Barnets Shoes is committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use an information given at the time of ordering or when making an enquiry by whatever means is collected lawfully and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

We do not pass your personal information on to third parties.

All transactions that you initiate with Barnets Shoes on this web site are confidential. Your name will not be added to any third party mailing lists.

THE DATA PROTECTION ACT

Under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, we have a duty to protect any information we collect from you. It will not be disclosed to any other organisation unless you give explicit permission, or there is a legal obligation to do so. We collect information about you for two main reasons:

• To process your online order.
• To provide you with the most efficient possible service.

The information collected will be used to personally keep in touch and let you know of any offers, sales or promotions that Barnets Shoes is carrying out (if you have selected to receive these emails/newsletters).

RIGHT TO REQUEST INFORMATION

You have a right to request a copy of any personal data held by Barnets Shoes at any time, in order to check its accuracy. If you wish to do this, please write (explaining that your interest is in personal data maintained by Barnets Shoes) to:

Barnets Shoes
7 High Street
Edinburgh EH1 1SR
United Kingdom

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This privacy policy will change from time to time as we develop the range of services on the website. When this privacy policy changes, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it. You should always check the privacy policy before using this site, even if you have visited it in the past. This ensures that you will be aware of any changes. Changes to our privacy policy do not affect an information we already hold about you.

SECURITY

We use the industry leading internet payment company PayPal to protect your card details and protect from fraud. PayPal keep your information safe. We will never actually see your bank or credit card details, they are passed in a highly secure way directly to PayPal for processing. Industry-leading fraud prevention is just one of the reasons PayPal is a safe way to pay online. PayPal uses proprietary technology and constantly innovates to monitor transactions and maintain a secure payment system. To help you keep track of your account activity, PayPal sends an email confirmation of every account transaction. For more information visit www.paypal.co.uk

HOW WE ENSURE YOUR PRIVACY

PAYMENT SECURITY

We use Sage Pay. Transaction information passed between merchant sites and Sage Pay systems are encrypted using 128-bit SSL certificates. Therefore, you can feel secure in the knowledge that no information passed to Sage Pay servers can be examined, used, modified or scammed by third parties gaining access to sensitive confidential information. Your details will not be disclosed to any third party under any circumstances without your prior consent.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Our priority is to ensure that your personal private and confidential information remains that way. We collect customer information at the time of purchase which enables us to e-mail you in regards to deliveries etc. At that time you will be asked whether you wish to receive details of new products, promotions etc via e-mail, you can elect to do so, or refuse.

We would never sell or divulge your personal details to any third party under any circumstances. Should you wish at any time to unsubscribe from our data base, we ensure that your details are totally deleted.

COOKIES

Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. These pieces of information are used to improve the services we provide to you. We use cookies to keep track of what you have in your basket, and to remember you when you return to our site. To purchase products on our website, you will need cookies enabled. If you don't wish to enable cookies, you can still browse the site and use it for research purposes.

We do have relationships with carefully-selected suppliers who may also set cookies during your visit.

• Google Analytics. [Cookie names: _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz ]. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. For more information see the Google Privacy policy.
• Google Map. [ Cookie name: NNID PREF]

You can manage these small files and learn more about them from the article, Internet Browser cookies- what they are and how to manage them.

Learn how to remove cookies set on your device.

We're giving you this information as part of our initiative to comply with recent legislation, and to make sure we're honest and clear about your privacy when using our website.