
- to keep our site safe and secure;
- to find out what you, and other customers, like
Profile Information
- to find out what you, and other customers, like
- to make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you;
- to manage your participation in any loyalty scheme;
Marketing and Communications Information
- to send you information by email, SMS or post about our products and services
Contact History
- to provide customer service and support
- to train our staff
Legal basis for processing
Our processing of your personal information is necessary:
- for the performance of contracts to which you will be a party to and in order to take steps at your request prior to you entering into those contracts e.g. your orders with us;
- for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us; or
- in order to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
Legitimate interests
Where our processing is based on the legitimate interest grounds described above, those legitimate interests are: (i) collecting personal information to provide you with a smooth and efficient customer experience; (ii) running our business; (iii) to provide the products and services you have requested; (iv) to prevent fraud; and (v) for our own marketing, research and product development.
Will We Share Your Information With Third Parties?
Except as expressly set out in this policy we will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
However, we share your information with the following categories of companies as an essential part of being able to provide our products and services to you, as set out in this privacy policy:
- Companies that help us fulfil your orders such as payment service providers, warehouses, order packers, and delivery companies
- Professional service providers, such as marketing agencies, advertising partners and website hosts who help us run our business
- Credit reference agencies, law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies, so that we can help tackle fraud
- Companies approved by you, such as social media sites (if you choose to link your accounts to us), or where you choose to use their payment service
We may also share your personal information with:
- law enforcement agencies, other governmental agencies or third parties if we are required by law to do so; and
- other business entities should we plan to merge with, sell our business to or be acquired by that business entity, or if we undergo a re-organisation with that entity.
We may provide third parties with aggregated but anonymised information and analytics about our customers and, before we do so, we will make sure that it does not identify you.
Will We Transfer Your Information Overseas?
The information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services.
When we, or our permitted third parties, transfer your information outside the European Economic Area, we or they will impose obligations on the recipients of that data to protect your information to the standard required in the EEA or otherwise require the recipient to subscribe to international frameworks intended to enable secure data sharing. In the case of transfers by us, we will put in place appropriate safeguards to ensure that your information remains adequately protected.
Your Rights
At any time, you have the right:
- to request access to or a copy of any information which we hold about you;
- to rectification of your information, if you consider that it is inaccurate;
- to ask us to delete your information, if you consider that we do not have the right to hold it;
- to withdraw consent to our processing of your information (to the extent such processing is based on previously obtained consent);
- to ask us to stop or start sending you marketing messages as described below in the marketing section;
- to restrict processing of your information;
- to data portability (moving some of your information elsewhere) in certain circumstances;
- to object to your information being processed in certain circumstances; and
- to not to be subject to a decision based on automated processing and to have safeguards put in place if you are being profiled based on your information.
Any request for access to or a copy of your information must be in writing and we will endeavour to respond within a reasonable period and in any event within one month in compliance with data protection legislation. We will comply with our legal obligations as regards your rights as a data subject.
We aim to ensure that the information we hold about you is accurate at all times. To assist us in ensuring that your information is up to date, do let us know if any of your personal details change. You can access, update or correct your personal account details via the "My Account" section of the Site.
Data Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using 256-bit SSL encryption. For your added security all payment transactions are processed by PayPal, we are not party to your personal credit card or bank details. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Marketing
We may use your information to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you.
We may use your information to provide you with marketing messages if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.
We may also market to you if we have received your express consent to do so including where we have collected your details in connection with a competition or other promotion and you have agreed to receive marketing from us.
You can stop receiving marketing messages from us at any time.
You can do this:
- By updating your preferences within the "My Account" section of the Site.
- By clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link in any email
- By contacting us at hello@francesprescott.com
Once you do this, we will update your profile to ensure that you don’t receive further marketing messages.
Stopping marketing messages will not stop service communications (such as order updates).
Online Adverts
We engage in online advertising, also to keep you aware of what we’re up to and to help you see and find our products.
Like many companies, we target Formulae Prescott banners and ads to you when you are on other websites and apps. We do this using a variety of digital marketing networks and ad exchanges, and we use a range of advertising technologies like web beacons, pixels, ad tags, cookies, and mobile identifiers, as well as specific services offered by some sites and social networks, such as Facebook’s Custom Audience service.
The banners and ads you see will be based on information we hold about you, or your previous use of the Site (for example, your Site search history, and the content you read on the Site) or on Site banners or ads you have previously clicked on.
How Long Will We Keep Your Information?
We will keep your information for as long as you have your account, or as long as is needed to be able to provide the services to you, or (in the case of any contact you may have with our Customer Care team) for as long as is necessary to provide support-related reporting and trend analysis only.
If reasonably necessary or required to meet legal or regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce our terms and conditions, we may also keep hold of some of your information as required, even after you have closed your account or it is no longer needed to provide the services to you.
Where we are permitted to send you direct marketing communications we may retain your contact information necessary for this purpose, (provided that you have not indicated that you do not wish to receive them) for as long as you do not unsubscribe from receiving the same from us.
How To Contact Us
Questions, comments and requests regarding this policy are welcomed and should be addressed to hello@francesprescott.com.
If you have any concerns about our use of your information, you also have the right to make a complaint to the data protection regulator in your country. If you are a UK resident, this is the Information Commissioner's Office, which regulates and supervises the use of personal data in the UK, via their helpline on 0303 123 1113.
Changes To This Policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you on the Site, or by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our policy. This privacy policy was last updated on 30th April 2022.