The Serious Stuff

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how and when we collect, use, and share information when you purchase an item from us, contact us, or otherwise use our services through handmadedorset.com or its related sites and services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that we do not own or control.

Information We Collect

To fulfil your order, you must provide us with certain information, such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering. You may also choose to provide us with additional personal information (for a custom order of cards or prints, for example), if you contact us directly.

The Legal Base for Information Collection

The General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (EU) (known as GDPR 2018 throughout the rest of this Policy) requires that we explain the legal bases we rely on to collect, use, and share your personal information. This may include a buyer’s affirmative consent to receive marketing messages, compliance with legal obligations, and a seller’s use of the personal information in their legitimate interests (improving their services, for example). Throughout this privacy policy, we will explain where and why we rely on these different legal bases

Why We Need Your Information and How We Use It

We rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:
• as needed to provide my services, such as when we use your information to fulfil your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support;
• when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for our mailing list;
• if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law; and
• as necessary for the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as providing and improving our services. We use your information to provide the services you requested and in our legitimate interest to improve our services.

The Third Parties With Whom We May Share Personal Information

The GDPR (2018) requires that we disclose the details of any personal information we share with third parties.
Information about our customers is important to our business. We share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:
• Service providers. We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to our shop, such as delivery companies. We will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.
• Business transfers. If we sell or merge our business, we may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law.
• Compliance with laws. We may collect, use, retain, and share your information if we have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce my agreements, terms and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of our customers, or others.

The Length Of Time We Keep Personal Information

The GDPR (2018) requires us to disclose the period of time during which we will store personal information.
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with our services and as described in our Privacy Policy. However, we may also be required to retain this information to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements. We generally keep your data for the following time period – 6 years.

If Transferring Personal Information Outside Of Europe, How The Transfer Will Be Handled

GDPR (2018) requires us to disclose if you transfer personal information outside of the EU and the legal bases you rely on to do so, such as consent and contractual necessity. We may store and process your information through third-party hosting services in the US and other jurisdictions. As a result, we may transfer your personal information to a jurisdiction with different data protection and government surveillance laws than your jurisdiction. If we am deemed to transfer information about you outside of the EU, we rely on Privacy Shield as the legal basis for the transfer, as software such as Google Cloud is Privacy Shield certified.
Your personal information may also be used to fulfil your order through Royal Mail or similar postal services.

Buyers’ Rights Regarding  Use Of Your Personal Information And Contact Details

If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. We describe these rights below:
• Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the contact information below.
• Change, restrict, delete. You may also have rights to change, restrict our use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (like where we am required to store data for legal reasons) we will generally delete your personal information upon request.
• Object. You can object to (i) our processing of some of your information based on my legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from us after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, we will delete your personal information unless we have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.
• Complain. If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about our use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.

How to contact us

For purposes of EU data protection law, I, Kuhla Shine, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at hello@handmadedorset.co.uk

Terms and Conditions

Legal Entity

Handmade Dorset is a UK company. The company’s address is: Brookhouse St, Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, DT13GL (‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’) is the supplier of the products (‘Products’) available on handmadedorset.com (‘our site’)

Acceptance of terms

By using www.handmadedorset.com you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

These terms and conditions (together with the documents referred to in them) tell you the terms and conditions on which we supply any of the Products to you. Please read these terms and conditions carefully and make sure that you understand them, before ordering any Products from our site. You should understand that by ordering any of our Products, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

You should print a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.

Please understand that if you refuse to accept these terms and conditions, you will not be able to order any Products from our site.

Handmade Dorset reserves the right to update its terms and conditions from time to time.

Pricing and Availability

All prices are stated in British pounds. Please note you are responsible for complying with local tax laws. Handmade Dorset reserves the right to change Product prices and information without prior notice.

All Products are subject to availability. If a Product is temporarily out of stock please email us on info@handmadedorset.co.uk and we’ll notify you as soon as it’s back online. Alternatively keep checking the website.

Eligibility

By placing an order through www.handmadedorset.com, you represent and warrant that:

(a) you are legally capable of entering into binding contracts;

(b) you are at least 18 years old;

(c) are the holder of a valid debit/credit card;

Payment

Handmade Dorset uses PayPal to process payments. This secure merchant is independent and will never disclose your payment details to us.

Your contract with us

After placing an order, you will receive an e-mail from Handmade Dorset acknowledging your payment. Please note this does not mean that your order has been accepted. Your order constitutes an offer to us to buy a Product. All orders are subject to acceptance by us, and we will confirm such acceptance to you by sending you an e-mail stating that the payment has been processed and that your Products have been dispatched (‘Dispatch Confirmation’). The contract between us (‘Contract’) will only be formed when we send you the Dispatch Confirmation.

The Contract will relate only to those Products whose dispatch we have confirmed in the Dispatch Confirmation. We will not be obliged to supply any other Products which may have been part of your order until the dispatch of such Products has been confirmed in a separate Dispatch Confirmation.

Product information

Handmade Dorset has made every endeavour to ensure photographs, dimensions and Product descriptions represent our Products as accurately as possible. In some instances there may be a slight variation in appearance and colours of the actual Products due to the production process, the lighting in which they were photographed or your computer’s monitor settings.

