Privacy

You, Us and the GDPR (Privacy) 

Who we are

Bella Cashmere based in Malta believes in exceptional quality and long lasting cashmere clothing.

Our website address is: https://bellacashmere.mt.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Here at Bella Cashmere we are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of your personal data. This privacy notice explains how your data is collected, used, transferred and disclosed by Bella Cashmere. It applies to data collected when you use our website(s), iOS and android applications as applicable, when you interact with us through social media, email, or phone, or when you participate in our competitions or events.

This covers

  • The personal data we collect
  • How we collect your data
  • How we use your data
  • Marketing preferences, adverts and cookies
  • Links to other websites and third parties
  • How we share your data
  • Your rights
  • Changes to this privacy notice
  • How to contact us

Our commitment to you

We take the protection of your personal data seriously and will process your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently.
This privacy notice describes the personal data we are collecting about you and how it is used.

We will only collect and use your personal data for the following purposes, to:

  • fulfil your order(s)
  • keep you up to date with the latest offers and trends
  • give you a better shopping experience
  • help us to make our marketing more relevant to you and your interests
  • improve our services
  • meet our legal responsibilities

How we keep your data safe and secure

We have appropriate organisational safeguards and security measures in place to protect your data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.

The communication between your browser and our website uses a secure encrypted connection wherever your personal data is involved.

We require any third party who is contracted to process your personal data on our behalf to have security measures in place to protect your data and to treat such data in accordance with the law.

In the unfortunate event of a personal data breach, we will notify you and any applicable regulator when we are legally required to do so.

The personal data we collect

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified.
It does not include anonymised data, where the identity and identifying information has been removed.

While our website is designed for a general audience, we will not knowingly collect any data from children under the age of 13 or sell products to children.
If you are under the age of 13, you are not permitted to use or submit your data to the website.

How we collect your data

We may collect personal data about you in the following ways:

  • Direct interactions – you may give us your Identity, Contact, Financial, Transaction, Profile, and Marketing and Communications data (as described above) by filling in forms, entering information online or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, telephone or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide, for example, when you:
     
    • Create an account or purchase products on our website;
    • Subscribe to our newsletter, discussion boards, social media sites or create wish lists;
    • Enter a competition;
    • Join a Bella Cashmere loyalty programme;
    • Complete a voluntary market research survey;
    • Contact us with an enquiry or to report a problem (by phone, email, social media, or messaging service);
    • Use the “refer a friend” function on our website; or
    • When you log in to our website via social media.

       

The legal basis for processing your personal data

We will only collect and process your personal data where we have a legal basis to do so.
As a data controller, the legal basis for our collection and use of your personal data varies depending on the manner and purpose for which we collected it.

We will only collect personal data from you when:

  • we have your consent to do so, or
  • we need your personal data to perform a contract with you.
    For example, to process a payment from you, fulfil your order or provide customer support connected with an order, or
  • the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your rights, or
  • we have a legal obligation to collect, process or disclose personal data from you.

 

Uses made of your personal data

Your personal data is used by Bella Cashmere to support a range of different activities. These are listed in the table below together with the types of data used and the legal bases we rely on when processing them, including where appropriate, our legitimate interests. Please be aware that we may process your personal data using more than one lawful basis, depending on the specific activity involved. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below

    • We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we wish to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. We may process personal data without your consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

      If you have any questions about how Bella Cashmere  use any of your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]

      Marketing – your preferences

      We may send you marketing communications and promotional offers:

      • if you have opened an account with us or purchased goods from us, or registered for a promotion or event,
        and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing (in accordance with your preferences, as explained below);
      • by email if you have signed up for email newsletters;
      • if you have provided us with your details when you entered a competition and you have consented to receiving such marketing (in accordance with your preferences, as explained below).

 

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website and to keep track of your visits. They help us to provide you with the very best experience when you browse our website and to make improvements to our website. They also help us and our advertising networks to make advertising relevant to you and your interests.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

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Changes to this privacy notice

From time to time we may change this privacy notice. If there are any significant changes we will post updates on our website, applications or let you know by email.

How to contact us

We welcome feedback and are happy to answer any questions you may have about your data.

Please send any questions, comments or requests for more information to our nominated representative  who can be contacted at [email protected]

This privacy notice was last updated on 1st of August 2019  (Version v1.0)

Bella Cashmere Malta

Vat Number MT26460726


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