Privacy & cookie policy

At Christmas Enthusiasts we are committed to keeping your personal data safe and secure.

We value strong lasting relationships built on trust and we will always be transparent about the information we process, collect and store.

We will use clear and simple language to describe our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Below we will cover all possible situations in which we could collect personal data about you, depending on how you have interacted with us one or more of these situations may apply to you.

What is personal data:

Personal data is information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual, and could be as simple as a name or a number or could include other identifiers such as an IP address or a cookie identifier.

How we collect your personal information:

We collect information when you visit our website, opt in to receive our newsletters, email us directly, respond to a survey or enter a competition operated by us or one of our partners.

We also collect information when you interact with us on social media depending on your privacy setting on these platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Google+.

We may also collect information about you from third parties if you have given them permission to share your information.

What personal information we collect:

We only collect information that is necessary to deliver the service you have requested and to keep you informed about changes to our Privacy Policy. However, you don’t have to reveal any personal information about yourself to use our website.

We will collect the information you provided when you have subscribed to our newsletters, completed a survey or entered a competition like: name and surname, email address and in some cases postal address or contact telephone number.

We will also collect information provided in correspondence when you contact us.

When you visit our website we may also use cookies or other similar technologies like Google Analytics and Squarespace Analytics to collect information from you which is described in the Cookies section below.

We may also obtain information from other external sources if the information is publicly available (ex. Companies House) or if you have given permission to a third party to share your information.

Our legal basis for collecting and processing your private details when you sign up for our newsletter service through the website opt-in forms is based on consent.

How we use this information:

We use the information collected to provide the service you have requested and improve our website and services. We may also use the information to contact you if you have entered one of our competitions or to respond to your queries.

When we have your consent:

If we have your consent to do so we shall use your information to send you emails about brand updates, competitions or events or contact you to ask you to respond to a survey.

When we have the legal obligation:

In some circumstances we shall use your information to fulfil legal obligations which may include: keeping our database up to date or deleting and updating the information we hold about you if such information is inaccurate.

When is in our legitimate interest to do so:

We shall use your data to learn about your interest and preferences so that we can provide you with relevant and interesting information, understand our audience better, target our marketing so that it is relevant to you, promote advertising on social media or other platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest) or through other third-party advertising that may appear on other websites you use, measure and understand our marketing activity.

We will not share or sell your information to any third parties unless otherwise clearly specified or agreed with you (ex: competitions).

We shall share your data with third parties who are performing services on our behalf like: website hosting services, cloud services, third party data services and analytics platform in order to provide our services.

If we will be required to do so by law (for example under a court order) we may share your information with the police or other law enforcement or regulatory bodies and government authority investigating unlawful activities.

How long we store your data for:

We keep your personal data information for as long as it is reasonably necessary to deliver our services, unless otherwise requested by you.

Data security:

Christmas Enthusiasts is committed to keeping your data secure and we will ensure up to date security procedures and technologies are in place to prevent any unauthorised access or use once we have received your information.

Some of the data we collect from you may be transferred and stored at a destination that is outside the European Economic Area (‘EEA’). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We take all reasonably necessary steps to ensure your data is safe and in accordance with this policy. This is done in different way including:

the country we send the data to might be approved by the European Commission as being sufficiently secure
the recipient is located in the United States and is a certified member of the approved EU-US Privacy Shield Scheme

Please note that the transmission of information via the internet is not always completely secured therefore we cannot guarantee the security of any data transmission to our site especially when it is routed through a number of countries before being delivered; any transmission is at your own risk. However, once we have received your data we will use all adequate security procedures to prevent unauthorised access.

Your data protection rights:

To exercise your rights, including asking for a copy of the information we hold about you, correct or update the information we hold, delete your data or withdraw your consent please use the one of the options from the ‘Contact us about your data’ section below.

If you would like to unsubscribe from our newsletters please click the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any newsletter email you have received from us or email us at unsubscribe@christmasenthusiasts.co.uk.

We will respond to all legitimate requests within one month, however depending on your request in some cases it might take us longer than a month to respond. We will notify you if this will be the case.

If you think that any of your rights have been infringed you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner on www.ico.org.uk.

Contact us about your data:

Please use these options to get in touch with us regarding your data or this privacy policy:

Email: data@christmasenthusiasts.co.uk

About Christmas enthusiasts

This website (“https://christmasenthusiasts.co.uk”) is owned and operated by Dome Media LTD registered in England, no. 15464039, registered office at 3rd Floor, Hampton Place, 7 Leacon Road, Ashford, TN23AN, United Kingdom.

Links to other sites:

Some of the links included on our Website are affiliate links. These are links that take you directly or indirectly to a product provider and may result in us receiving a small fee or commission as a consequence of you clicking purchasing a product from it. However, our independence is paramount to us and our selection of links is not influenced by any fee/commission received by any service or product providers. We would like to make you aware that all of these websites have their own privacy policies in place and we do not accept responsibility or liability for these policies. Although we endeavor to ensure that the websites we link to abide by our Privacy Policy we cannot guarantee that they will, that is why we strongly advise you check these policies before you decide to submit any personal details to any other website.

