THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

  • Identity Data includes first name/s, maiden name, last name, user name, title. Identity data also includes information about your Professional Identity such as your job title, email address, phone number and addresses, your professional experience and previous job roles and responsibilities.

  • Contact Data includes email address and telephone and mobile numbers.

  • Transaction Data includes details about payments, invoices and bills to and from you and other details of matters you have engaged us to deal with or goods or services we have purchased from you or we have sold to you.

  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

  • Profile Data includes your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.

  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, our local area networking facilities (including WiFi) and other services.

  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing communications and information from us. We also record when you receive and read marketing communications from us and we use this information to improve the quality of our marketing services and provide you with information that is more relevant to you.

  • We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Professional Identity, Contact, Marketing and Communications, Profile, Usage, Technical and Special Categories Data by passing and exchanging business cards, filling in forms, through electronic platforms which we offer or which we have agreed with you to use, by corresponding with us by post, email or otherwise, by speaking to us in person or over the telephone. This includes personal data you provide when you:

  • Contact us or engage us in relation to our services and products;

  • Provide instructions to us for the performance of any contract for our services to you;

  • Create an account on our website;

  • Give us your business card at an event or a meeting;

  • Leave your name and contact details with on a voicemail;

  • Subscribe to our newsletters;

  • Request specific materials or information to be sent to you, either through submitting an online form or otherwise;

  • Apply to work at 4Couture Ltd;

  • Enter a survey or provide us with feedback;

  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Usage, Technical and Marketing Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Usage, Technical and Marketing Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies.

  • When we provide our client services;

  • Identity and Contact Data from online payment providers for the purposes of carrying out any anti-money laundering and other background checks and confirming your identity;

  • When you provide your personal data to a recruitment agency or other third parties for the purposes of sharing it with us for recruitment activities;

  • From analytics providers such as Google;

  • We receive Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services;

  • When we communicate with governmental or regulatory organisations (such as HM Revenue and Customs), in relation to you or on your behalf;

Publicly available sources. We may receive Identity, Professional Identity, Contact, Financial and Technical data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
Identity and Contact Data from publicly availably sources such as Companies House, Trade Publications etc. Other public sources, including services that are accessible via the internet which you are using for professional networking purposes such as Linked-In.
 

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • When we circulate information, advice and guidance to via email or other electronic means.

  • When we write to you by post or telephone or electronic means.

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you;

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests(or those of a third party) and provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests;

  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation;

  • Where we need to process personal data where it is necessary to protect vital interests of yourself or another individual; or

  • Where you have given us your consent or explicit consentto process your data. Where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing your personal data you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

PERSONAL DATA ABOUT OTHER INDIVIDUALS COLLECTED BY YOU

On some occasions you may give us data about individuals who are working with you or processing their personal data (this may include, for example, data about employees, exporters, manufacturers, distributors, suppliers or involved in a collective business activity).  When this happens we are unlikely to have direct contact with individuals whose personal data we are processing, or there may be other reasons where it would not be appropriate for us to contact them to provide them with information about how we are processing their personal data (such as to maintain confidentiality).  Before you pass such personal data to us, you must make sure that the relevant individuals have received any necessary privacy notices in connection with the performance of our services.

PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA IF YOU ARE NOT A SUBSCRIBER

If you are not a Subscriber, we may need to process your data so that we can provide services to our Subscriber; for example Export Documentation. Where this is the case, your personal data may be used on behalf of our Subscriber. In these circumstances are relying the following legitimate interests to process your data:
Necessary for our legitimate interests, our client’s legitimate interests or those of another third party; or Necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, for example, in proving a Certificate of Origin.

MARKETING

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and providing information relating to our services.
You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased services from us or if you provided us with your details and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

OPTING OUT

You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by unsubscribing from our materials at any time. Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of any matters you have engaged our services for.

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