Gekko Creative Limited CUSTOMER PRIVACY POLICY

Gekko Creative Limited is a company registered in England and Wales (collectively referred to as " Gekko", "we" or "us" in this policy).

 

1. OVERVIEW

Maintaining the security of your data is a priority at Gekko Creative Limited, and we are committed to respecting your privacy rights. We pledge to handle your data fairly and legally at all times. Gekko is also dedicated to being transparent about what data we collect about you and how we use it.

This policy, which applies whether you visit us or we visit you, use your mobile device or go on line, provides you with information about:

- how we use your data;

- what personal data we collect;

- how we ensure your privacy is maintained; and

- your legal rights relating to your personal data.

 

2. HOW WE USE YOUR DATA

a. General

Gekko Creative Limited and its clients (and trusted partners acting on our behalf) uses your personal data:

- to provide goods and services to you;

- to make a tailored website available to you;

- to manage any registered account(s) that you hold with us;

- to verify your identity;

- for crime and fraud prevention, detection and related purposes;

- with your agreement, to contact you electronically about promotional offers and products and services which we think may interest you;

- for market research purposes - to better understand your needs;

- to enable Gekko and its clients to manage customer service interactions with you; and

- where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (for example in relation to an investigation by a public authority or in a legal dispute).

 Other Marketing

 

b. Promotional communications

Gekko uses your personal data for electronic marketing purposes (with your consent) and may send you postal mail to update you on the latest Gekko offers.

 Gekko aims to update you about products & services, which are of interest and relevance to you as an individual.

You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time, by:

1. changing marketing preferences via your Gekko account;

2. making use of the simple “unsubscribe” link in emails or the “STOP” number for texts; and/or

3. contacting Gekko via the contact channels set out in this Policy.

 

c. Mailing List

If you are a member of our mailing list, we may collect data directly from you, as well as analysing your browsing and purchasing activity, both on-line and in store, and your responses to marketing communications. The results of this analysis, together with other demographic data, allows us to ensure that we contact you with information on products and offers that are relevant to you. To do so, we use software and other technology (automated processing).

 

d. Web Banner Advertising

If you visit our websites, you may receive personalised banner advertisements whilst browsing other websites. Any banner advertisements you see will relate to products you have viewed whilst browsing our websites on your computer or other devices.

These advertisements are provided by Gekko via market leading specialist providers using ‘cookies’ placed on your computer or other devices (see further information on the use of cookies in our Cookie Policy). You can remove or disable cookies at any time - see below for further information.

 

3. Sharing data with third parties

a. Our service providers and suppliers

In order to make certain services available to you, we may need to share your personal data with some of our service partners. These include IT, delivery and marketing service providers.

 Gekko only allows its service providers to handle your personal data when we have confirmed that they apply appropriate data protection and security controls. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to data protection and security, which mean they can only use your data to provide services to Gekko and to you, and for no other purposes.

Other third parties

Aside from our service providers, Gekko will not disclose your personal data to any third party, except as set out below. We will never sell or rent our customer data to other organisations for marketing purposes.

We may share your data with:

- our carefully selected partners who provide ‘ Gekko’ branded products and services (for example printers), if we have your consent to do so;

- credit reference agencies where necessary for credit terms

- governmental bodies, regulators, law enforcement agencies, courts/tribunals and insurers where we are required to do so: -

- to comply with our legal obligations;

- to exercise our legal rights (for example in court cases);

- for the prevention, detection, investigation of crime or prosecution of offenders; and

- for the protection of our employees and customers.

International transfers

To deliver products and services to you, it is sometimes necessary for Gekko to share your data outside of the European Economic Area. This will typically occur when service providers are located outside the EEA or if you are based outside the EEA. These transfers are subject to special rules under data protection laws.

If this happens, we will ensure that the transfer will be compliant with data protection law and all personal data will be secure. Our standard practice is to use ‘standard data protection clauses’ which have been approved by the European Commission for such transfers. Those clauses can be accessed here.

b. How long do we keep your data?

We will not retain your data for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of data, however the longest we will normally hold any personal data is 6 years.

 

WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?

 Gekko may collect the following information about you:

- your name, age/date of birth and gender;

- your contact details: postal address including billing and delivery addresses, telephone numbers (including mobile numbers) and e-mail address;

- purchases and orders made by you;

- your on-line browsing activities on Gekko websites;

- your password(s);

- when you make a purchase or place an order with us, your payment card details;

- your communication and marketing preferences;

- your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses;

- your location;

- your correspondence and communications with Gekko; and

- other publicly available personal data, including any which you have shared via a public platform (such as a Twitter feed or public Facebook page).

