Privacy policy & cookies (Archived 15th May 2018)
This policy was effective until 15th May 2018 when it was superceded by the currently active policy that can be seen here.
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We know that privacy and security is a major concern. We have therefore set out below the guidelines we use for protecting your personal information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and check it periodically since it may change from time to time.
Our privacy commitment
The Yumbles.com website ("Yumbles") is owned and operated by Yumbles Media Limited. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy online. We will only collect, store and use your personal information for specific purposes. We use your personal information to support and enhance our relationship with you. We only share your personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and other applicable laws. You may contact Yumbles at any time with any privacy questions or concerns and to see the personal information you have given us and request correction.
Consent
Your use of the Yumbles.com website and any disclosure of personal information via the website signifies your consent to us collecting and using personal information about you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Information about you
When a customer or seller registers on Yumbles we ask for information such as your name, e-mail address, postal address, and contact details, and then we keep a record of this information. All this is necessary so we can recognise you as a registered customer, pass on the correct details with your order, and ensure that you are happy with the service you receive. We keep a record of any purchase you make on Yumbles. This means both our sellers and (in some instances) we can help to deal more quickly with any queries or problems you may have, and also so we can ensure that any information that we send to you is relevant.
We keep a record of any e-mail correspondence you send us, so we can track any problems or concerns you've had with using our website.
We'll also ask you questions at registration, and from time to time by email, that will give us information that will be used to improve your experience of shopping on Yumbles. You do not have to answer these questions, but if you do we can communicate with you in a more relevant way.
We do not store credit card details.
If you would like to revise the information you have provided to us, or feel that what we currently have on record is incorrect, you may update the information by contacting us.
How we use your personal data
All the information we collect via our website or through correspondence with you is used to operate and improve the service we offer you and to personalise our service. We are committed to using your personal information only for:
- Passing on your orders to your chosen Yumbles sellers so they can supply goods and services to you and for customer administration. Our sellers may use subcontractors to process and provide your orders to you. Any such subcontractors are subject to the same contractual obligations as our sellers in respect of your personal information
- Planning and managing Yumbles.com's business activities, including analysis of customers' shopping habits, product and style preferences.
- Technical administration of our website.
- Research.
- Providing you with information about the services we offer.
- Letting you know about offers and news from Yumbles.com.
- Letting you know about offers, news and products from sellers on our site.
- We may make your name and email address available to companies in order to advertise and market our services to you through other platforms on the internet (e.g. Facebook).
- To verify details of your payment method or credit card account.
These are the circumstances in which we may share some of your data with others:
- In the unlikely event that our business assets are ever sold to or purchased by another company (our data records are part of our business). You will receive notice of any such event and we will use our reasonable endeavours to ensure that the new combined entity will follow the practices disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
- To outside research companies whom we may ask to contact you directly for your opinions on our service, and our sellers’ products and services (in which case we provide them with only the information they need to perform their function).
- If we are requested by the police or a regulatory or government authority investigating illegal activities to provide information concerning your activities whilst using the network we shall do so.
We do not share your details with 3rd parties for any other purpose.
Managing your orders
We may monitor and review communications between you and our sellers on our Content Management System (CMS), solely for the purposes of ensuring that your orders are managed appropriately by our sellers and our customer service team, and in accordance with the terms and conditions that we have in place with our sellers.
Data over the internet
The internet is a global network, so it is possible for your data to travel internationally, which may include places outside the European Union. If you visit or shop at Yumbles, you're agreeing and authorising us to process data in this way.
How we protect information
You acknowledge that the Internet is not a 100% secure medium for communication and, accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you send to us (or we send to you) via the Internet. We are not responsible for any damages which you, or others, may suffer as a result of the loss of confidentiality of such information.
We take every precaution to protect your information. To this end all personal information stored by us is kept on a server in a secure environment. Only employees, our sellers and any sub-contractors who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information.
How you can help us protect your information
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online in non-protected environments - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Also remember to close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet café. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
Further information
If you have questions about your personal data or our privacy policy, please contact us.
To see all the information we have about you, and to correct any inaccuracies, please write to us at: Yumbles Media Ltd, 54 Station Road, London, SW13 0LP.
How to unsubscribe
If you no longer wish to receive any further email messages, post or other communications from us or you no longer wish to be contacted by other companies who you permitted us to provide your details to then please contact us.
