Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Statement

We understand that your privacy is really important to you, so that means your privacy is really important to us. Our aim is to be as open and clear as possible about what we do and why we do it when it comes to your private information. We are committed to the privacy of all staff, customers, users and partners and, as such, we shall treat you all in the fairest way.

This Privacy Policy makes clear and regulates the use by Progress Cookshop of the information that you provide when communicating with us, whether that be via our websites or when contacting us with a query.

This site is here to promote our brands, products and services to you. Sometimes, in order to provide the right level of service, we will also need to use partners who may have their own privacy policies that should also be read.

Information We Collect

We collect information about you when:

• you visit the website;
• register with and buy products or services from the website;
• take part in promotions and competitions;
• contact us via our customer services team;
• register for a product warranty or guarantee; and
• you apply to join our team via our recruitment methods

Type of Information We Collect

To be able to order from us you will need to supply various contact information, as set out in this policy, so that we can provide an excellent service. This contact information can be altered or removed at any time, should you wish, by contacting us via the details documented in this policy.

We can collect from you:

Name, address and postcode – without this we won't know where or whom to send your order to. We also use this information to identify whether we can deliver to you, at what cost and via which partner route.

Email address – we can send a confirmation of your orders via email, as well as other service related communication and may also respond this way if you have a general enquiry. If you have agreed to receive marketing communications, these may also be sent by email.

Telephone numbers – if there are any problems with your order or anything needs to be checked, we need to be able to contact you as quickly as possible.

Payment card number, expiry date, issue number and name of card holder – a payment card or Paypal account is required in order to process your order. Payment card information will be retained for the duration of the time that you hold an account with us, or for no longer than 12 months from your last order. This is necessary to enable payment, process refunds and help us monitor fraudulent activity on accounts.

Correspondence – if you contact us we may keep a record of that correspondence.

IP addresses – when you visit our site, we will automatically receive your IP address; a unique identifier for your computer or other access device.

Username and password - if we collect these details, it is so that we can keep your information safe and have it to hand each time you visit us.

Joining our team - you may need to supply us with details including your name, address, date of birth, employment status, educational background and other sensitive personal data (related to your health, race, religion or ethnic origin) through your application and via the recruitment process.

Sensitive personal data – by supplying us with any sensitive personal data, you expressly consent to us using it and sharing it with third parties so that we can provide you with the goods or services that you requested in the way set out in this Privacy Policy.

Using your Information

Collecting personal information helps Progress Cookshop better understand your needs, so that we can provide you with a better service. We use your information to:

Ensure that you receive your orders – without this information we could not get our products and services to you.

Provide customer care and correspondence – as part of our customer care procedures we may follow-up, either by letter, phone or email, customers who have purchased goods or services from us or who have contacted us, posted comments about us on the internet to resolve a complaint, or investigate any concerns.

Undergo market research – from time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by letter, phone or email.

Personalise our service and your shopping experience - from time to time, we may personalise your shopping experience utilising new technology; using your past purchases and browsing habits to present special offers and new products and services that we think may be of interest to you. This will really help us to improve our service to you.

Improve our website - to help us improve your experience and continue the design of our website, we may collect information about the way you use and access our website. Our web system collects information about each visitor, including IP address, the length of time spent on the website and the order in which pages are visited. We may employ third-party experts to help us look at this information, however we make sure that anyone we employ treats all information with the same sensitivity and security that we do.

Prevent fraud - in order to protect both us and our customers from fraud and theft, we may need to look at the information that you provide to make identity checks, as well other information in our customer records and order history. This may be passed to other group companies and financial and other organisations (including law enforcement agencies) involved in fraud prevention and detection, to use in the same way.

Market - any third parties are carefully selected and may use the information we collect to inform you, by letter, phone or email, about offers, products and services that we think could be of interest to you. We may also tell you about other organisations' products and services.

We will inform you of this when we collect your information and if you do not wish to receive these communications, please let us know. You can change your mind at any time by contacting us at the address below. Of course, the choice is yours, but if you do not want to receive marketing information, this will prevent you from receiving great offers and promotions that may be of interest.

Recruit – in order to consider you for roles within our company we will need to discuss your application and personal information with relevant employees. Only employees involved within the recruitment process (mainly the HR team) will have access to your information and will keep it secure. If you are not selected for an interview your personal information will be deleted from our systems within 6 weeks. Should you gain an interview but not be selected for the role we will keep your details on file for 12 months.

Keeping your Information Secure

We keep your information secure at all times (see below for details as to how) and you should do the same whenever you use our services or websites.

• Payment card security – we use technology including Paypal to make sure that the details you provide when placing an order are kept private and secure, making shopping on our website safe. Once payment information has been received, your payment card is processed through our secure systems by only team members who have suitable access and permission.
• Security in our offices – access to your information is restricted and encrypted in our offices and warehouses. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific role are granted access to personally identifiable information, so that we can provide a service to you. The servers that store this information are kept in a secure environment.
• Security – information security is very important to us and we have taken many steps to ensure that your experience with us is secure and that all of your information is kept safe. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your information, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to protect and secure information that is collected online.
• Regular archiving and deletion – we annually review and audit our procedures to ensure that they remain at the highest standards of security and only those necessary employees have access. As part of this, we will only keep personal information active for legitimate business reasons and usually delete data when it has been inactive for 12 months or longer.
• Password - you should choose a password that is not obvious or known to anyone else and should never give it to a third party, as you will be responsible for all activity and charges incurred through use of your password whether authorised by you or not.

Access Rights

You have a right to access the personal information that is held about you. To obtain a copy, please email us at data-protection@progresscookshop.com enclosing your postal details and the details of your request.

Alternatively you can write to us at the following address:

Data Protection

Progress Cookshop

3rd Floor

Manor Mill

Victoria Street

Chadderton

OL9 0DD

Notification of Changes to this Policy

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post these changes on this website so that you know exactly what information we collect and how we use it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected we will tell you and you will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner.

Feedback

We want to make sure that we're giving you the information that you want about privacy and security – let us know what you think. If you have any feedback, questions or concerns, please email us at data-protection@progresscookshop.com or by post:

Data Protection

Progress Cookshop

3rd Floor

Manor Mill

Victoria Street

Chadderton

OL9 0DD

Links

Our website may contain links to let you to visit other websites of interest with ease. Once you have used these links to leave our website, you should be aware that we do not have any control over that other website. As such, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting these websites, and they are not governed by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for any products and/or services featured on any third-party websites; you should exercise caution and look at the Privacy Policy applicable to the website in question.