PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy Policy
PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY
At Target, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our customers and site visitors. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, drop us a line at info@target-darts.co.uk
For all of our services, the data controller (who determines the purpose and manner in which your personal data is used) is Target Sport Limited.
We collect your data and use your information in a number of different ways. Below sets this out in more detail.
When we collect personal data from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
When you make an online purchase.
When you receive our email newsletter. This may include which emails are opened and any links in those messages that are clicked.
When you engage with us on social media.
When you contact us by any means with queries, complaints, etc.
When you enter prize draws or competitions.
When you complete any surveys we send you.
When you comment on or review our products and services.
When you interact with our website. Please see our cookie policy for further details.
When you have given a third-party permission to share information with us that they hold about you.
We collect data from publicly available sources when you have given consent to share information or where the information is made public as a matter of law.
When you apply for a trade account with us through our website or over the phone
Personal data we may collect from you
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data which we have grouped together as follows:
Identity Data including first name, last name, and title.
Contact Data including billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers. We will also collect your social media username if you interact with us through those channels.
Financial Data including bank account and payment card details.
Transaction Data including details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
To deliver the best possible web experience, we collect Technical Data including IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.
Profile Data includes purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
Usage Data including information about how you use our website. This includes information gathered by the use of cookies in your web browser. Learn more about how we use cookies and similar technologies by reading our cookie policy.
Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
How and why we use your personal data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Examples of how we use information held about you include but are not limited to:
To process any orders that you make on our website.
To respond to your queries, refund requests and complaints.
To process payments and prevent fraudulent transactions.
To send you relevant communications by email or post in relation to updates, products and services. We'll do this if you have opted in to receive our newsletter. You are free to opt-out of hearing from us by email at any time.
To administer any of our prize draws or competitions which you enter.
To develop, test and improve the systems, services and products we provide to you. We'll do this on the basis of our legitimate business interests.
To send you surveys and feedback requests to help improve our services. These messages will not include any promotional content and do not require prior consent when sent by email or text message. We have a legitimate interest to do so as this helps make our products or services more relevant to you.
To build a picture of who you are and your interests, and to inform our business decisions, we'll combine data captured by Target Darts, third parties and data from publicly-available lists as we have described in the section 'Personal Data we collect from you?' We will do this on the basis of our legitimate business interests.
In order to protect your privacy, we will:
Only use data for the exact purpose we specify in our contract with a third party.
Work closely with third parties in order to ensure your privacy is respected and protected at all times.
Our Newsletters
If you have opted to receive marketing from us, we will send you communication via email, post and text message to keep you up to date with our latest news, product releases and special offers.
The subscription to our newsletter service is not mandatory, and you can opt out at any time. To opt-out of email click on the 'unsubscribe' link in any marketing emails you receive. For anything else, please contact our customer service team at info@target-darts.co.uk
We reserve the sole right to unsubscribe users/visitors from our newsletter service, without notice. We will do so with any subscriber we deem registered with fake data. We require all subscribers to confirm their humanity once they sign up. You will therefore receive a message with a link to click in order to confirm the authenticity of your subscription.
Lifetime Barrel Guarantee
When you activate your lifetime barrel guarantee we may use your information for the following reasons:
To provide customer service and support.
To send you information about your lifetime barrel guarantee.
To send you marketing messages if you have opted in to receive marketing.
Sharing your information
We do not and will not sell any of your personal data to third-party companies.
However, we share your data with the following categories of companies as an essential part of being able to provide our services to you:
Distribution companies, such as payment service providers, warehouses, order packers, and delivery companies.
Professional service providers, such as marketing agencies, advertising partners and website hosts, help us run our business.
Affiliates who help us reach out to potential new customers or promote our products on their websites.
Law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies, so we can help tackle fraud.
Your rights over your personal data
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data.
You have the right to:
Request access to your personal data.
Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
Request erasure of your personal data.
Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms.
The right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenario
(a) if you want us to establish the data's accuracy
(b) where our use of the data is unlawful, but you do not want us to erase it
(c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims
or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it
Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party.
Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
This privacy policy sets out how this website (hereafter "the Store") uses and protects any information that you give the Store while using this website. The Store is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. The Store may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
For the exhaustive list of cookies we collect see the List of cookies we collect section.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by letting us know using our Contact Us information
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us this request using our Contact Us information.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
List of cookies we collect
The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.
Cookie Name | Cookie Description |
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FORM_KEY | Stores randomly generated key used to prevent forged requests. |
PHPSESSID | Your session ID on the server. |
GUEST-VIEW | Allows guests to view and edit their orders. |
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART | A link to information about your cart and viewing history, if you have asked for this. |
STF | Information on products you have emailed to friends. |
STORE | The store view or language you have selected. |
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE | Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies. |
MAGE-CACHE-SESSID | Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. |
MAGE-CACHE-STORAGE | Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. |
MAGE-CACHE-STORAGE-SECTION-INVALIDATION | Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. |
MAGE-CACHE-TIMEOUT | Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. |
SECTION-DATA-IDS | Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. |
PRIVATE_CONTENT_VERSION | Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. |
X-MAGENTO-VARY | Facilitates caching of content on the server to make pages load faster. |
MAGE-TRANSLATION-FILE-VERSION | Facilitates translation of content to other languages. |
MAGE-TRANSLATION-STORAGE | Facilitates translation of content to other languages. |