Changes to privacy policy
We reserve the right to change our privacy policy, whilst of course keeping it within all relevant legislation and guidelines. We will do all we can to ensure that these pages show the most up to date information at all times, and may notify you of such changes by uploading the revised privacy policy on the Yumbles.com website.
Our sellers' privacy policies
Our sellers are bound by the same legislation as us, and specifically must comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.
We are not responsible and do not warrant or guarantee that the privacy policies, of any seller or any other companies that your personal information is passed to in accordance with this Privacy Policy, comply with data protection legislation. We are not responsible for any damages which you or others may suffer as a result of the loss of confidentiality of such information. When you place an order with any seller on Yumbles, your personal details that you submit at registration must by necessity be forwarded along with the order, so you will need to verify their privacy policy directly with them if you wish.
In using Yumbles our sellers (and their affiliates), agree not to:
- sell, barter, disclose or transfer to any third party, any data passed to them as a result of any transaction via the SIte (e.g. personal data of any user), or permit any third party to have access to the same;
- send to any Yumbles user any non-electronic direct-mail marketing;
- send to any Yumbles user any electronic communication except as necessary to complete any Buyer's transaction or to respond to a customer service enquiry made by such Buyer concerning such transaction;
- use any domain name (or any part of it) on Yumbles and/or otherwise in any communications that they have with any user of Yumbles;
- target unsolicited communications of any kind to any user of the Site.
Cookie policy
By visiting this website with your browser settings adjusted to allow cookies, you are consenting to Yumbles using cookies for the purposes outlined below in order to provide you with a fully functional shopping experience.
Please note: to make full use of Yumbles and to benefit from certain personalised features, your computer, tablet or mobile phone will need to be set up to accept cookies. The Yumbles website (like many other shopping websites) will not work when cookies are blocked.
Yumbles uses cookies to provide you with the best user experience possible, without them we wouldn’t be able to do things such as remember your preferences or enable you to store products in your basket. The cookies we use don’t store sensitive information such as your name, address or payment details and they can't harm your computer.
The data we collect through these cookies is solely for the purpose of enhancing our website and your browsing experience – it is never used to identify you and we would never share or sell on this data.
The list below details the cookies used on Yumbles. We have outlined who sets these cookies and their purpose. If the party reads something other than 'Yumbles', these are our third party business partners who help us to enhance your browsing experience.
| Category | Party | Purpose |
| Strictly necessary | Yumbles | Yumbles uses cookies to enable some of the basic functionality that is required for you to browse and shop on our website, such as remembering which products you have added to your basket. The information collected through these cookies is only used for this purpose and is never shared or sold on to third parties. |
| Performance | Google Adwords; MSN/Bing; Double Click; Yahoo (Right Media) | Google Adwords, MSN/Bing, Double Click and Yahoo use cookies to track our own paid advertising activity. We use the information collected by these cookies to help us determine where our ads will be most effective online. Each individual advertiser uses its own tracking cookies and the data taken is not confidential data or interchangeable. |
| Performance | Google Analytics | Google Analytics use cookies to collect data that helps us understand how people are using the site. We use this information to identify how and where we can improve the customer experience. The data collected through these cookies is anonymous, does not collect specific customer data and is never shared with other third parties. |
| Functionality | Share This | Share This allows customers to share content, products and web pages from our website with other websites and social networking sites. The cookies used by Share This allow us to track the type of content, products and pages that our users are sharing to help us better understand which content is most engaging for our customers so that we can improve the content and customer experience in other areas of the website. |
| Performance | Social media plugins | Sites such as Facebook and Pinterest, serve cookies in order to be able to share and discuss Yumbles’s products on social networks. |
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file which is downloaded and stored on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit.
Your browser accesses the cookie file only when you visit the website that generated it. This helps to ease your navigation by automatically logging you in and remembering things like your preferences and what’s in your shopping basket. Cookies allow sites like Yumbles to deliver you a personalised shopping experience.
The information stored within any given cookie can only be accessed by the website that created it and cookies are limited to communicating only the information that you have disclosed to the site.
Sharing with social networks
If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content with your friends via social networks like Twitter and Facebook, these companies may set a cookie on your computer memory. Find out more about these here:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
http://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy/
Managing cookies
If cookies aren't enabled on your computer, it will mean that your shopping experience on our website will be limited to browsing and researching; you won't be able to add products to your basket or buy them. To enable and manage cookies, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone's handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.