Privacy Policy

About us/ Your information
Gimmi PLC (“we”,” us” and “Gimmi”) is committed to ensuring our website is absolutely secure for customers (“customers”, “you”, “your”) to use and takes great care to protect your information.

This Privacy Policy sets out, how in compliance with Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament (“Directive”) and the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 (“Act”), Gimmi collects, protects, uses and shares Personal Data (as defined under the Act and as described below) .

Please read the following terms carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your Personal Data and how we will treat it.

Please note that this website provides links to other websites belonging to other organisations, which are provided for your convenience. We would recommend that you read the Privacy statement for every website that you visit.
 

Data Controller
Gimmi PLC (company number 7592325) of 6^th Floor Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester, M3 2JA is the Data Controller and is responsible for Personal Data collected and stored under this Privacy Policy. Gimmi’s notification reference number is DSQ136.

What information do we hold on you?
When you shop on this website we will ask you to input personal details in order for us to identify you, such as your name, e-mail address, billing and delivery address, credit card or other payment information. We may also collect such information from you via emails and telephone conversations. This is your Personal Data. Please note we may monitor or record telephone conversations with you to ensure consistent services levels, to prevent or detect fraud and for training purposes.

What do we do with your Personal Data?
Subject always to our compliance with the Directive and the Act, Gimmi will use your Personal Data in the normal course of business for the following purposes:

• Administration purposes;
• Tracking activity on the website;
• Conducting business with you;
• Processing your orders (including incomplete and failed orders);
• For credit assessment, to review the conduct of and to administer/operate your accounts;
• Where you apply for credit (see below);
• To keep you informed of any special offers or promotions that we believe may be of interest to you;
• Statistical and market research;
• To improve and monitor our customer service to you;
• For the prevention of crime and fraud;
• Debtor tracing and debt recovery purposes;
• We do not store credit card details nor do we pass these to to any 3rd parties  

Credit Applications
Our credit supplier is Paybreak Limited. (“Paybreak”). If you apply for credit through Gimmi, Paybreak will search your record at a credit reference agency or agencies who will supply Paybreak with credit information as well as information from the electoral register. Paybreak will use credit scoring methods to assess your application and to verify your identity. Credit searches and other information which is provided to Paybreak and/or the credit reference agencies about you and those with whom you are financially linked may be used by Paybreak and other companies if credit decisions are made about you or other members of your household. You are linked with another individual if you make a joint credit application or run a joint credit account with them. Even if your application goes no further, the credit reference agencies will add details of this search and your application to your record.

Paybreak will search your records with the credit reference agencies so they can manage your account and take further decisions about credit. These searches will not be available to other lenders for credit assessment purposes.

If Paybreak enters into a credit agreement with you they will also add details of your agreement as well as ongoing details of your account and how you manage it to credit reference agency records. If you do not repay on time or in full they will tell the credit reference agencies who will record details of the debt. All this information will be seen by other organisations carrying out later searches. The information may be used to assess you for credit or to verify your identity.

Please note that, subject to Your Rights (as set out below)where you apply for credit with Paybreak you will be deemed as having provided your consent to Gimmi to provide the relevant personal information to Paybreak for the purpose of obtaining credit. In addition, (and subject to Your Rights) you will be deemed as having provided your consent to Gimmi to contact other reputable potential credit sources and to provide them with your personal information for the purpose of obtaining credit in circumstances where your credit application to Paybreak is refused.  

Where we store your Personal Data
By submitting Personal Data, Customers consent to it’s transfer, storage and processing by Gimmi. Gimmi will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted by the Act and related legislation from time to time. 

Your Personal Data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination inside the European Economic Area ("EEA") or alternatively outside the EEA, as long as it is in a country that is deemed ‘adequate’ in line with European Union standards to transfer Personal Data to/from the EEA, such as the United States of America (“USA”).

Further information about the EEA and the countries falling within can be found at:http://www.eeas.europa.eu/eea/

Disclosure of your information to third parties
Subject to your rights of objection (see below), you agree that Personal Data may be disclosed to other businesses within our group of companies and to reputable third parties including agents or sub contractors who will help process your order or whose products or services may be of interest to you.

In addition, you do not object to us, our group companies or third parties contacting you for the purposes set out above, whether this be by fax, telephone, e-mail, SMS or other electronic means or in writing.

Where Personal Data is disclosed to a third party, we will ensure that it is properly protected and used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We may also disclose information to the investigating authorities such as the police, and customs and excise, or if required to do so by law.

Online 

Our website uses tools to make the service easier for you to use:

Cookies

Disabling Cookies
If you do not wish to accept our Cookies you can decline Cookies and/or refuse access to previously stored information by using your web Browser. The facilities within your web Browser to allow you to do this will vary from browser to browser but they may be found in the “Privacy” or “Cookies” section of the “Properties” menu of your browser. If you require assistance in disabling Cookies you should refer to the "help" menu within your browser. Please note however, if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to use all of the interactive features of our website and it may limit the service we are able to provide to you via the website. 

Referrers
A "referrer" is the information passed along by a web browser that references the Web URL you linked from, and it is automatically gathered by our web server. This information is used by Gimmi to identify broad demographic trends that may be used to provide information tailored to your interests.

IP address data

IP addresses are automatically gathered by our web server. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer so that data (such as the web pages you request) can be sent to you. You will not be personally identified from this information. Your IP address may also be used to assist in the detection of fraud and Gimmi may pass this information to the Police.

Environment variables we gather include time, type of web browser being used, the operating system/platform, and CPU speed. This information is used only for broad demographic information. This information is used by us in identifying broad demographic trends and may be used to provide information tailored to your interests.

Your Rights
Customers have the right to ask us not to process Personal Data for marketing purposes or where such use is likely to cause damage or distress. If you do not want us to use your Personal Data in these circumstances, or to pass your Personal Data on to third parties, or you do not want to receive details of offers and promotions from us, you have the right to opt out/ withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice by writing to us at:

- Gimmi PLC, Riverside, Mountbatten Way, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1DY 

If you do withdraw your consent to us passing your Personal Data to third parties you should be aware that any credit application requested by you cannot then be processed.

Please note that you may change your mind at any time by contacting us at the above address in writing. 

Retention of Personal DataGimmi will retain your Personal Data securely for as long as is reasonably necessary in order use it for the purposes identified above, or in accordance with any applicable laws or regulations. Gimmi will update, archive or securely delete Personal Data if it goes out of date. Personal Data that is no longer needed for the purposes will also be securely deleted.

Security Precautions
Gimmi has appropriate security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the Personal Data under its control. Our policies and procedures incorporate appropriate measures of security for Personal Data including:

• ·         Physical and technological security;
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Changes to our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be reviewed by Gimmi from time to time, and Gimmi shall be entitled to effect any change to these provisions which it considers necessary in the interests of Gimmi and customers. Any changes will be posted on this page.

Access to information
You have the right to access Personal Data held about you. At your request, and subject to (a) payment of a fee of £10 and (b) provision of evidence of your identity, we must provide you with any Personal Data held about you. Gimmi may withhold such Personal Data to the extent permitted by law.

Contact Information 

The Privacy Officer 

You may contact the Privacy Officer if you have any queries or complaints about this Privacy Policy or the treatment of your Personal Data. You may contact the Privacy Officer to access, correct or delete your Personal Data.

The Privacy Officer can be reached as follows:

-     by telephone on: 08451771620

-     by email at: support@gimmiplc.co.uk

-     by post at: Gimmi PLC, Riverside, Mountbatten Way, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1DY

The Privacy Officer will address your query or complaint and attempt to resolve any issues that may arise.