Cookies:

When you visit Christmas Enthusiasts Info website, if you have enabled cookies on your browser, we may use technologies like Google Analytics and Squarespace Analytics to collect information about your visit through the website in order to improve your experience and make the website easy to navigate or develop useful features. This information may be: browser type and version, operating system, Internet protocol address, date and time, pages you have viewed, and lengths of time you spent on the website. We use this data to improve our website and services. You can always chose to disable cookies from your web browser settings and still be able to use the website.

What are cookies:

Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to a user’s web browser and whilst session cookies are only stored on your computer for the time you are on the website, other cookies may remain on your browser after you leave the website. All cookies can be manually deleted from the browser settings.

If you prefer not to receive cookies please adjust your web browser settings to refuse cookies. If you are using standard settings and your browser is accepting cookies you are giving your consent to Christmas Enthusiasts to store cookies on your computer.

More information on cookies can be found on the Information Commissioner’s Office website here: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.

Third-party cookies:

We may not have control over, or access to, third-party cookies or the information they contain. Third parties manage any information that they collect via cookies they place in accordance with their privacy policies.

A list of the third-parties and affiliate networks we use can be found here.

We utilise services provided by Google Inc. You can read information about how Google uses data from these services here.

How to delete or disable cookies:

If you want to delete or disable cookies you can do so using your browser's settings.

You can also opt-out of being targeted by certain third party advertising companies by visiting the following IAB opt-out platform, Network Advertising Initiative opt-out platform , Digital Advertising Alliance platform . You can opt-out of advertising provided by the Tune Marketing Console here. You can opt-out of personalised advertising provided by Google here.

Please note that if you disable all cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our (or other) websites. You may continue to see advertising on other websites.

Scope of use

This Website is intended for non-commercial, personal use only and will not be used for business purposes, except when a written permission has confirmed otherwise. By submitting information on the Website you agree that whilst we may contact you in relation to the information you have provided, whilst we are not obliged to provide you with any particular service.

Information will be treated as general information only

All content available on this Website is provided for general information only and must be treated as general information only. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of information on the Website, Christmas Enthusiasts does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the materials on the Website. You are responsible for checking the accuracy of relevant facts, instructions, suggestions and/or opinions given on the Website before taking any action based on the information available on the website.

Links to other websites:

Christmas Enthusiasts links to third websites that are not owned or controlled by Christmas Enthusiasts. These links are provided for your convenience of access. If you use these links you will leave the Website and visit any linked site at your own risk. Christmas Enthusiasts is not responsible for any content, product, service available on any other website. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by TChristmas Enthusiasts of those linked websites and Christmas Enthusiasts shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Information on our Website does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation, endorsement or arrangement by us and is not intended to be relied upon by you in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment or other decisions. If we mention companies on our Website, we usually do so because of their attractive offers. As a general policy, we don't vet them on customer service or investigate their solvency (how likely they are to go bust). Given that the impact of any information expressed on our Website can vary widely based on your particular circumstances, you should always carry out your own research into the product that is of interest to you.

Responsibility for loss or any damage suffered by you

We do not accept any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage you may incur, including but not limited to:

resulting from any transaction you decide to place on any retailers website advertised on this website or via our services
arising from any information available on our Website
in connection with any voucher codes advertised on the Website
arising from the inability to access our Website

We do not accept any responsibility or liability caused by any of our employees or affiliates.

We do not warrant or guarantee our Website meets your requirements and will be secure or free from bugs at all times and we shall not be held liable for any loss, damage or disruption you may suffer whilst using materials derived from the Website.

We strongly advise you use your own virus protection software at all times. You are responsible for configuring your information technology and all devices programs (including but not restricted to tablets, mobiles, desktops, laptops).

We have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity, nor will we be liable to you for any loss or damage caused by a virus or other technology harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or any other material due to your use of our site or downloading of any content on it, or any website linked to it.

You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Website, misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses or any other materials that are harmful. You must not attack our Website via denial-of-service attack or a disturbed denial of service attack. By breaking this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Any such breach will be reported by us to the relevant law enforcement authorities. In the event of such breach your right to use our Website will cease immediately.

The exclusions of liability set out in these Terms shall not apply to any damages arising from death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or any of our employees or agents.

Policy changes:

This policy will be updated from time to time and the most current version will always be available on the website here, and where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please visit this page regularly to make sure you are up to date with the latest version of our Privacy & Cookie Policy.

Your personal data will be held and used by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By using Christmas Enthusiasts website you confirm agreement to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

This policy notice is version 2024-1 and was last updated on 5th January 2024. Any changes we may make to this cookie notice in the future will be posted on this page.