BACKGROUND:

Miss Thomas understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.MissThomas.co.uk and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy is requested when using this website.

Definitions and Interpretation 

In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:  

Information About Us 

Our Site is owned and operated by Miss Thomas a limited company registered in England under company number 13214780.

Registered address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ.

Data Protection Officer: Dorienne Thomas.

Email address: Dorienne@missthomas.co.uk

Postal address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ.

What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

What Is Personal Data?

Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.

What Are My Rights?

Miss Thomas would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request Miss Thomas o share copies of your personal data.

We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Miss Thomas correct any information you

believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Miss Thomas to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Miss Thomas erase your personal data, under

certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Miss Thomas restrict the processing of your

personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Miss Thomas’ processing of your personal data,

under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Miss Thomas transfer the data that we have

collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain

conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact via the below:

Email us: info@missthomas.co.uk

What Data Do You Collect and How?

Depending upon your use of Our Site, we may collect and hold some or all of the personal [and non-personal] data set out below, using the methods also set out in the table. Please also see Part 14 for more information about our use of Cookies and similar technologies and our Cookie Policy.

Data Collected

• Identity Information including name, title and gender
• Contact information including address, email address, telephone number. 
  
• Payment information including card details and bank account numbers
• Profile information including preferences, login details and purchase history.

How We Collect the Data

• Upon registering for our services
• Signing up to our marketing emails and newsletters
• Contacting us via email, completing the contact us form on our website, telephone
  
• Completing our questionnaire
• Completing our feedback forms

How Do You Use My Personal Data?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data.

We may use any of the above data to complete all service requests made by you, to email you our newsletter as agreed by and to enhance our services.

With your permission and where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email, telephone, text message or post with information, news, and offers on our products/services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out. We will always obtain your express opt-in consent before sharing your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes and you will be able to opt-out at any time.

How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?

We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept for the necessary period required by law.

How Do You Store My Personal Data?

We will only store your personal data within the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation.  Miss Thomas will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard and securely store your data. We only allow access to your data to employees or partners who need the data in order to carry out the services you have selected.

Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with a suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse, loss or unauthorised access to your data please let us know immediately.

Email us: dorienne@missthomas.co.uk

Do You Share My Personal Data?

We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exception.

If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.

How Can I Control My Personal Data?

In addition to your rights under the Data Protection Legislation, set out in Part 5, when you submit personal data via our Site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your personal data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails, at the point of providing your details and by managing your account.

Can I Withhold Information?

You may access certain areas of our site without providing any personal data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on our site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.

You may restrict our use of Cookies. For more information, see "How Do You Use Cookies"

How Can I Access My Personal Data?

If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.

All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown below. To make this as easy as possible for you, a Subject Access Request Form is available for you to use. You do not have to use this form, but it is the easiest way to tell us everything we need to know to respond to your request as quickly as possible.

There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.

We will respond to your subject access request within one month of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.

How Do You Use Cookies?

Miss Thomas uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Keeping you signed in
• Understanding how you use our website to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our products and services

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow only first-party Cookies and block third-party Cookies.

What Types Of Cookies Do We Use?

Functional and required cookies are always used, which allow our hosting platform to securely serve this website to you.

Analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity and other data.

How Do I Contact You?

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details for the attention of Dorienne Thomas:

Email address: Dorienne@missthomas.co.uk

Postal Address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.

Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1st February 2022.