Privacy Statement (UK)

This privacy statement was last updated on 26th May 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://slowlivingldn.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

  • we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
  • we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
  • we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
  • we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
  • we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1. Purpose, data and retention period

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • An email address

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: Three months

1.2 Payments

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
  • An email address
  • A telephone number

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Customer history is retained until no longer required for marketing or customer service reasons.

1.3 Newsletters

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • An email address

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: If Slow Living LDN. no longer intends to send email communication to opted-in contacts, we will erase this data. Contacts can also opt-out at any time.

1.4 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • An email address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Customer history is retained until no longer required for marketing or customer service reasons.

1.5 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • Geolocation data

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Google Analytics data will be continued to be stored to help create a positive user experience on the website.

1.6 To be able to offer personalised products and services

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • An email address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • Geolocation data

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Data is retained until no longer required for marketing or customer service reasons.

1.7 Deliveries

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
  • An email address
  • A telephone number

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Customer history is retained until no longer required for marketing or customer service reasons.

1.8 To sell or share data with a third party

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • IP Address

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

2. Sharing with other parties

We only share this data with processors and with other third parties for which consent must be obtained.

Processors

Name: Google
Country: USA
Purpose: To process data around user behaviour with the website.
Name: Stripe
Country: UK
Purpose: Process payments.
Name: Mailchimp
Country: USA.
Purpose: To be able to send newsletters and emails.
Name: Skimlinks
Country: 
Purpose: For affiliate marketing to understand which links receive clicks or sales from those in which counrties.

3. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy. 

4. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.

Google may not use the data for any other Google services.

The inclusion of full IP addresses is blocked by us.

5. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorised access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

6. Third-party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

7. Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

8. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

  • You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
  • Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
  • Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
  • If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
  • Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
  • Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person.

9. Submitting a complaint

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office:


Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF


Jersey Office of The Information Commissioner
2nd Floor 5 Castle Street
St. Helier
Jersey
JE2 3BT


St Martin’s House
Le Bordage
St. Peter Port
Guernsey
GY1 1BR

10. Children

Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.

11. Contact details

Slow Living LDN.
71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom
Website: https://slowlivingldn.com
Email: hello@slowlivingldn.com

12. Data Requests

For the most frequently submitted requests, we also offer you the possibility to use our data request form

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Annex

WooCommerce

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:
  • Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
  • Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
  • Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of basket contents while you’re browsing our site.

View cookie policy.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
  • Send you information about your account and order
  • Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
  • Process payments and prevent fraud
  • Set up your account for our store
  • Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
  • Improve our store offerings
  • Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders. We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for one year for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses. We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

Who on our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:
  • Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
  • Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.
Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.

What we share with others

We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you; for example Google Analytics.

Payments

We accept payments through Stripe. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to Stripe, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information. Please see the Stripe Privacy Center for more details.

WP Recipe Maker

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When comment ratings are enabled we store the rating a user has given to a recipe along with the personal data WordPress core stores.

Cookies

When user ratings are enabled we store a WPRM_User_Voted_%recipe% cookie (with %recipe% the ID of the recipe) that contains the rating this user has given to a particular recipe. This cookie is used as (one of the) measures to prevent rating spam.

IP Address

When user ratings are enabled we store the IP address upon voting. This is used as (one of the) measures to prevent rating spam.

How long we retain your data

Our cookies are stored for 30 days. User submitted data is stored indefinitely in the local database.

Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress

This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress from Complianz to collect records of consent. For this functionality your IP address is anonymised and stored in our database. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.