Privacy and security

1. Micallef Jewellers is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any personal information received from you. We strictly adhere to the requirements of the data protection legislation in the UK.

The purpose of this statement is to explain to you what personal information we collect and how we may use it.

2. When you register an interest in a service or purchase an item we ask you for your contract details including name, telephone number, email address, billing and delivery address.

2. When you order, we need to know your [DETAILS]. This allows us to process and fulfil your order. You have the option to withhold personal information that is not required for the order process.

3 We use your personal information
For payment and billing purposes
To notify you of changes to the website
To notify you any actions with ongoing services we are providing for you.
To update you about new products/services
To improve our products/services
To conduct research

4. We do not sell, rent or exchange your personal information with any third party for commercial reasons, beyond the essential requirement for credit/debit card validation during purchase.

5. We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access in accordance with the UK data protection legislation.

We do not collect sensitive information about you except when you specifically knowingly provide it. In order to maintain the accuracy of our database, you can check, update or remove your personal details by emailing [email protected]

We use a technology called “cookies” as part of a normal business procedure to track patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. A cookie is an element of data that our Website sends to your browser which is then stored on your system. You can set your browser to prevent this happening. Any information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you change your browser settings.

6. In order to process credit/debit card transactions, the bank or card processing agency may require to verify your personal details for authorisation outside the EEA (European Economic Area). Your information will not be transferred outside the EEA for any other purpose.

7. If you have any questions about privacy please contact us at [email protected]

GUIDANCE NOTES

These notes are provided to assist you in completing your document. They do not form part of the Privacy Statement.

ACTION
An indication of when personal information is collected from the visitor e.g. “register”, “enter a competition” etc.

DETAILS
Details of the kind of personal information collected from the website visitor e.g. “name, address and email address”.

HOW TO CONTACT
Specify how a visitor to the website contacts you if they have a query about privacy e.g. an email address.

METHOD OF CONTACT
Specify how the website visitor can check, update or remove their personal details e.g. ‘by contacting us at [email address]’. The text provided in this field

NAME OF WEBSITE
The name of the website.

PURPOSE
Details of what the visitor’s personal information is used for e.g.:

Solely for payment and billing purposes
To notify you of changes to the website
To update you about new products/services
To improve our products/services
To conduct research