PRIVACY POLICY

Kōzo Design Ltd is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to our website. The following privacy policy explains how we use and protect the information that you provide to us.

By placing an order on this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of this policy.

When you visit, or order products or services on kozobags.co.uk you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name, contact details and credit or debit card information. We may also collect information about your usage of our website via the use of cookies.

Your information will enable us to supply the goods, services or information you have requested. It will also enable us to process your order and to contact you where necessary concerning your order. Further, where you have consented, we might also use your information to let you know by email about other products and services which we offer. Kōzo Design uses Mailchimp for our email newsletters, meaning that all contact details can be updated easily. Mailchimp also gives an easy option to unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time. The unsubscribe option can be found at the bottom of every newsletter email we send.

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We may share some of your data with others in the situations detailed below, but will never sell your information to a third party.

1.     With agents (e.g. Paypal, Apple Pay and Stripe, our online payment processing services, delivery companies and data processing analysts) that we use to process the orders you place with us or who assist us in the service we provide to you. In these instances, we provide them with only the information they need to perform their function. We require all such third parties to treat your personal data as fully confidential and to fully comply with all applicable UK Data Protection and consumer legislation.

2.     In the unlikely event that our business assets are ever sold to or purchased by another company (our data records are part of our business).

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Our website uses cookies, these are small files that may be placed on your computer or mobile phone. They cannot be used to identify you personally. 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. We also use cookies to promote our website via third-party services such as Facebook and Google.

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit ioc.org.uk which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

Our website is powered by WordPress and Woocommerce and uses safe Secure Server Technology to ensure that any details you provide us with are protected to the highest standards. We employ security measures to protect, so far as reasonably possible, your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires or permits.

All credit/debit card payments are processed through Stripe or PayPal. Please visit the relevant site to learn more about their stringent security levels. An icon resembling a padlock will appear somewhere within the browser window for Kozobags.co.uk. This indicates that the site is secure and SSL certified. You can click on the padlock to see more information.

Any changes to our privacy policy in the future will be posted to the website and, where appropriate, through e-mail notification.

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