Privacy Policy
What We Do With Your Information?
When you purchase something from our online shop, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. (We do not store or collect your payment details – see Payment section below)
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our products.
When requesting free swatch samples you are agreeing that your data can be used by S.W. James to contact about your swatch request. You will receive 3 short follow up messages. You may opt out of these email messages independently at any time. Rest assured your data will not be shared with any other third parties.
Payment And Your Security
Our payment process and all secure card transactions are hosted on Shopify. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to take payment from you safely and security.
Your data is stored through Shopify data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
Payment:
Shopify are secure online payment specialists and store your credit card data securely. S.W. James itself does not hold any payment or secure card data. Your data is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
Shopify adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify Terms of Service or Privacy Statement. They can be found on Shopify's website or by searching online.
Your Data:
At S.W.James we take your data seriously. We only collect the data that is absolutely essential to our business operations and we never sell or pass this data on to third parties or utilise it in a manner that is not fitting to the purpose of our business.
We may from time to time email you offers or promotions – you may opt out of any such marketing either via the links on our emails or via your control panel. You have the option to opt out of such activity at the point of purchase.
Telephone numbers will only be used to keep customers informed of their orders or in response to enquiries made.
If you have entered your postal details with us in the past you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products or promotions. If you do not wish to receive such mailings please let us know in writing or via your options in the customer area.
Passwords that we store for the use of login areas are all encrypted and salted for security, and all data transmitted on our website is via industry standard SSL encryption.
We do not hold any credit or debit card information on the S.W.James servers – all payment data is handled securely via Shopify and their secure servers.
Cookies:
We use cookies on the S.W.James website in order to provide the necessary e-commerce capabilities to our customers IE: Shopping basket and user login.
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
__cfduid
Used for image storage and speed of image loading
_ga, _gid
Used for Google Analytics
_gat_gtag_UA_
Used for Google TagManager
PHPSESSID
Used to store furniture customisation details
_hjIncludedInSample
Used to gather web metrics
Tracking:
We utilise google analytics to help improve the user experience by checking what and how pages on our website are used. We may also utilise Google AdWords that may display content specific advertisements to visitors base on previously visited websites.
Links:
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Changes To This Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
Questions And Contact Information:
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at info@swjames.com or by mail at S.W. James & Co.
[Re: SW James Ltd – Privacy Compliance Officer]
[396 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 3BN, United Kingdom]
When you purchase something from our online shop, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. (We do not store or collect your payment details – see Payment section below)
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our products.
When requesting free swatch samples you are agreeing that your data can be used by S.W. James to contact about your swatch request. You will receive 3 short follow up messages. You may opt out of these email messages independently at any time. Rest assured your data will not be shared with any other third parties.
Payment And Your Security
Our payment process and all secure card transactions are hosted on Shopify. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to take payment from you safely and security.
Your data is stored through Shopify data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
Payment:
Shopify are secure online payment specialists and store your credit card data securely. S.W. James itself does not hold any payment or secure card data. Your data is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
Shopify adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify Terms of Service or Privacy Statement. They can be found on Shopify's website or by searching online.
Your Data:
At S.W.James we take your data seriously. We only collect the data that is absolutely essential to our business operations and we never sell or pass this data on to third parties or utilise it in a manner that is not fitting to the purpose of our business.
We may from time to time email you offers or promotions – you may opt out of any such marketing either via the links on our emails or via your control panel. You have the option to opt out of such activity at the point of purchase.
Telephone numbers will only be used to keep customers informed of their orders or in response to enquiries made.
If you have entered your postal details with us in the past you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products or promotions. If you do not wish to receive such mailings please let us know in writing or via your options in the customer area.
Passwords that we store for the use of login areas are all encrypted and salted for security, and all data transmitted on our website is via industry standard SSL encryption.
We do not hold any credit or debit card information on the S.W.James servers – all payment data is handled securely via Shopify and their secure servers.
Cookies:
We use cookies on the S.W.James website in order to provide the necessary e-commerce capabilities to our customers IE: Shopping basket and user login.
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
__cfduid
Used for image storage and speed of image loading
_ga, _gid
Used for Google Analytics
_gat_gtag_UA_
Used for Google TagManager
PHPSESSID
Used to store furniture customisation details
_hjIncludedInSample
Used to gather web metrics
Tracking:
We utilise google analytics to help improve the user experience by checking what and how pages on our website are used. We may also utilise Google AdWords that may display content specific advertisements to visitors base on previously visited websites.
Links:
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Changes To This Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
Questions And Contact Information:
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at info@swjames.com or by mail at S.W. James & Co.
[Re: SW James Ltd – Privacy Compliance Officer]
[396 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 3BN, United Kingdom]