Shipping

Handmade Dorset aims to deliver all mainland UK orders within 5 working days using Royal Mail’s postal service. Sometimes due to unforeseen circumstances such as severe weather or during busy times like Christmas, deliveries may take a little longer. If you have not received your delivery within 7 working days, please contact us on info@handmadedorset.co.uk

Please note that any import duties and taxes are your responsibility.

Risk and Ownership

The Products will be at your risk from the time of delivery.

Legal ownership of the Products will only pass to you when we receive full payment of all sums due in respect of the Products, including delivery charges. Legal ownership of the Products will immediately revert to us if we refund any such payment to you.

Our Refunds Policy

We really hope you love your Handmade Dorset products. If you are not entirely happy please notify us on info@handmadedorset.co.uk. You must return your unwanted Products for a refund within 14 days from the day you received the Products. The Products, including their original packaging, must be returned “as new” in a saleable condition. For all returns and refunds please obtain a proof of postage certificate from your Post Office as we cannot refund products damaged or lost in transit. We will examine the returned Product and will notify you of your refund via e-mail within a reasonable period of time. We will usually process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day we confirmed to you via e-mail that you were entitled to a refund. We will refund the price of the Products in full. Unfortunately we cannot cover the cost of return postage. We will usually refund any money received from you using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase. This provision does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

Damaged Products

Every Handmade Dorset Product is thoroughly checked before it’s posted but if, in the unlikely instance, you do receive faulty Products please contact us on info@handmadedorset.co.uk within 48 hours from signing for receipt of your delivery letting us know whether you would like an exchange or a refund. We recommend you inspect your Products as soon as they arrive. It is important when returning Products that you obtain a proof of postage as we cannot refund items lost in transit. If you return a defective Product to us:

(a) and you have elected for a refund. We will examine the returned Product and will notify you of your refund via e-mail within a reasonable period of time. We will usually process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day we confirmed to you via e-mail that you were entitled to a refund. We will refund the price of a defective Product in full, any applicable delivery charges and any reasonable costs you incur in returning the item to us; or

(b) and you have elected for an exchange. We will examine the returned Product and will notify you of your exchange via e-mail within a reasonable period of time. We will usually dispatch the exchange to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day we confirmed to you via e-mail that you were entitled to an exchange.

We will refund any reasonable costs you incur in returning the item to us. We will usually refund any money received from you using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase. This provision does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

Confidentiality

Personal information supplied to us is confidential and will never be made available to a third party. We use PayPal to process payments. This secure merchant is independent and will never disclose your payment details to us.

Copyright

This website and its content is copyright of Kuhla Shine – © Handmade Dorset 2019. All rights reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

– You may print or download for your personal and non-commercial use only

– You may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Legal

The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice. Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any Products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements. This website contains material which is owned by us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

You will be subject to the policies and terms and conditions in force at the time that you order Products from us, unless any change to those policies or these terms and conditions is required to be made by law or governmental authority (in which case it will apply to orders previously placed by you), or if we notify you of the change to those policies or these terms and conditions before we send you the Dispatch Confirmation (in which case we have the right to assume that you have accepted the change to the terms and conditions, unless you notify us to the contrary within seven working days of receipt by you of the Products).

All trade marks reproduced in this website which are not the property of, or licensed to, the operator are acknowledged on the website. Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

Written Communications

Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you should be in writing. When using our site, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic. We will contact you by e-mail or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

Notices

All notices given by you to us must be given to Handmade Dorset at info@handmadedorset.co.uk. We may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide to us when placing an order, or in any of the ways specified in Written Communications clause above. Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on our website, 24 hours after an e-mail is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an e-mail, that such email was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.

Consumer Rights

As a consumer, you may cancel a Contract at any time within seven working days, beginning on the day after you received the Products. To cancel a Contract, you must inform us by email. You must also arrange to have the Products delivered to us as soon as reasonably practicable “as new”, packaged in a saleable condition, at your own cost. You have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the Products while they are in your possession. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation. This provision does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

Entire Agreement

We intend to rely upon these terms and conditions and any document expressly referred to in them in relation to the subject matter of any Contract. While we accept responsibility for statements and representations made by our duly authorised agents, please make sure you ask for any variations from these terms and conditions to be confirmed in writing.

Severability

If any of these terms and conditions or any provisions of a Contract are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Law and Jurisdiction

Contracts for the purchase of Products through our site and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be governed by English law. Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with such Contracts or their formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be subject to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Delivery

Processing time

The time we need to prepare an order for dispatch varies. For details, see individual items.

Customs and import taxes

Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. We’re not responsible for delays due to customs.

Returns & Exchanges

We gladly accept returns

Contact us within: 7 days of deliverySend items back within: 14 days of delivery

We don’t accept exchanges or cancellations

But please contact us at info@handmadedorset.co.uk if you have any problems with your order.

The following items can’t be returned or exchanged

Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, we can’t accept returns for: Custom or personalised orders.

Conditions of return

Buyers are responsible for return postage costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.