We are Vikings Retail Ltd and trade under Vikings Blinds and Vikings. This privacy policy explains how and why we collect and use personal information when you use this website.

When Do We Collect Information

We will collect information from you as you make enquiries or become our customer and we may record images of you on cctv when you visit our premises. We also collect information when you provide feedback or complete a contact form on our website.

We may also collect information from credit reference agencies, or browser-generated information when visit our website (for example via cookies).

 

What information do we collect about you

We collect personal information for certain legitimate business purposes which include the following:

• Information required to communicate with you and fulfil any contract with you.

• Where the processing enables us to improve our services/communications

• To identify and prevent fraud and any legal requirements.

• To enhance the security of our network and information systems.

• To better understand how people interact with our websites.

• To determine the effectiveness of any promotional campaigns and advertising.

 

How we will use your personal information

We will only use the information we collect about you as allowed by law. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 (UK GDPR.)

Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform a contract with you e.g. when you purchase goods from us.

• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party), and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

 

Disclosure Of Your Information

We may pass your information to:

• Our third-party service providers such as courier companies, suppliers, payment providers for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. However, when we use third-party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service.

• to credit reference agencies and other organisations to allow us to undertake any checks.

• if required to do so by any legal requirement.

• to debt collection agencies or to the Court.

Vikings Blinds Ltd will not share your information for marketing purposes with any third-party company.

 

Storage of Your Personal Data

We will only keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected, as set out above in this Policy, and for as long as we are required to keep it by law.

Access to your information and corrections:

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we may hold about you. You may request a copy of the information that we hold about you. You may do so by email using the contact form on this website and mark it for the attention of the Data Protection manager. You may also write to us at:

Data Protection Manager
195 Ashley Road Hale
WA15 9SQ

 

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are transferred to your computer or mobile when you visit a website or app. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Cookies are used to help the website function better, collect website performance data and analytics.

You can opt-out of cookie collection by disabling them. Each one is slightly different so you are best asking advice from your Browser provider for further information on how to do this. Please be aware, however, that disabling cookies may mean you are unable to use certain sections of our site.