Our websites are not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

This list is not exhaustive and, in specific instances, we may need to collect additional data for the purposes set out in this Policy. Some of the above personal data is collected directly, for example when you set up an on-line account on our websites, or send an email to our customer services team. Other personal data is collected indirectly, for example your browsing or shopping activity. We may also collect personal data from third parties who have your consent to pass your details to us, or from publicly available sources.

We also receive personal data from trusted third parties who provide services to our customers under the Gekko brand, which we use to analyse customer behaviour and improve our tailored marketing.

 

4. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR DATA

Our controls

 Gekko is committed to keeping your personal data safe and secure.

Our security measures include: -

- encryption of data;

- regular cyber security assessments of all service providers who may handle your personal data;

- regular scenario planning and crisis management exercises to ensure we are ready to respond to cyber security attacks and data security incidents;

- daily penetration testing of systems;

- security controls which protect the entire Gekko IT infrastructure from external attack and unauthorised access; and

- internal policies setting out our data security approach and training for employees.

 

5. WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP PROTECT YOUR DATA

 Gekko will never ask you to confirm any bank account or credit card details via email. If you receive an email claiming to be from Gekko asking you to do so, please ignore it and do not respond.

If you are using a computing device in a public location, we recommend that you always log out and close the website browser when you complete an online session.

In addition, we recommend that you take the following security measures to enhance your online safety both in relation to Gekko and more generally: ­-

- keep your account passwords private. Remember, anybody who knows your password may access your account.

- when creating a password, use at least 8 characters. A combination of letters and numbers is best. Do not use dictionary words, your name, email address, or other personal data that can be easily obtained. We also recommend that you frequently change your password. You can do this accessing your account, clicking ‘your account’, clicking ‘your data’ and selecting ‘change password’.

- avoid using the same password for multiple online accounts.

 

6. YOUR RIGHTS

You have the following rights:

- the right to ask what personal data that we hold about you at any time, subject to a fee specified by law (currently £10);

- the right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you free of charge; and

- (as set out above) the right to opt out of any marketing communications that we may send you.

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the contact details set out below.

 

7. LEGAL BASIS FOR USING DATA

We are required to set out the legal basis for our ‘processing’ of personal data.

Legal basis for Gekko processing customer personal data

General

 Gekko collects and uses customers’ personal data because is it necessary for:

- the pursuit of our legitimate interests (as set out below);

- the purposes of complying with our duties and exercising our rights under a contract for the sale of goods to a customer; or

- complying with our legal obligations.

 

In general, we only rely on consent as a legal basis for processing in relation to sending direct marketing communications to customers via email or text message.

Customers have the right to withdraw consent at any time. Where consent is the only legal basis for processing, we will cease to process data after consent is withdrawn.

 

8. Our legitimate interests

The normal legal basis for processing customer data, is that it is necessary for the legitimate interests of Gekko, including:-

- selling and supplying goods and services to our customers;

- protecting customers, employees and other individuals and maintaining their safety, health and welfare;

- promoting, marketing and advertising our products and services;

- sending promotional communications which are relevant and tailored to individual customers

- understanding our customers’ behaviour, activities, preferences, and needs;

- improving existing products and services and developing new products and services;

- complying with our legal and regulatory obligations;

- preventing, investigating and detecting crime, fraud or anti-social behaviour and prosecuting offenders, including working with law enforcement agencies;

- handling customer contacts, queries, complaints or disputes;

- managing insurance claims by customers;

- protecting Gekko, its employees and customers, by taking appropriate legal action against third parties who have committed criminal acts or are in breach of legal obligations to Gekko;

- effectively handling any legal claims or regulatory enforcement actions taken against Gekko; and

- fulfilling our duties to our customers, colleagues, shareholders and other stakeholders.

 

 

9. COOKIES

Our websites use cookies to collect information. This includes information about browsing and purchasing behaviour by people who access our websites. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and the customer journey around our websites. Detailed information is set out in our Cookie Policy.

a. Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

Like most websites, Gekko websites use cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other devices (such as smart ‘phones or ‘tablets’) as you browse this website. They are used to ‘remember’ when your computer or device accesses our websites. Cookies are essential for the effective operation of our websites and to help you shop with us online. They are also used to tailor the products and services offered and advertised to you, both on our websites and elsewhere.

