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.