Information collected

Some cookies collect information about browsing and purchasing behaviour when you access this website via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and your journey around a website. We do not use cookies to collect or record information on your name, address or other contact details. Gekko can use cookies to monitor your browsing and purchasing behaviour.

 

 

b. How are cookies managed?

The cookies stored on your computer or other device when you access our websites are designed by:

- Gekko, or on behalf of Gekko, and are necessary to enable you to a make purchases on our website;

- third parties who participate with us in marketing programmes; and

- third parties who broadcast web banner advertisements on behalf of Gekko.

What are cookies used for?

The main purposes for which cookies are used are: -

1. For technical purposes essential to effective operation of our websites, particularly in relation to on-line transactions and site navigation.

2. For Gekko to market to you, particularly web banner advertisements and targeted updates.

3. To enable Gekko to collect information about your browsing and shopping patterns, including to monitor the success of campaigns, competitions etc.

4. To enable Gekko meet its contractual obligations to make payments to third parties when a product is purchased by someone who has visited our website from a site operated by those parties.

 

c. How do I disable cookies?

If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use. Further details on how to disable cookies for the most popular browsers are set out below: -

For Microsoft Internet Explorer:

1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Internet Options”

2. Click on the “privacy” tab

3. Select the setting the appropriate setting

For Google Chrome:

1. Choose Settings> Advanced

2. Under "Privacy and security," click “Content settings”.

3. Click “Cookies”

For Safari:

1. Choose Preferences > Privacy

2. Click on “Remove all Website Data”

For Mozilla firefox:

1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Options”

2. Click on the icon “privacy”

3. Find the menu “cookie” and select the relevant options

For Opera 6.0 and further:

1. Choose the menu Files”> “Preferences”

2. Privacy

 

d. What happens if I disable cookies?

This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general the website may not operate properly if cookies are switched off. If you only disable third party cookies, you will not be prevented from making purchases on our sites. If you disable all cookies, you will be unable to complete a purchase on our sites.

 

10. Google Analytics

When someone visits www.gekkocreative.co.uk we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard Internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

As part of the registration process for our monthly e-newsletter, we collect personal information. We use that information for a couple of reasons: to tell you about stuff you’ve asked us to tell you about; to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information; to check our records are right and to check every now and then that you’re happy and satisfied. We don't rent or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses.

We use a third-party provider, to deliver our newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing our data protection officer.

 

11. Gekko Social Media

If you are using Gekko Social Media, please remember that Gekko Social Media are provided via social media sites, which have their own functionality, terms and privacy policies. You should be aware that these functions are part of the social media site, and are subject to the social media site's terms and privacy policy. Please ensure you have read these carefully and have checked your personal settings to ensure you are happy with how your information will be used by the social media site. Gekko Social Media may make use of these functions but Gekko does not control them and is not responsible for them.

 Gekko Social Media may allow you to see your friend's details and contact them. An example of this would be our Event Planner within Facebook. Where this is the case, this function is provided by the social media site provider and not Gekko. Gekko does not hold your friend's details and any messages you send to friends via Gekko Social Media use the relevant social media's functionality and are not sent from Gekko.

 

12. Web beacons on the Website, Mobile App and in Gekko's email marketing messages

The Website, Mobile Apps, Gekko Social Media and email marketing messages from Gekko may contain web beacons, and we use them in conjunction with Gekko cookies and third party cookies to collect information. For example, Gekko may use web beacons to do the following: count the number of visitors to the Website, Mobile Apps and Gekko Social Media; establish levels of interest in particular items or aspects of the Website, Mobile Apps and Gekko Social Media; or particular products and services available on the Website, Mobile Apps and Gekko Social Media; determine whether you have acted on an email or clicked on a link (e.g. where this is a condition of entering a competition); compile aggregated statistics on how successful a specific marketing campaign or a competition has been; assess whether advertisements or competitions result in purchases being made; and/or understand how popular a particular meal or service is, and how interest levels vary between particular Gekko operations. Web beacons do not store additional information on your device but, by communicating with cookies on your device, they can provide us with personal information (e.g. when you have opened an email marketing message from us). If you object to web beacons, we recommend you follow the instructions for deleting and disabling cookies set out above.

 

13. CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about how Gekko uses your personal data that are not answered here, or if you want to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please contact us by any of the following means:

- phone us on: 01748 824 882

- e-mail us at: info@gekkocreative.co.uk or

- write to us at: Gekko Creative Limited, Olliver Lane, Skeeby, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 5DP

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Further information, including contact details, is available at https://ico.org.uk.

 

14. UPDATES

This policy was last updated in July 2019